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Sep 20, 1519
Around the World
Ferdinand Magellan a sea captain left from the county Spain with 5 ships. Three years later one of his ships retured but he wasnt traveling the world, he was looking for a short sea route to get to the Indies. -
Sir Walter Raleigh
He placed his head on a wooden block and in a short period of time became headless. He was concidered one of the most colorful men in the English history. He was a favorite to Queen Elizabeth 1 of England. He put his coat on the ground so she would not have to walk on the mud and get dirty. He was very respectful. -
John Adams
He was the second president of the United State. He was the first Vice president and also the firt to live in the white house. He had a son who also became president John Adams Quency Adams and he was the 6th president. -
Capitol Building
Its a very important building to the United States. Its where the United States congress meets and is a symbol to the U.S. Its located by the center of Washington D.C. on Capitol hill. Its made up of men and woman who make laws for there country -
Napoleon
He was an Emperor of France. Then he began his career as a regualr officer and in the french army easily moved up on his rank. He became the leader of a french army , Not only that he soon became the ruler of all France in 1804. He not only ruled france, but all the countries that conqoured France. -
The Battle Of Lake Erie
For the first time during the war of 1812, Captain Oliver Perry defeated the British navy. The battle of Lake Erie, In early August Perry and his navy were ready and sailed into sea and waited, until Septemeber 10,1813 the British Navy attacked. Then Perry fired upon the Britsh and won "The Battle Of Lake Erie" -
Sad Day for Indians
He died in a battle, he had a plan for all the indians to Unite into one great tribe. He traveled from tribe to tribe to make the indians understand there best chance against the white men ws to join together, as one. He was killed and ws defeated unfortunatly. -
The Star Spangled Banner
The Star Spangled Banner is the national anthem of the United States, it was written by Francis Scott Key. The song is sang in sporting events and other public gatherings. Key wrote the song while watching the British Navy bomb Fort McHenry during the war of 1812. They fought because the British arrested a american and they wanted him back. They fought all night, and Key was able to see the American fort up, and the bombing lasted all night.The poem was on news papers and people were singing it. -
Sam Houston
He was the first President of the Republic of Texas. He belonged to Mexico governmett. Then a war broke out in 1836, the alamo became the symbol of Texas -
Jesse James
Jesse James was famously known as a bank robber. In this case he robbed banks to help the poor people, and also searched for food to help the people that couldnt afford it. He died while adjusting a picture on his wall at his home. he was shot in the head on April 3,1882 -
Walter Reed&John Pershing
Walter Reed&John Pershing were both born looking for an enemy and were also in the army. Walter Reed was born looking for a desease called yellow fever, which was found in 1900 and it hit american troops it turns your skin yellow thats why its knows as that. John was born in 1860, he was in charge of the American Army, his job was to organize American forces and to be trained. He was given the rank of highest American Army Officer. He was General of the Armies of the U.S. -
John Brown Harpers Ferry
He was an abolitionist, captured a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. It cointained weapons and ammunitions. His goal was to free all the negroes in this state. Virginia, He was trying to freee them and then h e got caught with his men on OOctober 18. -
Jane Addams
Jane Addams was a woman who devoted her life to helping the poor, since she was a little girl she always knew thats what she wanted. She went to medical scool to become a doctor, but she had to leave because of poor health. She decided that London was a place where'd she'd like to spend her life, she went to a settlement home. Soon in 1889 Jane opened a Hull House in America, and it was the first. janewrote books,spoke to people and helped people. She died May 1935 -
William Sydney Porter
William was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, he went on to be a famouse short story writter, he's known for his pen name O.Henry. He quit school when he was fifteen, but did most of his writting when he was in prison. He was known for his surprise endings that noone would expect! He died in 1910. -
Hidden Treasure
During the American Cilvil War , a band of southern soldiers rode into a small town in Vermont. They had robbed some banks and put it away in a seceret place and the money was about 114,000 and its still till this day unable to be found. -
Ames Garfield
Was the 20th president of the United States, but was shot 80 days earlier, he was shot on July 2, 1881 at a railroad station in Washington D.C. a man stepped out of the crowd and fired shots and was never found because there was so many people. So when they had to take care of him because of his gun wounds, he died because they had gotton infected -
Gunfight at the Corral
A famouse gunfight took place in Tombstone, Arizona. It became known as the Gunfight at the OK Corral. The erp brothers, there friend Doc Holiday and a band of outlaws. -
Eleanor Roosevelt
She was born into a famous family , he uncle was Teddy Roosevelt, the 26th presedent of the United States. Her mother did not treat her right for the way she looked, her father was the only one who cared, but died at the age of 34, and she was only was 10. In 1905 she had married her cousin Franklin Roosevelt and he became 32nd presdent , but soon became ill with polio. So she took care of him and did all his work -
Alvin York
During World War 1, Alvin was a corporal at the time, he caught german soldiers, and became famous as Segreant York. Then he recivied highest military award, the Congressional Medal of honor, he also recived 50 other awards. -
George Eastman
