Leif Ericson was the one who descovered America 500 years BEFORE Columbus
Apr 8, 1513
He claimed Florida for spain. He was looking for the fountain of youth when he discovered Florida. He returned to Spain and te KIng appointed him govenor of Florida and gave him a royal grant to colonize it.
Sep 20, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan was The FIrst Captain To Sail Around The World Starting From Spain
Nov 17, 1558
The death of queen Mary is when Elizabeth became queen of england. She was the daughter of King Henry Vlll
Walter Raleigh was a soldier who was beheaded by the King of England for a crime that his men comitted
John Adams was the first Vice President of The United Sates to live in the White House.
Benjamin Banneker was a famous african american writer, astronomer, craftsman, and mathmatician
Robert Fulton was a painter He made a steam boat called Clermont. The boat set sail for the first time on August 17, 1807. it travled from New York Harbor to Albany, New York> Robert also designed a submarine called Nautilis
Robert B. Thomas published The Old Farmer's Almanac.He had made a mistake in his almanac that said it would rain. hail, and snow on July 13th and it did
He was one of the group of men that patrolled the streets of boston to watch the movements of the British forces. When he saw troops marching in, was his first famous ride he rode from Boston to Lexington and Concor.
After George Washington led the 13 colonies to victory he left his job as General due to that fact of aging. Then became the first President of the United States
North Carolina became the 12 state. This state is the leading state in farming and manufacturing of tobacco products. South carolina is know for its mystery of the Lost colony
James Buchanan was the 15th president of U.S. during his presidency slavery was a big problem. he thought it was wrong but the government had no right ti interfere with a states right to have slaves. He handed over the slavery issue for Lincoln to deal wi
Congress approved to build the first United state mint, which is a place where coins are made. The first mint was build in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania
George Washington laid The Cornerstone Of the Capitol Building
He discovered Colorado. It took him a week nto travel the 100-mile Journey. He also sighted the Rocky Mountains
Napoleon, Emperor of France, retreated from Russia
Captain Oliver Perry Defeated The British Navy
Two of the Greatest Indian Cheifs, Tecumseh and Joseph, were defeted by Great Britan
The Star Spangled Banner,Writen By Francis Scott Key, Became The United States Anthem
Nathaniel Pamler was an american sea captin and exploere. He was the first person to see Antarctica.
Fedrick made on of New York's famous attractions, New York City's Central Park.
Sam Houston bacame the first President of the Republic of Texas
The Pulitzer Prize was named after a man who provided funds. In 1903 he gave 1 million dollars to Columbia University of New York to build a School of Journalism. The trustees at the school decide who recieves the annual Pulitzer Prizes
Jesse James was The Most Famous Outlaw
He is know for his exciting stories, whisha re Treasure Island, The strange Case of Dr.Jekyll, Mr.Hide, and Kidnapped
He was an instructor at the age of 21. He opened a school in an old church in Tuskegee, Alabama. He was the only teacher for 30 black students.
John Brown, an abolishionist, captured a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia
General John Pershing Who Trained Soldiers in WWI is born
James Naismith was the inventor of the most popular sport, Basketball
WIlliam Porter a Famous writer was born
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was confederate general in the civil war. At the battle of Bull Run in 1861 jackson and his men stood like a stone wall and that was how jackson got his nick mane 'Stonewall" in 1863 he defeated General Hooker's army
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president. He gave his famous speech called the Gettysburg Address during the civil war between the north state and the south state
HIdden Treasure was burried in the sate of Vermont by an American Civil War Soldier
A civil war broke out because The general of the north, Ulysses S. Grant, thought slavery was wrong and the general of the south, Robert E. Lee, wanted to keep slavery. In 1865 Lee surrendered to Grant.
Kenesaw Mountain Landis was the first commissioner of baseball. He was the judge that took office during the Black Sox Scandal
The Mary Celeste cargo ship and Captain Benjamin S. Briggs,his family, and crew mysteriously disappeared while heading to Italy to deliver cargo. The ship was never found.
President James Garfield was Shot At a Railroad Station In Washington D.C.
The most famous painter from Spain was Pablo Picasso, he developed the new style of painting called Cubism
The famous Gunfight between the Earp Brithers and the Outlaws Happened in Tumbstone, Arizona
Eleanor Rosevelt was the wife of the 34th President franklin Roosevelt
The First Roll-film Camera called "Kodak" was created by George Eastman
President Benjamin Harris announced that on April 22nd people could cross the border of the unassinged lines to claim one 160-acre plot for free
Jane Addams Opened a Hull House For Immigrants To Have A PLace to LIve In
On this date, montana, also known as the treasure state, became the 41st state and themost famous indian battles have been fought in this state
Charles E. Duryea and Frank M. Duryea built a "motor wagon" which entered in the 50 mile auto race. In 1896 The brother opened Duryea Motor Wagon Company.
