Census Timeline

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  • 1810

    1810
    7,239,881-population 1.) British soldiers burn the White House and other government buildings on August 24, 1814.
    2.)The American steamship "Savannah" crosses the Atlantic Ocean in 29 days.
    3.)The first installment of Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle appears in the May 1819 edition of The Sketch Book.

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    Sewing machines!
    17,063,353-population 1.)Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming it for the United States on January 19, 1840.
    2.)Alexander Cartwright and his New York Knickerbockers codify the "Rules of Baseball" in 1845
    3.)Elizabeth Blackwell receives the first medical degree awarded to a woman on January 23, 1849, from the Medical Institute of Geneva, NY.

  • Typewriter,

    Typewriter,
    38,558,371-population 1.)"The Great Chicago Fire" begins October 8, 1871.
    2.)The Jesse James Gang conduct the first successful train robbery in the American West on July 21, 1873.
    3.)Thomas Edison patents the cylinder phonograph on February 19, 1878.

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    76,212,168-population 1.)Composer and musician Scott Joplin publishes The Entertainer in 1902
    2.)The first underground portion of the New York City subway opens on October 27, 1904.
    3.)Henry Ford begins production of the Model T in 1908.

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    123,202,624 - population 1.)The Mickey Mouse comic strip debuts in the January 13, 1930, edition of the New York Mirror.
    2.)The German airship Hindenburg is destroyed while attempting to land at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station on May 6, 1937.
    3.)Ted Williams makes his Major League Baseball debut with the 1939 Boston Red Sox.

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    179,323,175 - population 1.)On October 1, 1962, James H. Meredith becomes the first black student to attend the University of Mississippi.
    2.)The National Organization for Women is founded in 1966.
    3.)The August 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair draws more than 450,000 people to Bethel, NY.

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    226,542,199 - population 1.)The U.S. hockey team stuns the world by winning the gold medal during the 1980 Winter Olympics.
    2.)Apple Computer® launches its Macintosh computer in 1984
    3.)Driving Miss Daisy wins the 1989 Academy Award for "Best Picture."

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    248,709,873 - population 1.)In 1990 the average American's income per year was $28,970.00. By 1999, it had risen to $40,810.00
    2.)Celine Dion's Falling Into You wins the 1996 Album of the Year Grammy.
    3.) Tesia Grubbs was born on Oct. 11

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    281,421,906 - population 1.)Tiger Woods becomes the first golfer to hold all four major golf titles simultaneously by winning the Master's tournament in April 2001.
    2.)Hurricane Katrina, the costliest hurricane in U.S. history, hits southeast Louisiana, August 29, 2005.
    3.)Senator Barack Obama elected president on November 4, 2008.

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    50,189,209 - population 1.)Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company, on January 25, 1881.
    2.)Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in 1884.
    3.)The first issue of the Wall Street Journal is published on July 8, 1889.