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Oct 9, 1000
leif ericson
first person to discover the americas 500 years before columbus but did not settle -
Sep 20, 1519
around the world
Ferdinand Magellan, a sea captin of spain left to sail around the world. took three years and magellan died mid way in a battle between filipinos. left with a crew of 241 and returned to spain with 18 -
Nov 17, 1558
queen elizabeth I
reighned for 45 years after queen mary over england -
sir walter raleigh.
met his end by beheading.
searched for the legendary city of gold -
benjamin banneker
he was a famous writer, astronomer, craftsman,mathematician, and surveyor (similar to that of the famed benjamin franklin) when the french man desiner of the capitol left benjamin was able to remember the plans of the french architect. the new city was washington DC
us postal issued a stamp honoring him -
JOHN ADAMS 1735-1826
2nd president
signer of the declaration of independence
served one term until defeated by thomas jefferson who wrote the declaration of independece.
adams unhappy after being defeated but later again became friends and in the end died on the same day, july fourth 1826. -
robert fluton 1765-1815
at the age of 13 made a sky rocket and set it off on 4th of july.
designed first steam boat and designs a submarine. -
WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL
general washington, after the last of the british were sent away, he resigned and was returning to his home to enjoy peace. but this didnt last long since not long after these events he was deemed the first president -
north carolina
became 12th state to join the union
leading state in farming and manufacturing of tobacco products. -
captitol building
on this day the first president of the united states, george washington, laid the cornerstone of the capitol building. -
Battle of lake Erie
captin Oliver Perry did something that no other person had done before, he defeated the British navy. the defeat at the Battle of lake Erie was the first time in Britain's history that one of its fleets had surrendered. -
zebulon pike 1779-1813
discovered a mountain peak in what is now known as the rocky mountains.
he thought they were only a few days away, instead took him a week to travel to the peak. didnt even reach the top. went through this in the dead of winter under dressed.
also served in the war of 1812, reached rank of brigadier general. was troop commander in the attack on york, died in battle -
napoleon 1769-1821
june 1812napoleon and his army of six hundred thousand invaded russia but russia retreated and waited until the harsh winters came then russia used it to attack. napoleon lost 500,000 (killed, captured, or died of illness)
russian was the beginning of the end of napoleon the empereor of france -
sad day for indians
tecumseh, a great leader of the shawnee indians, died in battle trying to unite the natives to stand up against the americans stealing all their land. -
the star-spangled banner
written by francis scott key
written while watching the british navy bomb fort McHenry during the war of 1812
written first as a poem -
antartica
nathanial palmer, an american sea captian, first explorer to see antartica
today several countires claim chunks of antartica. the US doesnt claim any,
no nation should claim unsettled land
1959 it was agreed that antartica was for peaceful use only -
MARK TWAIN 1835-1910
SAMUEL CLEMENS
writer of many famed books : the adventures of tom sawyer, huckleberry finn, life on the mississippi
mark twain is a term for riverboat people meaning of how deep the boat was which was 2 fathoms or about 12 feet deep. lived to 75 years of age -
sam houston
first president under the republic of texas. first a state under mexico but later turned to a state of the US but not before a war from mexico and texas. was at the Alamo that 180 americans killed the mexican army. sam houston elected govenor of the 28th state of the US -
the whitmans
killed by cayuse indians
the whitmans wasted to teach and give medical care to the indians of the pacific -
robert louis stevenson 1850-1894
known for his adventure stories.
wrote : threasure island, the stange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde, and kidnapped.
wasnt really known well for his poems.
died suddenly of stroke and on the monument over his grave are the last lines of one of his poems. -
walter reed
searched for an insect, the carier of the disease "yellow fever".
the disease spread rapidly and caused victim's skin turns yellow. he believed and proved that mosquitoes were the carriers -
first gasoline automobile
frank duryea and his brother charles built the first successful american made, gasoline powered automobile. also established the first manufacturing company of gasoline automobiles.
replaced both the steam and electric driven automobiles. -
john brown harpers ferry
captured a federal arsenal at harpers ferry, viginia to free the blacks -
Jane Addams 1860-1935
1889 she opened Hull house. it was the first settlement house in america. -
john pershing 1860-1948
commanded 200000 men in WWI with old weaponry and equipment.
after the war, he was given the highest rank of any american army officer. he was given the rank , general of the american armies of the united states. -
james naismith 1861-1939
inventor of basketball under 13 original rules.
born in canada
first game played by his gym class -
william sydney porter 1862-1910
william sydney porter aka O'henry was a famous short-story writer, did most of his writings in prison
example of stories: "the gift of the magi" -
gettysburg address
the 16th president abraham lincoln gave a special speech at the famous civil war battle site. -
hidden treasure
confederate soldiers snuck over to canada and stole money from a bank, 14 of the 22 soldeirs were caught but $144,000 was missing. a reward was set out for finding the missing money, most in gold, but was never returned.
treasure never found but a soldier was said to be seen looking along the boder of vermont near lake champlain. -
kenesaw mountain landis 1866-1944
hired as comissioner after the black sox scandal of 1919. became one of the most powerful figures in baseball. -
the mary celeste
famous ghost ships of all time
left with crew of 10 as well as wife and kids
cargo of alcohol
month later someone found the ship drifting through the ocean, no crew, no signs of fighting, and few things missing and pleanty of foodand water. -
james garfield 1831-1881
20th president james garfield died 80 days after being shot twice on july 2nd 1881 at a railroad station.
