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Birth
Thornton Wilder is born in Madison, Wisconson -
Move
Moves to Hong Kong (May) and to Berkeley, California (October) -
First college
Attends Oberlin College; publishes regularly -
Second College
Receives B.A., Yale College (with brief service in 1918 with U.S. Army); many publications -
Novel
Second Novel: The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Pulitzer Prize) -
pluto
pluto was discovered -
Song
The star spangled banner is approved as the national anthem -
New York
The empire state builing is opened -
grasshoppers
The first wave of grasshoppers hits nebraska, south dakota, and iowa -
Baby
charles lindbergh's son is kidnapped -
president
Franklin Roosevelt wins landslide election -
Prohibition
prohibition is lifted -
water
the first dam is built to produce power, and provide irragation -
Baseball
Babe Ruth retired -
Olympics
The Summer Olympics Games open in Berlin, Germany under the watchful eye of German leader Adolph Hitler, whose policies of Arian supremacy had already begun to take shape. -
Earhart
Amelia Earhart disapeared -
WWII
Hitler and the nazis invade poland starting WWII -
Movie
Wizard of OZ was released -
Baseball
First televised baseball game -
flight
first commercial air flight over the atlantic
the helicopter was invented -
Plays
The Skin of Our Teeth opens on Broadway (Pulitzer Prize)
Writes screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's The Shadow of a Doubt -
Play
The Matchmaker opens on Broadway with Ruth Gordon (revision of the 1938 play, The Merchant of Yonkers) -
Award
Awarded German Booksellers Peace Prize, first American to receive this award -
Last Play
Hello, Dolly! Opens on Broadway starring Carol Channing -
Death
Thornton Wilder dies in his sleep
