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George Washington (First Preesident) Elected
On this day, George Washington was elected with 65/65 votes.The day of the inauguration, Washington had to travel from his home in Mount Vernon to New York. He was greeted with roaring cannons, pealing bells, flower carpeted roads, and singing and shouting citizens. With appropriate ceremony he solemnly and somewhat nervously took the oath of office. on April 30, 1789 on a crowded balcony overlooking Wall Street. -
Lewis and Clark's Expedition Departs
They ended their expedition on May 11th, 1806.William Clark would offer to join Lewis on the expedition weeks later on October 13, 1803 at Camp Dubois (in present-day Indiana). They then named their team the "Corps of Discovery." From there, they sailed down the Ohio River towards St. Louis. Meriwether Lewis had spent the time prior to their departure in St. Louis gathering information from mountain men returning from the west. Th -
Ludwig van Beethoveen dies
Ludwig van Beethoven died on 26 March 1827 in Vienna, Austria.Mozart aside, Ludwig van Beethoven is the most famous classical composer of the western world. Beethoven is remembered for his powerful and stormy compositions, and for continuing to compose and conduct even after he began to go deaf at age 28. -
Slavery Ended
In the 13th ammendment in the Declaration of Independence, it stated that slavery ended. -
First Airplane
The Write Brothers were the first to create an airplane. This was the first successful, powered, piloted flight in history. -
First Computer Created
It took them a while to build, but it finally happened. This computer was very expensive, so it was not very successful. There was no internet created yet, but it eventually came. -
World War 2 Ended
On July 11, 1945, the Allied leaders met in Potsdam, Germany. They confirmed earlier agreements about Germany. -
First Man On The Moon
American Neil Armstrong has become the first man to walk on the Moon. The astronaut stepped onto the Moon's surface, in the Sea of Tranquility, at 0256 GMT, nearly 20 minutes after first opening the hatch on the Eagle landing craft. -
Cell Phone Invented
American Telephone and Telegraph thought about creating a wireless phone way back in 1915. However, they were afraid that this great technology would undermine its monopoly on wired services in the United States. It took 63 years for the first cell phone to be released to the public in Japan. It was invented by a man named Martin Cooper in 1973 while he was working for Motorola. -
World Trade Towers Fell
The twin towers of the World Trade Center collapsed on September 11, 2001, as a result of al-Qaeda's September 11 attacks,[1] in which terrorists affiliated with al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners, flying one into the North Tower (1 World Trade Center) and another into the South Tower (2 World Trade Center). -
Obama Elected
Barack Obama has been elected the 44th president of the United States—the first time an African-American has won the nation's highest office and the rare occasion where a newcomer to national politics has captured the White House on his first try.Barack Obama was elected on November 4, 2008.