On Septermber 4,1888 George Eastman created the first camra you can hold in your hand. He invented it because the camras beforewere very big and heavy! Then to see the photos it was hard and dangerous because there was harmful and could stain peoples cloths. so he also created film for the camra and named it "Kodak" -
Championship Fight
Septemeber 7, 1892 in New Orleans, Louisiana was the firs heavyweight title fight under the Queensberry rules. The fight was between John L. Sullivan and Jim Corbett. it was a fight that had rules, because before without anything people died, got seriously injured, etc. So on a box it said all the Qeensberry rules and soon became a popular. -
First Gasoline Automobile
On September 21, 1893 first american made, gasoline powered automobile was taken on a test drive. After it made only 25 feet he went for 200 miles and it was a success. -
First Plane Tragedy
The first death was caused by the an airplane crashed. Which occured at Fort Myer, Virginia and the victim was a lieutenant in the U.S. Signal Corps named Thomas Selfridge -
Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens was known for being the fatsest human! When he was young he had 3 jobs plus he was going to school. Jessi made it through high school and got training before school and made it into Ohio state university known as a great athlete. He went to the olipmics in Berlin,Germany and won 4 gold medals! Hes known for the fastest man in the world! -
Panama Canal
Presedent Woodrow Wilson pressed the button in the white house office an caused an explostion 4,000 miles away. &it blew up the panama canal , and they had to rebuild it again because it was important to ships that traveled. The construction of the canal was about 380 million. -
Black Sox Scandel
Chicago White Sox baseball team admitted that they had thrown in 1919 World Series. 8 players from the "Black Soxs" were trailed for taking money from gamblers to let the Reds win the Series. The players were soon banned especially one of the best players Joe Jackson. but he still remains America's great pasttime. -
National Magic Day
This day is honored to one of the great magicians which is Harry Houdini, sadly dead. his real name was Enrich Weiss, he was the greatest escape artist of all time. He would do many different tricks that would leave people sppechless! -
Jim Henson
Jim Henson was born in Greensville, Mississippi. He was the creater of MUPPETS. He had a different imagination and it was original. He even had a T>V> show for the crazy unique characters he had. Like Miss Piggy, Kermit, Big bird, Ernie etc.. He sadly died in 1990 -
United Nations Day
185 countrys around the world, work for world peace ! so that people can live better lives and not fight. People try to solve problems with the others and try to fix them so that everything can be in peace.. -
Charlie Brown
Charlie Brown was a character cartoon created by Charles Schulz. He was a leading character in a comic strip names Penuts ! His stories were things that actually happened like things people would have struggle with, but in a good way. and he also had other characters and he was a very likable peson. -
Spunik 1
The russians sent into space a man made satellite named Sputnik 1. It was marked the beggining of the space age. It travled around the earth. It can send signals, watch weather conditions, and explore space. -
Leif Ericson
Many people belive that he was the first person to discover America nearly 500 years before Columbus. He was a vikining exploror, he was a great sailor who were not afriad to explore distant lands. -
Warren Commission
The warren Commission report was released to the people. It was set up by Presedent Lyndon B. Johnson to look into the assasination of presedent John F. Kennedy. -
Woody Guthrie
He was a great song writter, he had gone through so much in his life and he dealed with the Great Depression and like he travled and played the guitar to make money and sing anywhere he could. He wrote songs based on what he saw and he became famous and he passed it was like they lost him. -
Pablo Picasso
In the country of Spain, one of the most famous painters of the 1900's was there. Not only was he a great painter, but a sculpter as well. He was young and showed signs of becoming a artist because of his father. And knew his son would be one too and so it happened. He traveld and tried to sell his paintings but couldnt so he went through a blue period with nothing and noone in his life. -
Jefferson Davis
after almost 90 years of his death. Jefferson Davis family became a citizen of the United States by birth. This means when a person is born in the United States they are automatically american -
Sandra Day O'Conner
She was the first woman to serve as an Associate justice on the supreme court of the United States. She had a private law in Pheonix Arizona, she was also a member of the Arizona Senate, a superior court judge on the Arizona Court Of Appeals -
Columbus Day
Many countrys of the world celebrated the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus discovery of a strange, The new land was soon America.Some people like Native americanns think that it shouldnt be celebrated because of what he had done to there people, and because they were the first ones there already.And people that do celebrate that day say he was a brave man -
Nixon-Kennedy Debate
1960 at 9:30 p.m. in Chicago the first presidential election was on all major television networks. it was a huge event in history because there was much tension and if eaither made a mistake the whole country would see and anyone could loose from that point on! -
James Earl Carter, Jr
He was the 39th presedent of the United States. He served as present from 1977 to 1981. He was a senate in Georgia. He also wrote a book called Keeping Faith:Memoirs of A Presedent. -
Trapped Miners
On October 23, 1958 the earth shhok under a small mining town in Canada. 24 miners were dead. 64 men were still trapped and were 4,000 feet below ground. The next few weeks they had to rescue what they had knew were alive. And on October 29, a rescue worker heard then say there are 12 of us in here, come and get us. It was truly a miracle.