John L. Sullivan Was The First to Fight Under The Qeensberry Rules
World's Columbian Exposition first Chicago. The purpose of the fair was to honor the 400th anniversary of when Columbus discovered america
Frank Duryea built The First Aerican-made GAsoline Powered Automobile
Federick Upham Adams who was a reporter got the idea The first horesless carriage race
Walter Reed Found That Mosqiotoes Were The Cause Of The Yellow Fever
The First Flight and Crash Of The Air Plane Made By the Wright Brothers in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Most of the land of Oklahoma was a huge Indian Reservation. The Government opened Oklahoma to white people and began settlement. Today Oklahoma is famous for it's oil and natural gas
Edwin Land was an inventor and a scientist. He was really into polarized light and came up with a camera called the polaroid camera that could take a picture and develope it within minutes and they were colored pictures. he earned patents for all 500 hund
Calbrith Rodgers became the first person to fly across the united states even when the airplane was still a new invention
President Woodrow Wilson blasted 1,600 pounds of dynamite to continue building the Panama Canal. The explosion was 4,000 miles away
Alvin York, an WW1 Aerican soldier, captured am entire battalion of German soldiers
Eight members of the Chicago White Sox baseball team was admitted in the 1919 World Series
Charles Schulz is known for his famous cartoon characters Lucy,Linus,Snoopy, Woodstock, and Charlie Brown. He has made popular comic strips called Peanuts, Peanuts which is in close to 2,000 newspapers in the U.S. and Canada
National Magic Day is celebrated in the honor of the famous Escape Artist Harry Houdini
Jesse Owens Was Sent to Berlin Germany To Compete In The Olympics Because He Was The Fastest Man In The World
The creator of the muppets was born also in the late 1600's that's when sesame was being planned
Count Ferndinand Von Zeppelin. The blimp took on its first voyage on may 3rd across the Atlantic and landed in Lakehurst, New Jersey.
The Japanese attacked the american naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The attack had caused World War II
50 people came to San Francisco, California to organize the United Nations to work for world peace, security, and the betterment of living comditions for all people
The United Nations Day is anorginization that was started with a walk in hope that there will be less chance of war
The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is kown for it's mysteries. 5 U.S. navy airplanes disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean.
Charlie Brown was created by Cartoonist Charles Schulz
A medical research scientist who found a way to stop the disease Poliomyelitis (polio). In 1952 he tested the vaccine on humans and in 1955 it was found that it was safe and effective.
The Russians sent a man-made Satellite named Sputnik into space
The earth shook under a small mining town in Canada which trapped 12 miners for 6 days
A cold war broke out between the United States and Russia. Francis Gray Powers worked for the U.S. government and his mission was to spy on the Russians and take pictures of their military bases but the plain shot down over Russia and he was taken as pris
The firat Presidential Election Debate between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy aired on all major T.V. networks
Gordie Howe became the first persom toscore more than 1,000 points in a season. He played with the Red Wings in NHL for 25 years
Fidel was Govenor of Cuba, cubans didnlt like Castros government. Some cubans were takin in american ships to a place called the bay of pigs. Kennedy had planned an invasion on cuba but that had failed.
The Warren Commission report about the assassination of John F. Kennedy was released
the National Cowboy Hall of Fame opened in Oklahoma. the first cowboys elected in the hall of fame were Theodore Roosevelt, Will Rogers, Charles Russel, Jake McClure, and Charles Goodnight
Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. was a black baptrist minister and a leader in the civil-rights movement for all black people. On April 3, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee he came to support for the city's mostly black sanitation workers
Apollo 13 was launched on April 11th. The spacecraft carried astronauts Jim Lovell, John Swigert, and Fred Haise. Things started to go wrong. The astronauts faced the possibility of running out of power. With just enough power the spacecraft made it aroun
He was Vice President then became the 40th president and the first to be appointed and not elected. Nixon had chosen Ford as his vice president under the terms of the 25th ammendment of the constitution
The greatest Singer-Song writer that ever lived was Woody Guthrie
Jefferson became United States citizen
The who had their cncert at Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio. A riot had broken out and 11 people died because of a human stampede
Sandra Day O'Conner became the first women to serve as an associate justice on he Surpreme Court of the U.S.
Colombus day is the day Christopher Columbus discoverd a strange new land. it is Celebrated by many countries of the world
James Carter, Known as Jimmy Carter, helped the U.S. Government made an agreement to remove the military leaders of the Caribean country of Hiti
