Becky's 1900-2010's time line By nana-san Jan 1, 1903 Orville & Wilbur, fly first powered air plane Sep 10, 1909 North Pole reached by Rober Peary & Matthew Henson Jan 1, 1911 Ernest Rutherford discovers the sturcture of the atom Oct 10, 1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage; over 1,500 drown Jan 13, 1918 Worldwide influenza epidemic strikes; nearly 20 mil. are dead Jan 10, 1925 First woman governor, Nellie Tayloe Ross Mar 1, 1926 Gertrude Ederle is first woman to swim English Channel Jan 1, 1927 Georges Lemaitre proposes Big Bang Theory Sep 10, 1928 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin Oct 10, 1929 Great Depression begins w/ stock market crash Sep 10, 1932 Amelia Earhart is first woman to fly Atlantic solo Mar 10, 1933 Hitler appointed German chancellor Sep 10, 1939 World War ll begins Sep 10, 1941 Pearl Harbor attack Oct 14, 1947 Chuck Yeager becomes first person to break sound barrier Sep 10, 1953 James W., Francis C., & Rosalind F. discover structure of DNA Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik I is launched Jan 31, 1958 Explorer I launched into orbit Aug 10, 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis Sep 10, 1963 President Kennedy shot Jan 1, 1968 Shirley Anita first African Americn elected into the U.S. Congress Jul 20, 1969 Apollo 11 astronauts walk on moon Aug 4, 1976 Mysterious desease claims 29 lives @ an American Legion Jan 1, 1977 Apple Inc. introduces Apple ll Jan 1, 1985 Microsoft Windows 1.0, independent version released Sep 10, 1990 Tim Berners writes first web client-server protocol Aug 10, 1992 Becky Palmquist's Birthday Jan 1, 1998 Larry Page & Sergey Brin create Google Apr 20, 1999 Columbine High School Shooting Jun 11, 2009 Global pandemic for H1N1
