| Event | President in Office During Event | List of Presidents |
| Packers win the first Super Bowl | |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' | |
| Morris Michtom invents the teddy bear | |
| America suffers record unemployment during Panic of 1837 | |
| Florida gains statehood | |
| Darwin publishes his 'Origin of Species' | |
| Edison invents practical electric light | |
| Spanish-American War begins | |
| Henry Ford sells 10,000 automobiles for the first time | |
| Frances Scott Key writes lyrics to 'Star-Spangled Banner' | |
| 'Star-Spangled Banner' is adopted as U.S. national anthem | |
| The Whiskey Rebellion takes place | |
| Florence Nightingale nurses wounded in Crimean War | |
| Dow Jones closes above 4000 for first time | |
| King delivers his 'I Have a Dream' speech | |
| Weather Channel airs for first time | |
| Eiffel Tower built | |
| Lindbergh makes first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight | |
| Neil Armstrong walks on the moon | |
| 'Star Wars' opens | |
| United Nations is established | |
| Napoleon conquers Italy | |
| Battle of Antietam takes place | |
| U.S. enters World War I | |
| Louisiana Purchase occurs | |
| Stanley meets Livingstone in Africa | |
| Harriet Tubman joins the Underground Railroad | |
| U.S. Department of Interior established | |
| Statue of Liberty is dedicated | |
| Victoria becomes queen of Great Britain | |