(if x-rays had been invented back then and if doctors knew to keep things clean garfield mightve lived.)
last president to have been born in a log cabin. -
pablo picasso
one of the most famous painters. showed signs early
when pablo died he was worth 250 million -
gunfight at the OK corral
the famed earp brothers and doc holiday get into a gunfight with some outlaws.
eap brothers died later on in other gun fights. wyatt earp lived to 81
doc holiday died of tuberculosis at the age of 36 -
Jesse James 1847-1882
famed outlaw jesse james shot dead by bob ford -
eleanor roosevelt. 1884-1962
most active first lady to 32nd president franklin roosevelt. -
George Eastmen 1854-1932
patented the first roll film camera "kodak" -
montana
became the 41st state of the untied states
alaska, texas, and california are the only states larger
rich in indian history, two famous battles involving indians took place in montana. -
Championship fight
first heavy weight title fight under the queensbury rules was fought.
John L. Sullivan vs. "Gentleman Jim" -
horseless carriage race.
was a test to see if the first automoblie was jsut a toy or a possible important motor vehicle. -
oklahoma
became the 46th state. means "red people" -
the first plane tragedy
first victrim in a plane crash was thomas selfridge, a lieutenant in the us signal corps and orville wright suffered two broken ribs and a broken thigh. almost only five years after the first flight of an airplane. -
first coast to coast flight.
calbraith rodgers landed in california and became the first person to fly across the US to earn prize money of 50000
he learned to fly from the makers of the airplain, wright brothers. -
jesse owens 1913-1980
in the summer of 1936, jesse and 327 other american athletes were sent to berlin, germany, to be in the olympic games. it was at these games that he became world-famous. he won a record-breaking four gold medal. he won the 100, and 200 meter dash and the 400 meter relat team -
panama canal
president woodrow wilson pressed a bottun that blew up a chunk of panama allowing the the panama canal to be built.
helps ships travel to opposite ends of the US quickier -
alvin york
world war two soldier single handedly captured german battalion. became famously known as sergeant york.
york didnt all the attention so he returned to tennessee and later on died september 2nd 1964 -
black sox scandal
chicago white sox admitted that they threw the 1919 world series through bribery, the eight players that threw the game became known as the black sox and were put under trial but pronounced not guilty due to lack of evidence. they were banned from baseball. -
charles schulz
famous cartoonist and creater of charlie brown, and the peanuts, -
james earl carter jr. (aka: jimmy carter)
39th president.
brought peace treaty to egypt and isreal
lost follow up election to ronald reagan
wrote book- keeping faith: memiors of a president. -
national magic day
holiday made in honor of harry houdini (aka Ehrich Weiss)
greatest escape artsit. -
jim henson 1936-1990
creater of the muppets, and made all the puppets himself and for seaseme street and was voice of ernie -
united nations day
a holiday to celebrate the the day the unite3d nations started.
began after the second world war. hoped to retain peace -
THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE
a triangular area where many boats planes and people have gone missing or misterious things happen. unknown if events are true or where these things go/ disappear to -
charlie brown
created by cartoonist charles schulz -
sputnik
russia beat the rest of the world in sending the first satellite to space
circled the earth in 95 minutes , traveled 18,000 miles per hour.
sputnik means traveler. -
trapped miners
earth shook under a small mining town in canada.
24 found dead and 69 still trapped 4000 feet below ground.
in the end only 12 were rescued alive. -
nixon-kennedy debate
at 9:30pm the first presidential debate was on all major television networks. -
gordie howe
first hokey player to score over a thousand points in regular season.played proffesionally with detroit red wings, later on after 25+ years he signed on to houston aeros to play with his two eldest sons. after that season he again retired at the age of 51 -
warren commision
set up by president lyndon b. johnson, a report released to the people about the assassination of jfk. also explains how the assassination might have been a conspiracy but no evidence was found -
national cowboy hall of fame
in oklahoma city
was planned by the 17 western states.
first cowboys elected in were those of: theodore roosevelt, will rodgers, charles russell, jake mcClure, and charles good night. -
woody guthrie 1912-1967
well known folk singer died
wrote the song "this land is your land" -
jefferson davis
the one and only president under the confederate flag.
regained US citizenship after 90 of death -
the who concert
11 people killed and 8 others injured at the entrance of the riverwood coliseum. -
sandra day o'connor
sandra day o'connor became the first woman to serve as an associate justice on the supreme court of the united states.
nominated by president ronald reagan and accepted by the senate. -
columbus day
many people celebrated the day that columbus "DISCOVERD" the americas -
GERALD FORD
first and only president so far to become president without being elected after nixon resigned from presidency to avoid being impeached after the watergate scandal. -
pearl harbor
japanese attacked our naval base in pearl harbor bringing us into world war two.
damaged 19 ships and 105 planes. 3600 americans injured or killed.
aircraft carrier ARIZONA can still be seen today at the bottom of the ocean.
