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statue of Liberty 1885
Statue of Liberty — Statue of Liberty HistoryThe Statue of Liberty was made in France, and was proposed by Edouard de Laboulaye, sculpted by Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi and funded by the French people. It was shipped in 1885 to New York and placed onto Liberty Island in New York Harbor. -
Modern Photograph Film
George Eastman created the modern photograph film technology. The technology that the modern camera is based on was created several hundred years ago. -
Washington Monument
Washington Monument NPSThe Washington Monument was dedicated in 1885 and is a granite monument that was made as a tribute to George Washington. -
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1885-1915
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Kodak Box Camera
Kodak Box Camera George Eastman introduces the Kodak No 1, a simple and inexpensive Box Camera that brings photography to all. -
Death of Sitting Bull 1890
Sitting Bull is murdered in a confrontation at the Standing Rock Reservation when Lakota policemen attempt to arrest him as part of a federal crackdown on the Ghost Dance. -
Chinese exclusion act 1892
Congress extends the Chinese Exclusion Act for an additional ten years, adding a requirement that all Chinese workers in the United States register or face deportation. Passed in 1892. -
The Rough Riders were created 1898
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Rough Riders San Juan 1898
teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders charge and attack at San Juan Hill for battle. -
First Noble Pize 1901
The first Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace. -
Sheveport Charity Hospital Nursing school
a shortage of nurses in northwest Louisiana led to the creation of a school of nursing at the city of Sheveport Charity Hospital. Fifty-two students enrolled by 1926 and numbered doubled in 1930. -
the first helicopter 1907
In 1907, about four years after the Wright brothers' first successful powered flights in fixed-wing airplanes at Kitty Hawk in the United States, a French bicycle make named Paul Cornu constructed a vertical flight machine that was reported to have carried a human off the ground for the first time. -
Earthquake in Italy 1908
Earthquake in Italy and sicily happened. 150,000 is killed. Big outrage. -
Mona Lisa is stolen 1910
Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, one of the most famous paintings in the world, was stolen right off the wall of the Louvre. the police had no leads. The Mona Lisa turned up in Italy two years later. -
machu Picchu
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WW1
