Years (1901-2000) in which these events in American history, politics, and pop culture took place Quiz by Valvados

Event	Year
Golfer Horton Smith wins the first Masters Tournament
Jeannette Rankin becomes the first woman to be elected to Congress
American pilot Francis Powers is shot down and captured by the USSR
The Boy Scouts of America are formally incorporated
Alaska and Hawaii become the 49th and 50th states, respectively
McDonald's sells its first 'Happy Meal'
The Rose Bowl (as the 'Tournament East-West Football Game') is played for the first time
The 19th Ammendment is ratified, granting women the right to vote
Oklahoma becomes the 46th state
'Time' magazine hits shelves for the first time
NASA is established
J. Edgar Hoover becomes the first Director of the modern FBI
While attempting to dock in New Jersey, the 'Hindenburg' catches fire and burns
The Chicago 'Black Sox' arrange with gamblers to throw the World Series
Charles Schulz's 'Peanuts' first appears in newspapers
Harvey Milk and George Moscone are assassinated in San Francisco
'Nirvana' frontman Kurt Cobain commits suicide
Operation Desert Storm---the First Gulf War--begins
Babe Ruth hits his first home run
The film 'Titanic' is released
Apollo 13 undergoes a crisis in space when an oxygen tank explodes
The signing of the North Atlantic Treaty creates NATO
Space Shuttle 'Challenger' explodes 73 seconds after liftoff
MTV begins broadcasting
The Chicago Cubs win the second of two back-to-back World Series titles
TV ads first appear in support of presidential campaigns, with 'I Like Ike' proving successful
Richard Nixon resigns the presidency
The Wright Flyer takes off for the first time at Kitty Hawk, NC
Jesse 'The Body' Ventura is elected Governor of Minnesota
The video game 'Pong' debuts
The first National Coming Out Day is celebrated
The Hoover Dam is completed
Erwin Rommel defeats US forces in the Battle of Kasserine Pass
Charles Lindbergh completes his landmark trans-Atlantic flight in the 'Spirit of St. Louis'

Event	Year
The United States formally enters World War I
'Steamboat Willie' (starring Mickey Mouse) is released
Terrorists detonate a vehicle bomb in the World Trade Center parking garage
The Great Crash hits Wall Street, ushering in the Great Depression
New Mexico and Arizona become the 47th and 48th states, respectively
The Federal Trade Commission is established
Microsoft is founded
Four LAPD officers are acquitted in the Rodney King case, setting off a riot
In Tennessee, John Scopes is put on trial for teaching evolution
The 'Pentagon Papers' are published
Upton Sinclair publishes 'The Jungle,' resulting in widespread food safety reforms
Green Bay defeats Kansas City in Super Bowl I
Tupac Shakur is gunned down in Las Vegas
The Interstate Highway System is created
Geraldine Ferraro becomes the first female candidate for Vice President
The University of Oregon wins the first NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Neil Armstrong becomes the first human to set foot on the moon
New York City begins subway service
NBC becomes the first of the 'Big 3' networks to hit the television airwaves
The legendary Route 66 is formally established
Atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Henry Ford begins using a moving assembly line in his factory
Elvis Presley dies at age 42
The Hubble Space Telescope enters orbit
'The Star-Spangled Banner' becomes the official national anthem
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed
The US Post Office begins airmail service
The original 'Star Trek' premiers on TV
Macy's stages its first annual Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Playstation 2 is officially released in the US
Ray Harroun wins the innagural Indianapolis 500
O.J. Simpson is found not guilty of the murders of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman
Micahel Jackson's album 'Thriller' is released
The Tomb of the Unknown Solider is dedicated, enshrining the body of a WWI casualty

Event	Year
In Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court declares abortion legal
Pearl Harbor is bombed
Jonas Salk's polio vaccine is declared to be 'safe and effective' by the FDA
Theodore Roosevelt first becomes president
Dwight Eisenhower gives the go-ahead order for the D-Day Invasion
Apple Computer is founded
Harry Truman relieves Gen. Douglas MacArthur of his command
Medicare and Medicaid are established
The USA (and 64 other countries) boycott the Summer Olympics in Moscow
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 10,000 for the first time
The 21st Ammendment is ratified, repealing Prohibition
Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act into law
Coca-Cola releases the infamous 'New Coke'
In the so-called 'Crime of the Century,' Charles Lindbergh's infant son is kidnapped and murdered
The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated
Aaron Copland composes his 'Fanfare for the Common Man'
The Exxon 'Valdez' runs aground in Alaska
Frankin Roosevelt is elected to an unprecedented third term as president
Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space
The 'Roswell [NM] Daily Record' first reports on the crash of a UFO
The Julliard School is founded in Manhattan
Martin Luther King, Jr., is assassinated in Memphis
At the University of Pennsylvania, ENIAC, the first computer, is completed
In New York City, the Chrysler Building is completed
In Pennsylvania, the US's first nuclear power plant opens
The first Wal-Mart opens its doors
The Chicago Tribune goes to press with 'Dewey Defeats Truman'
Vanessa Williams becomes the first African-American 'Miss America'
The NAACP is symbollically founded on the centennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth
The 'Morris Worm' becomes the first computer worm to spread virally via the Internet
In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court rules school segregation unconstitutional
John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas

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