Family Oral History Project

By agibson
  • DNA Discovered

    DNA Discovered
  • Korean War Ends

  • Segregation Ruled Illegal in U.S.

    Segregation Ruled Illegal in U.S.
  • McDonald's Corporation is Founded

    McDonald's Corporation is Founded
  • Vietnam War Begins

  • NASA Founded

    NASA Founded
  • Berlin Wall Built

  • JFK Assassinated

    JFK Assassinated
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Makes His "I Have a Dream" Speech

    Martin Luther King Jr. Makes His "I Have a Dream" Speech
  • 1st Child Born

  • First Super Bowl

    First Super Bowl
  • 2nd Child Born

  • •Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated •My Lai Massacre

  • Neil Armstrong Becomes the First Man on the Moon

    Neil Armstrong Becomes the First Man on the Moon
  • VCRs Introduced

    VCRs Introduced
  • Pocket Calculators Introduced

    Pocket Calculators Introduced
  • Abortion Legalized in U.S.

  • Vietnam War Ends

  • North and South Vietnam Join to Form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

  • Star Wars Movie Released

    Star Wars Movie Released
  • Assassination Attempt on U.S. President Reagan

  • Personal Computers (PC) Introduced by IBM

    Personal Computers (PC) Introduced by IBM
  • Wreck of the Titanic Found

  • 1st Grandchild Born

  • Berlin Wall Falls

    Berlin Wall Falls
  • Hubble Telescope Launched Into Space

    Hubble Telescope Launched Into Space
  • Collapse of the Soviet Union

  • 2nd Grandchild Born

  • End of the Cold War

  • Use of the Internet Grows Exponentially

  • World Trade Center Bombed

  • 3rd Grandchild Born

  • Hong Kong Returned to China

  • U.S. President Clinton Impeached

  • Panama Canal Returns to Panama

  • The Euro is Introduced (The New European Currency)

  • George W. Bush is elected President of the United States

  • Afghan War begins

  • Wikipedia founded

    Wikipedia founded
  • 9/11 attacks destroy the World Trade Center in New York

    9/11 attacks destroy the World Trade Center in New York
  • Iraq War begins

  • Hurricane Katrina kills nearly 2000 people in the Gulf of Mexico

    Hurricane Katrina kills nearly 2000 people in the Gulf of Mexico
  • Saddam Hussein is executed in Iraq

  • Barack Obama is elected President of the United States

  • A 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti kills 230,000

    A 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti kills 230,000
  • The largest oil spill in US history occurs in the Gulf of Mexico

  • 9.0 earthquake near Tohoku, Japan

  • Osama bin Laden is Killed

  • 1st Great Grandchild Born

  • Iran suspends oil exports to Britain and France