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Famous Musician, started going deaf in 1801; he did not let that stop him from making music.
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In the 1800s the first know hearing aid manufacturing company was established by Frederick C. Rein
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Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc established the first American school for the Deaf.
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Created the light bulb; deafness influenced his life and work.
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John J. Flournoy proposed an idea for a Deaf state to the congress.
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Founder of Girl Scouts. Went deaf as a child/ young adult.
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First deaf major league baseball player and a very talented baseball player.
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Founder was Edmund Booth.
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International Conference for deaf educators; declartion was made that oral education was better than sign language. Sign Language was banned.
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First known as International Silent Games
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Major increase in Deaf Clubs all over the US in the 1940s and 1950s, today we still have some Deaf clubs.
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First Deaf president at Gallaudet University after the DPN movement.
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Open-captioned movies started in 1949.
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Research on CI started in the 1950s.
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Robert Weitbrecht invented the teletypewriter, which allowed TTY owners to communication with each other.
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1971 closed captioning was created for viewers who have a decoder for their televison set.
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Crowned Miss America in 1995.
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Protest at Gallaudet University for a Deaf president.
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First Deaf Arts Festival.
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Protest in Gallaudet University claiming Fernandes is not Deaf enough to be president.
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Creation Museum started Deaf day.