Major events that happened during my Grandpa's life By MRogers Mar 30, 1921 Grandpa is born Period: Mar 30, 1921 to Mar 5, 2012 My Grandpa's life time Apr 22, 1927 The Great Mississippi River Flood Oct 29, 1929 Stock Market Crashes Apr 14, 1935 Dust Bowl Mar 5, 1939 Baseball Hall of Fame opens Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Attack Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Aug 6, 1945 Atom bomb Droped on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Atom Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki Feb 18, 1946 Grandpa and Granma get married Jan 21, 1947 First child was born (Linda) Dec 4, 1955 Rosa Parks Bus Boycott Aug 28, 1963 Martin luther king Jr gives I have a dream speech Nov 5, 1963 JFK Assassinated Jan 15, 1967 First Super Bowl Apr 4, 1968 Matrin Luther King Jr assassinated May 6, 1968 Robert Kennedy assassinated May 13, 1968 11th and last child was born(Mom) Jul 16, 1969 First man to walk on the moon Aug 9, 1972 Nixon Resigns as President May 18, 1980 MT St Helens Erupts Aug 1, 1981 MTV launches Jul 28, 1984 Opening ceramonies for the LA olympics Jan 28, 1986 Spaceshuttle Challenger Explodes at Take off Nov 9, 1989 Berlin wall comes down Aug 8, 1991 Gulf War Starts Apr 19, 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing Oct 3, 1995 OJ Simpson found not guilty for murder Apr 20, 1999 Columbine shooting Sep 11, 2001 9/11 Sep 18, 2001 Anthrax attacks Aug 27, 2005 Hurrricane Kantrina Jul 21, 2008 Flood Of 2008 May 1, 2011 Ossma Bin Laden Killed