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Duck Dynasty creator Phil Robertson is born
Phil Robertson was born and raised in Vivian, Louisiana, a small town near Shreveport.Never satisfied with the duck calls that were on the market, Phil began to experiment with making a call that would produce the exact sound of a duck. A duck call for duck killers, not "world champion-style duck callers." Claiming, "No duck would even place in a duck calling contest." And so, in 1972, the first Duck Commander call was born. Phil received a patent for this call and the Duck Commander Company was -
Joseph McCarthy-McCarthyism
McCarthyism is a political ploy that weilds accustations and shame without significant evidence. Joseph McCarthy, a senator from winsconsin, made a speech claiming to have a list of 205 people in the state Department that view members of the American Communist party. This started a witch hunt and anti-communist histeria. -
Truman fires MacArthur
US President Harry S. Truman relieved General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of his commands for making public statements that contradicted the administration's policies. -
Brown vs Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education, was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896 which allowed state-sponsored segregation. so on May 17, 1954, the Warren Court's unanimous (9–0) decision stated that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." Allowing intergration in schools to begin. -
Elvis starts career
In 1954, Elvis began his singing career with the legendary Sun Records label in Memphis. In late 1955, his recording contract was sold to RCA Victor. By 1956, he was an international sensation. With a sound and style that uniquely combined his diverse musical influences and blurred and challenged the social and racial barriers of the time, he ushered in a whole new era of American music and popular culture. -
Warsaw Pact formed
In May 1955, the “treaty of mutual friendship, co-operation and mutual assistance” was signed between the People’s Republic of Albania, the People’s Republic of Bulgaria, the Hungarian People’s Republic, the German Democratic Republic, the Polish People’s Republic, the Rumanian People’s Republic, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the Czechoslovak Republic. -
Emmit Till is murdered
Emmett Till, a 14-year-old boy from Chicago, was visiting his relatives in Mississippi when he was snatched from his great-uncle's home He was then beaten, shot in the head, and then thrown into Tallahatchie River. His body was found three days later. Ostensibly, the murderers killed Till because he whistled at a white woman. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was a woman who calmly refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. She was arrested and convicted of violating the laws of segregation, known as “Jim Crow laws.” Mrs. Parks appealed her conviction and thus formally challenged the legality of segregation. -
Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine were the nine African-American students involved in the desegregation of Little Rock Central High SchoolTheir entrance into the school in 1957 started trouble when Arkansas governor, in defiance of a federal court order, called out the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the students from entering . President Eisenhower responded by federalizing the National Guard and sending units to escort the nine students. -
Sputnik is launched
The Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I; The world's first artificial satellite. That launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. -
JFK Assassination
John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, while riding in a motorcade through Dallas.Just a year after the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear disaster. IT was a shocking and devasting moment. -
Civil Acts Rights Signed
After many years of the Civil Rights movment the Civil Rights Movement was finally passed and signed by President Lyndon Johnson. This rights acts allowed for there to be no segregation. It allowed there to be intergration in jobs, public places, and schools every where. -
Malcom X Assassination
In New York City, Malcolm X, an African American nationalist and religious leader, was assassinated by rival Black Muslims while giving a speech at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights -
HIV comes to america
The history of HIV/AIDS in the United States began in about 1969, when HIV likely entered the United States through a single infected immigrant. This rare cancer began to spread throughout the medical communities. After years of research there are many who are infected and a cure remains unknown. -
Martin Luther King Assassination
At 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was hit by a sniper's bullet. King was immediately taken to a nearby hospital but was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. Violence and controversy followed. In outrage of the murder, many blacks took to the streets across the United States in a massive wave of riots. -
Jimi Hendrix releases "All along the watch tower"
This song was based off of Bob Dylan’s John Wesley Harding album.In contrast, “All Along The Watchtower” is spare and restrained. The song consists of only three verses, with no chorus. The language is simple. Yet the three verses are packed with meaning and drama. -
Jimi Hendrix Dies
Jimi Hendrix had taken 9 tablets of the prescribed sleeping pill Vesparax, 4 1/2 the prescribed dose. He had also been drinking red wine excessively the night before. So some time on the night of September 18, 1970, Hendrix asphyxiated on his own vomit in his sleep. This was confirmed by the autopsy. -
Ping Pong Diplomacy
One of the first public hints of improved U.S.-China relations came on April 6, 1971, when the American Ping-Pong team, in Japan for the 31st World Table Tennis Championship, received a surprise invitation from their Chinese colleagues for an all-expense paid visit to the People's Republic. -
WaterGate Scandal
The scandal takes its name from the Watergate hotel in Washington,., the site of a 17 June 1972 break-in into the Democratic National Committee headquarters., five men were arrested for breaking and entering. On September 15, a grand jury indicted the burglars for conspiracy, burglary and violation of federal wiretapping law -
Vietnam War
After years of gorrila warfare in the vietnam war,the war was finaly put to an end. Nixon began to pull out troops until all U.S troops were officialy withdrawn. The war was over for America, but VIetnam still had unfinished business with other countries. -
When Duck Dynasty started their company
Phil Robertson created the Duck Commander duck call in 1972, and incorporated the Duck Commander Company in 1973.The business began in a dilapidated family shed, where Phil Robertson spent 25 years making duck calls from Louisiana cedar trees.[1] His son Willie is now the CEO of the company -
Nike company is Established
The Nike athletic machine began as a small distributing outfit located in the trunk of Phil Knight's carBy 1964, Knight had sold $8,000 worth of Tigers and placed an order for more. Coach Bowerman and Knight worked together, but ended up hiring a full-time salesman, Jeff Johnson. After cresting $1 million in sales and riding the wave of the success, Knight et. al. devised the Nike name and trademark Swoosh in 1971. -
John Lennon Assassination
A crowd gathers outside The Dakota apartment building in New York on Dec. 8, 1980, hours after reports that former Beatle John Lennon has been fatally shot. John Lennon had died. Lennon was shot outside his apartment in New York. -
Reagan Assassination attempt
On March 21, 1981, Ronald Reagan, the new President of the United States, visited Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. with his wife Nancy for a fundraising event. While walking on the side, as he was waving to the crowd; sudden gunshots were fired at the president. He was rushed to the hospital. He survived the shooting. -
Michael Jordan starts shoeline
He started out with a Nike contract offer in 1984. He accepted and then eventually went on to make his own shoe company "Jordan Brand". Nike started Jordan Brand. Michael Jordan signed a deal where he receives $20 million a year until 2023 for wearing Nike apparel only and using his name and image.
