Red Cross By nathan44404 Dec 25, 1821 Clara Barton is born in New Oxford, Mass Apr 20, 1861 Clara Barton, dubbed the "Angel of the Battlefield," begins aid to servicemen in Civil War. May 21, 1881 Clara Barton and associates establish the American Red Cross. Aug 22, 1881 First local chapter of the American Red Cross is formed in Dansville, N.Y. Sep 4, 1881 Red Cross undertakes its first disaster relief effort aiding victims of Michigan forest fires May 31, 1889 Red Cross responds to Johnstown, Pa., flood that kills over 2,000 Apr 14, 1912 Red Cross comes to aid of those who survived the sinking of the Titanic. Sep 11, 2001 errorist attacks on 9/11 in New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania May 17, 2005 The Houston Astrodome is converted into a massive Red Cross shelter ready to receive thousands of Hurricane Katrina evacuees Aug 11, 2015 A Red Cross worker comforts a resident whose home was destroyed by Western Wildfires