Wall Street Crash causes 10-year Great Depression (1929) A period of intellectual, social, and artistic growth begins in Harlem, NYC (~1920) George Gershwin releases his jazz hit 'Rhapsody in Blue' (1924)
Pearl Harbor is bombed; Gandhi assassinated... FDR's third term?!
Japanese pilots bomb a US naval base in Hawaii (1941) Nathuram Godse shoots protestor Mohandas Gandhi in New Delhi (1948) Franklin Roosevelt is elected for his third term as POTUS (1940)
Wright brothers take flight, And Henry Ford sells some cars. McKinley is shot!
Orville and Wilbur Wright make first flight in Kitty Hawk, NC (1903) Henry Ford founds Ford Motor Company (1903); 1st Ford Model T sold (1908) Leon Czolgosz shoots President William McKinley (1901)
Second impeachment; Soldiers in the First Gulf War 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'
Bill Clinton is put on trial for perjury and obstruction of justice (1998) Soldiers are deployed to the Middle East after the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq (1990) Nirvana releases their album 'Nevermind' (1991)
I Love Lucy airs! Rosa Parks keeps her bus seat. The 'music has died'.
First episode of I Love Lucy is aired on CBS (1951) Rosa Parks doesn't give up her bus seat to a white rider in Alabama (1955) Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper are killed in a plane crash (1959)
Disco fever hits! Earth Day is celebrated; Vietnam War ends.
'The Loft' club is opened in NYC (1977), and Saturday Night Fever is released (1977) The first Earth Day celebration is held for environmental protection (1970) President Nixon signs the Paris Peace Accords, removing the US from Vietnam (1973)
First crossword puzzle, Versailles Treaty ends Great War. Titanic has sunk!
The New York World publishes A. Wynne's puzzle (1913) The Treaty of Versailles is signed to end World War I (1919) The RMS Titanic hits an iceberg and sinks (1912)
Chernobyl explodes. The Breakfast Club and E.T. Now, tear down this wall!
A power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine leaves an area uninhabitable (1986) Released movies: The Breakfast Club (1985) and E.T (1982) President Reagan gives the Berlin Wall Speech, demanding its destruction (1987)
Civil Rights Act passed; Neil Armstrong lands on the moon! 'Beatlemania'?
President L. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act, banning public discrimination (1964) NASA sends Apollo 11 to the moon, containing Armstrong and others (1969) The Beatles have their first hit in the UK (1963), and then perform in the USA (1964)
We nabbed Al Capone, And now we can drink again! First World Cup is played.
Mobster Al Capone is sent to Alcatraz for tax fraud (1934) The 21st Amendment repeals Prohibition/ban of alcohol (1933) First FIFA World Cup is played in Uruguay (1930)
Wright brothers take flight, And Henry Ford sells some cars. McKinley is shot!
First crossword puzzle, Versailles Treaty ends Great War. Titanic has sunk!
We nabbed Al Capone, And now we can drink again! First World Cup is played.
Pearl Harbor is bombed; Gandhi assassinated... FDR's third term?!
I Love Lucy airs! Rosa Parks keeps her bus seat. The 'music has died'.
Civil Rights Act passed; Neil Armstrong lands on the moon! 'Beatlemania'?
Disco fever hits! Earth Day is celebrated; Vietnam War ends.
Chernobyl explodes. The Breakfast Club and E.T. Now, tear down this wall!
Second impeachment; Soldiers in the First Gulf War 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'
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