Oklahoma Timeline

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  • The Trail of Tears

    The Trail of Tears started in 1838.

  • 1~Jim Thorpe is born on May 18, 1888

  • Statehood

    Oklahoma became a state on November 16, 1907.

  • 2~Jim Thorpe wins gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon at Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden

  • 3~Jim Thorpe plays halfback and serves as head coach for Canton Bulldogs pro football

  • 4~Jim Thorpe's son James, Jr., dies at age 3 after a sudden illness

  • The Dust Bowl

    The Dust Bowl started in 1931.

  • 5~Jim Thorpe dies on March 28, 1953

  • The Oklahoma City Bombing

    A truck bomb explosion outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City,Oklahoma, left 168 people dead and hundreds more injured.