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Television
Back in the old days TV wasn’t all the big. That is until the 1950’s. TV sets first started getting mass produced in the 50’s, there were about 10 million sets in the US. People quickly started wanting TVs considering the fact that if your family had one it was automatically cool, and TV was just way better than any radio. TV back then was in various shades of grey, there was also not much of it. TV would play sometimes in the afternoon and also in the morning. Your TV could only work right if y -
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Timeline
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Rosenburgs
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed June 19, 1953 at Sing Sing Prison in New York, after roughly three years of trials. Mr. Rosenberg was arrested June 17, 1950 for suspicion of espionage. Two months later Ethel was arrested to. Some people thought being executed was the right punishment for the Rosenberg’s and some fought to keep them alive. -
Disneyland
On July 17, 1955 Disneyland opened for thousands of visitors in Anaheim, California. In 1955 Disneyland only consisted of Main Street, Adventureland, Fronteirland, Fantasyland and Tomorrowland, which have changes throughout the decades. At first Walt Disney only invisioned an eight-acre park, and when it was done ended up being 160- acres. On opening day the only people on the park were the 6,000 people invited for a special preview, but that ended with 22,000 extra people there on counterfeit t -
The Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs was a failed invasion of Cuba. This happened on April 17th 1961. This is one of the things that made JFK seem like a not very good president. -
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was a great man, and a great president. He showed amazing leadership skills and led America through many international crises like, the Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis. He was named "Person of the Year" by TIME in 1961. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis. Missile silos were put up in Cuba. JFK was going to invade Cuba, instead JFK put up a blockade. America negotiated with the Russians and Russia removed the silo. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington was Martin Luther King and his followers and they marched into Washington to protest Civil rights. During this march is when Martin Luther King gave his famous "I have a Dream" speech. -
Black Panthers
The Black Panthers were a group of Black Americans during the Civil Rights movement. Unlike Martin Luthar King, they sought to get equality through violence. They started in 1966 and ended in 1982. -
Abortion
Until the late 1800’s women healers in Western Europe and the U.S. provided abortions and trained other women to do so, without legal prohibitions. In 1803 the first antiabortion law was passed in Britain. Then by 1880 most abortions in the U.S. were illegal unless the women’s life was in danger. In the 1960’s civil rights inspired women to fight for their rights, women who were burned to secrecy got up in front of strangers to talk about their abortions; women marched and rallied for abortion. -
Test Tube Baby
Baby Louise Joy Brown, born July 25, 1978. The world’s first test tube baby was born in Great Britain. Thousands of women cannot conceive babies, leaving Doctors to try to find a way for infertile couples to have babies. Drs. Steptoe and Edwards found a way, by 1977 eighty of their pregnancy’s coming from their new procedure only lasted a few short weeks until Lesley Brown. Lesley and John Brown were from Bristol having trouble conceiving, then to be referred to Dr. Patrick Steptoe in 1976. And -
Jonestown Massacre
918 people dead, November 18, 1978. Jonestown Massacre is the single most deadly non- natural disaster in the United States, up until September 11, 2001. A church by the name of the Peoples Temple, an integrated church that focused on helping people, was founded by Jim Jones in 1956, then moved from Indianapolis, Indiana to Redwood Valley, California in 1966. Jones had the vision of a communist community, not one that fought all the time, but one that lived together happily and work for the comm -
Three Mile Island
On March 28, 1979, Reactor 2 at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant suffered a partial meltdown. Over 2,000 personal injury claims were filed caused by gamma radiation exposure. Over the next fifteen years the case went through the Supreme Court and back. In June 1996 judge Sylvia Rambo dismissed the lawsuit granting judgment in favor of the defendants. -
Iran Hostage
On November 4, 1979, a group of Iranian students stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran taking more than 60 hostages. This was the immediate cause of President Jimmy Carter’s decision to allow Shah, a pro-western autocrat who was expelled from his country some time ago, to come to the United States for cancer treatment. The hostage of the Americans wasn’t just about Shah; it was a way to break Iran from America. The students set their hostages free January 21, 1981, just hours after President Ronald -
The Creation of Pac-Man
Pac-Man is a very old game that just about anyone knows about. Pac-Man was created by a man named Toru Iwatani, a Japanese game designer. Pac-Man was originally going to be called Puck-Man but was changed due to Puck sounding a little like another foul four letter in the English language. -
Lennon Killed
The Death of John Lennon happened at 10:50 P.M. on December 1980. He was killed by a man name Mark David Chapman at The Dakota, with a Special Revolver. John was a member of a musical group called The Beatles. -
