Events of American History-McKee,Croft By ELEMENT123 Jan 13, 1492 Columbus Land in the Americas May 24, 1607 Jamestown Nov 11, 1620 Plymouth and The Pilgrims Mar 1, 1624 New York City Founded May 17, 1754 French and Indian War Sep 5, 1774 First Conttinental Congress Apr 19, 1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord Apr 19, 1775 Revolutionary War May 10, 1775 Second Continental Congress Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Jul 4, 1776 Declaration Of Independence Sep 17, 1787 Constitution was Created Dec 12, 1787 Pennsylvania Founded Apr 30, 1789 George Washington Becomes President Jul 4, 1803 Louisiana Purchase Jun 18, 1812 War of 1812 Feb 17, 1820 Missouri Compromise Mar 4, 1829 Andrew Jackson Becomes President Apr 25, 1846 Mexican American War Starts Jan 24, 1848 Californa Gold Rush Jul 1, 1858 Colorado Gold Rush Starts Mar 4, 1861 Abraham Lincoln Becomes President Apr 12, 1861 Civil War Starts Jan 31, 1865 Slavery Abolished May 10, 1869 Transcontinental Railroad Completed Feb 3, 1870 African American Men Get the Right To Vote Feb 23, 1870 Battle of the Alamo Mar 7, 1876 Telephone Invented Jun 25, 1876 Custer's last Stand Aug 1, 1876 Colorado Becomes A state Jan 27, 1880 Light Bulb Invented Feb 12, 1883 Fort Collins Founded Apr 25, 1898 Spanish American War Dec 17, 1903 Wright Brothers First Flight Apr 18, 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Aug 12, 1908 Model T Invented Apr 15, 1912 Titanic Sinks Jun 15, 1913 CLP Built Jul 28, 1914 World War 1 Aug 15, 1914 Panama Canal Opened May 19, 1919 Women Get the Right to Vote May 20, 1927 Charles Lindbergh Flies Across the Atlantic Sep 4, 1929 The Great Depression Oct 29, 1929 Stock Market Crash Sep 30, 1935 Hoover Dam Built Sep 1, 1939 World War 2 Starts Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Attacked Mar 4, 1943 Franklin D Roosevelt Becomes President Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Aug 6, 1945 Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Oct 24, 1945 United Nations Created Jun 25, 1950 Korean War Starts Apr 15, 1955 First McDonalds Opened Jul 17, 1955 Disneyland Opened Dec 21, 1956 Vietnam War Starts Aug 21, 1959 Hawaii Becomes a state Jan 20, 1961 John F. Kennedy Becomes President Oct 14, 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis Feb 7, 1964 The Beatles Arive In the United States Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Junior Assassination Jul 20, 1969 Man On The Moon Nov 9, 1989 Berlin Wall Torn Down Aug 2, 1990 Persian Gulf War Started Apr 20, 1999 Columbine High School Shooting Jan 20, 2001 George W. Bush Becomes President Sep 11, 2001 World Trade Center Attacked Sep 18, 2002 Afghanistan and Iraq (invasion) Feb 4, 2004 Facebook Started Aug 23, 2005 Hurricane Katrina Jan 20, 2009 Barack Obama Becomes President
