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Sep 20, 1519
Around the world
Sea Captain Ferdinand Madellan is known to Sail around the world with 241 men. From him starting off with five ships from Spain he would have never realised the hard task coming towards him & his crew. They lost men from starvation, they had to battle two fleets of Filipinos, but Madellan wasn't able to survive through that. Well going back to Spain three years later, with one ship that held 18 men aboad, Magellan was still famous for what he didn't live out to do. -
Period: Sep 20, 1519 to
History made today
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Nov 17, 1558
Queen Elizabeth I
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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Benjamin Banneker
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John Adams
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Robert Fulton
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North Carolina
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The Capitol Buliding
The Capitol building is a important part off the United States. In the Capitol building, there is congress which is divided into two parts, The Senate & the House of Representatives. During the War of 1812, The British set fire to the Capitol building. Dolly Madison, the wife of the 4th President was able to save important papers and a painting of George Washington whom put Cornerstone on the Capitol building. -
Zebulon Pike
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Napoleon
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The Battle Of Lake Erie
The United States had a battle with the British over Lake Erie. Both sides were using naval force, but the U.S were not nearly as expienced as the British. Captain Oliver Perry had to prepare his members in a short amount of time. He set out onto Put-in-Bay with this men & was easily defeated. Just 15 minutes later the Britsh were the ones fully defeated. Perry Defeating the British would become an important part in helping defeat Great Britain in the war of 1812. -
Sad Day for indians
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The Star-Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key wrote the national anthem The Star-Spangled Banner for the United States. He wrote it while watching the British bomb Fort McHenry in 1812. It was the fort that protected Baltimore Maryland. Key was a lawyer, he was trying to get an American prisoner from the british & had to wait on a boat. On the boat the bombing was still happing & in the mornig he was overly happy to still see the American flag over the fort. He wrote a poem called The Defense of Fort McHenry. -
Antarctica
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James Garfield
The 20th President of the United States died, because of two gun shots. At they where able to hold him alive but at a critical stage because the doctors that were treating him did not know about infections with the wounds. They brought in Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of a device that could find metal & also the telephone to help. Unfortunatly it didn't help because the bed Garfield was laying on had metal springs which interferd with his device. Garfield died 80 days after getting shot. -
Sam Houston
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Jesse James
On September 5th 1847, Jesse James was born in Clay County, Missouri. Frank, whom is his older brother became famous bank robbers. They would rob banks & give the money to those who were in desperate need of it. In 1881 a reward would be given for $5,000 by the governor for the capture of either one of the brothers. Jesse, was finally caught in his home & was shot dead by Bob Ford. -
Robert louis Stevenson
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John Brown Harpers Ferry
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Jane Addams
Jane Addams was born into a well suited family on September 6th 1860. She saw how the poor was & she intended on helping them. So she went to medical school to help but that didn't work out too well due to her conditions. Jane visited London & saw a settlement house, she immeditly knew what she would do to help the poor. In 1889 Jane opened a settlement house in a poor neighborhood in Chicago called "Hull House". In the house she helped just like she always wanted to do.! -
James Naismith
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William Sydney Porter
William Sydney Porter later know as O. Henry always was amazed with writing & reading. Porter did become a writer, but he did most of his writing in prison. He was in prison for three years after fleeing the country for being accused of stealing money well working as a bank cleark. Porter came back from Central America to America because he had heard that his wife become ill. As soon as she passed away, he was sent to prison. Porter became a famous writer , espcially for his suprising endings. -
Gettysburg Address
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Hidden Treasure
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kenesaw Mountain landis
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The Mary Celeste
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Pablo Picasso
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Gunfight at the OK corral
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George Eastman
George Eastman, was born in 1854 & died in 1932. Eastman patent the first roll film camera called the Kodak. By doing this he was able to use film to develop a picture rather than using dangerous chemicals. It made taking pictures easier than before! -
Montana
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First Gasoline Automobile
Using gas to power this vehical was slightly difficult. Frank Duryea & his brother did a test drive which only went about 25 feet before stalling. Trying once again, it went about 200 feet, that became a success! The brothers were the first to start manufacturing the automobiles in America in 1895. It was such an excitment that it was shown in circuses. Before people would walk, ride bikes, or ride by horse. All around the world gas powered machines were being made. -
Horseless carrage race
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Okalahoma
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The First Plane Tragedy
The very first plane crash was in Fort Myer, Virgina. The plane invention was by the Wright brothers. The army became highly interested in the new invention, for it could be used in war. Five years after the invention, Thomas Selfridge & Orville Wright went for a flight, but one of the propellers broke causing the crash. Selfridge wasn't able to survive the plane crash like Orvill. The Army eventually gave perssion to the Wright brothers to build planes for the army. -
First Coast to Coast Flight
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Jesse Owens
In the summer of 1936, in Berlin Germany, along with 327 american athletes. Jesse won four medals, the 100-meter, 200- meter, the long jump, & the 400-meter relay team. Jesse from the time of his young years, he'd be working, going to school & training. His coach Riley saw great potetial in him & it finally showed in the 1936 Olympics as being the fastest man in the world. -
Black Sox Scandal
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Charles Schulz
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James Earl Carter, Jr.
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National magic day
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Jim Henson
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United Nations Day
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Charlie Brown
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Sputnik I
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Trapped miners
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Nixon-Kennedy Debate
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Gordie howe
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Warren Commission
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National Cowboy hall of Fame
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Woody Guthrie
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Jeffereson Davis
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Sandra Day O' Connor
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Walter Reed 18-1902, John Pershing 1860-1948
Walter Reed an army officer was on the search for a disease that was called yellow fever. He was saying that it was brought by bites of mosquitoes, so he had to prove it. He studied, & found his theory to be true.
John "Black Jack" Pershing an army officer, had to train his men of 200,000 using old weapons & equipment duing World War 1 in 1917. He kept his men together & when the war was over, he became General of the Armies of the U.S
Both men where born on the same day September 13th
