American History

Discovery of America (The "New World"

Oct 12, 1492

In 1492 Christopher Columbus, during his first voyage, discovered America. History has stated that even though Columbus was not the first person to discovery America, he was the first to make contact with the people that inhabited the land. During this inaugurating period, Columbus spread European exploration, conquest, and colonization that lasted for serveral years. Columbus also spread the Christian religion to this "New World".

America's Independence

Jul 4, 1776

This year is when America offically declared it's Independence. Independence Day, is commonly known as Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The US was declaring independence for the Kingdom of Great Britain.

First President of the United States of America

Apr 30, 1789

George Washington was the first president of the United States, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.

Invention of the Electric Light Bulb

Dec 31, 1879

Thomas Edison was a great inventor. Some of his invention include phonograph, motion picture camera, the first electric light buld, and he is often credited with the creation of the First Industrial Research Laboratory. Edison founded many companies, General Electric (GE) being one of his famous.

First Airplane

Dec 17, 1903

Orville and Albert Wright (Wright Brothers) were two American Brothers, inventors, and aviation pioneers who were credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight.

The Model T

Oct 1, 1908

The Ford Model T is an automobile that was produced by Henry Ford's Ford Motor Company. It is generally regarded as the First affordable automobile.

Man on the Moon

Jul 20, 1969

Apollo 11 was the Spaceflight that landed the First Humans Americans, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on the moon. Armstrong became the First to step onto the lunar surface, he spent about two and a half hours outside the spacecraft.

!st Game console

May 8, 1972

Magnavox Odyssey was the world's first commerical home video console.

Mobile phones

Apr 3, 1973

Martin Cooper is a pioneer and visionary in the wireless communications industry. Cooper conceived the first hand held mobile phone with Motorola. This phone had 30 minutes of talk time and it took 10 hours to recharge.

Atari

Sep 11, 1977

The popular game console Atari was a pioneer in arcade games, home video game consoles and home computers. The company's products helped define the computer entertainment industry form the 1970s to the mid-1980s

World Wide Web

Nov 12, 1990

World Wide Web (W3) is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the internet. With a web browser, one can view web pages thatmay contain text, images, videos and othe multimedia.

First Black President elected

Nov 4, 2008

On November 4, 2008, America elected our First Black American President Barack Obama. He offically took office on Janruary 20, 2009. He is currently serving his second term.