Events in history Dawson/Ramsay By Dawson/Ramsay Jan 1, 1492 christopher columbus sailed the ocean blue Jan 1, 1607 jamestown Dec 16, 1620 Plymouth Rock Jan 1, 1624 new york city founded Dec 20, 1754 french and indian war Jul 4, 1774 Declaration of Independence Jan 1, 1775 revolutionary war Apr 19, 1775 battle of lexington and concord May 26, 1775 second continental congress Sep 5, 1776 first continental congress Jan 1, 1777 slavery abolished in us Sep 17, 1787 Constitution created Dec 12, 1787 pennsylvania founded Apr 30, 1789 George Washington becomes president Apr 30, 1803 Louisiana Purchase Jan 1, 1812 War of 1812 Jan 1, 1828 Andrew Jackson becomes president Mar 6, 1836 battle of the alamo Jan 1, 1846 mexican arerican war Jan 24, 1848 California gold rush Jan 1, 1850 missouri compromise Dec 20, 1859 colorado gold rush Jan 1, 1860 Abrham Lincoln becomes president Dec 4, 1861 Civil War Jan 1, 1864 fort collins founded Jan 1, 1866 African Americans get the right to vote Dec 19, 1866 spanish american war May 10, 1869 transcontinental railroad completed Mar 7, 1876 Telephone invented Jun 25, 1876 custers last stance Aug 1, 1876 colorado become a state Oct 22, 1879 Light Blub Invented Dec 17, 1903 wright brothers frist flight Jan 1, 1906 San Francsico earthquack Jan 1, 1908 model t invented Apr 15, 1912 Titanic Sinks Apr 15, 1912 titanic sinks Jan 1, 1913 clpms bulit Oct 10, 1913 Panama Canal Opens Jan 1, 1914 World War I Jul 28, 1914 world war 1 May 19, 1919 women get right to vote in U.S Feb 20, 1920 John F. Keddedy becomes pesident May 20, 1927 Charles Lindbergh Flies arcoss the alantic Oct 29, 1929 Great Deppresion started Oct 29, 1929 stock market crash Aug 5, 1930 Man on the Moon Jan 1, 1931 Hoover Dam Built Nov 5, 1932 Fraklin D. Roosevelt becomes president Jan 1, 1939 World War II May 15, 1940 first mcdonalds Dec 7, 1941 pearl harbor attack Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Aug 6, 1945 atomic bomb hiroshima and nagasaki Oct 24, 1945 United Nations created Jun 25, 1950 korean war Jan 1, 1954 Vietnam War Starts Jul 17, 1955 Disneyland Opened Aug 21, 1959 Hawaii becomes a state Oct 15, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Jan 1, 1964 Mr.Denise born Apr 4, 1968 martin luther king jr assassination Nov 9, 1989 Berlin Wall torn down Nov 27, 2000 george w bush became president Oct 9, 2001 World Trad Center Attacked Jan 1, 2003 afghanistan and iraq invation Feb 4, 2004 facebook started Aug 25, 2005 Hurricane Katrina Nov 4, 2008 Barack Obama becomes pesident Mar 2, 2012 Columbine High School shooting