Macintosh
On January 1984, the Apple Macintosh was released onto the market. The Macintosh, or Mac, was designed to for high graphic performance. Upon launch in America it costed $2,495 due to what it costed to make these computers. The Mac was created by the company Apple. -
The Challenger Failed Launch
At 11:38 a.m. on Tuesday, January 28, 1986 the NASA Space Shuttle, the Challenger, had a horrible accident. The Challenger's external fuel tank collapsed releasing all its liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants. The ship burned up in the sky and broke into 4 or different pieces. The ship fell into the ocean killing the crew inside on impact. -
Chernobyl
The Chernobyl accident happened in 1986 when a reactor was operated wrong, resulting in a steam explosion and firees releasing 5% radiation. The night of the accident two plant workers were killed and 28 people died in the later weeks. UNSCEAR says, “ there is no evidence of a major public health impact attributable to radiation exposure 20 years after the accident.” -
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela, leader of the movement to end South Afrian apartheid is released from prison on February 11, 1990, after 27 years in prison. In 1944 Mandela joined African National Congress, and then became the leader of the Johannesburg’s youth wing of the ANC. After 8 years he became deputy national president of the ANC, advocating nonviolent resistance to apartheid. In 1960 Mandela organized a branch to engage warfare against the white minority government. Arrested for treason in 1961, to be -
Oklahome City Bombing
On April 19, 1995, 168 people died and hundreds more injured by a truck- bomb explosion outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on Oklahoma City. The blast was set off by anti-government militant Timothy McVeigh, and co-conspirator Terry Nichols who received life in prison. The Oklahoma City Bombing was the worst terrorist attack until 9/11. -
Clone Sheep
Dolly was born July 5, 1996 at Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland. February 3, 1997 her birth was revealed to the public, which sparked controversy instantly. This was considered one of the most scientific breakthroughs ever. The team who created her hoped to create an animal whose cells were genetically young again, but instead Dolly was reported to have premature arthritis and lung disease. Dolly was then put down in 2003 due to progressive lung disease. -
Columbine High School
April 20, 1999 a massive school shooting occurred at Columbine High School in Colorado. In addition the shooting, 99 explosive devices and bombs rigged to cars, among the propane tanks converted to bombs placed in the cafeteria. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, two senior students of the school murdered a total of 12 students and injured 21. -
USS COLE
USS Cole was attacked on October 12, 2000, 17 people died and 39 were injured. USS Cole was attacked in Aden harbor, Yemen while the shope was refueling offshore. Two suicide bombers approached the ship and exploded, the suicide bombers were believed to have had 400 to 700 pounds of explosives which blew a 40- foot hole in the side of USS Cole. -
Mars Exploration Rovers
In 2004 NASA sent out two rovers to search for a wide variety of rocks and analize soil to see if there was ever any water on Mars. The names of the Rovers were Spirit and Opportunity. The total cost of the whole project was $820 Million. -
Web 2.0 Launch
Web 2.0 was an upgrade to Web 1.0 which was basically based all around consumption and no interaction at all. When Web 2.0 happened there was full out participation in the internet, so instead of just reading, you could do much much more. -
YouTube is Launched
In 2005 a massive video sharing website names YouTube was launched. This website grew very quickly reaching 100 Million views every day. YouTube let you upload and view videos that other people put on. -
Pluto's Demotion
In 2006 after 70+ years of being the ninth planet in the solar system, Pluto was re-deemed as a "Dwarf" Planet. This was because Pluto was very small, and other objects were being discovered in the solar system that weren't planets but bigger than Pluto. -
Haiti Earthquake
Struck with a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, 3,500,000 people were affected by the earthquake, and 220,000 were expected to be dead. Over 188,383 houses were damaged and 105,000 were completely destroyed. Haiti already not having a lot of money and being a poor country lost 4,000 schools. -
Japan Earthquake
Japans 7.4 magnitude quake killed 200,000 people, and left devastation everywhere. Not only was there an earthquake but it produced 6- foot tsunamis. Not only was Japan hit with this earthquake but March 11, 2011 a massive 8.9 magnitude quake hit Japan, causing injuries, fires, and tsunamis along the coastline. -
Movie Theater
Twelve people dead, 70 injured, because James Holmes decided to shoot down a movie theater on July 20th. Mr. Holmes got death sentence, as people in the courtroom sobbed but him and his family sat quietly. Mr. Holmes pleaded quilty if he would be allowed to spend the rest of his days in prison. -
Sandy Hook Elementry
December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza shot twenty children and 6 adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Connecticut. Shots were heard around 9:30 a.m. In one classroom all fourteen students were shot, under supervision of a substitute teacher. -
Girls Found after a Decade
Three girls found in Clevand Ohio after a decade of being kidnapped.
