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George Washington is born in Virginia
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Thomas Jefferson is born in Virginia
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George Washington elected Commander In Chief of Continental Army.
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Thomas Jefferson submits Declaration of Independence
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George Washington conquors Gen. Cornwallis at Yorktown.
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George Washington sworn in as first President of the United States of America.
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George Washington dies
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Thomas Jefferson inauguarted third President of the United States of America.
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Abraham Lincoln born in Kentucky
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Thomas Jefferson dies
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Abraham Lincoln inaugurated 16th President of the United States of America.
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Abraham Lincoln assassinated.
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Thurgood Marshall born in Maryland.
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Rosa Parks was born in Alabama
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Cesar Chavez born in Arizona
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Martin Luther King Jr. born in Georgia
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Martin Luther King Jr. organizes Montgomery bus boycott.
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Alababma.
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Cesar Chavez cofounds United Farm Workders Union
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Martin Luther King Jr. organizes sit-in protests in Birmingham, AL.
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Martin Luther King Jr. participates in March on Washington.
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Thurgood Marshall appointed as first African-American Justice on US Supreme Court
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Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated.
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Thurgood Marshall dies.
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Cesar Chavez dies
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Rosa Parks dies