Important Events of American History - Gentile, Sealander, Quinn, Wood By 46351 Oct 11, 1492 Columbus Lands in the Americas Dec 19, 1619 Jamestown Dec 20, 1620 Plymouth and the Pilgrims Dec 19, 1624 New York City founded Apr 17, 1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord Apr 19, 1775 Revolutionary war May 13, 1775 Second Continental Congress Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independance Sep 17, 1787 Constution Apr 30, 1798 George Washington Becomes President Nov 6, 1806 Abraham Lincon Elected Feb 17, 1819 Missouri Compromise Feb 3, 1836 Battle of the Alamo Dec 5, 1839 Custers last stand Dec 20, 1840 Women Get the Right to Vote Apr 25, 1846 Mexican American War Starts Jul 19, 1858 Colorado Gold Rush starts Jul 20, 1858 Colorado Gold Rush Starts Apr 12, 1861 Civil War Jan 1, 1864 Abraham Lincoln becomes president Feb 12, 1864 Fort Collins Founded Feb 3, 1870 African Americans Allowed to Vote Mar 10, 1876 Telephone Invented Dec 20, 1879 Light Bulb Invented Oct 1, 1908 Model T Invented Jul 28, 1914 World War 1 Aug 15, 1918 Panama Canal Opened May 20, 1927 Charles Lindberh flies across the Atlantic Sep 3, 1939 World War 2 Starts Jan 16, 1940 Great Depression May 15, 1940 First McDonalds Opens Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Aug 6, 1945 Attomic Bomb in WW2 Jul 17, 1955 Disneyland Opens Nov 1, 1955 Vietnam War Starts Jan 20, 1961 John F. Kennedy Becomes President Jan 1, 1963 Mr. Denise Born Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. assassinationn Sep 13, 1969 Man on the Moon Nov 9, 1989 Berlin Wall Torn Down Jan 16, 1991 Persain Gulf War Starts Mar 20, 2003 Afghanistan and Iraq Invasion Jan 20, 2008 Barak Obama elected
