United States of America By Marianne.272 Oct 24, 1497 Italian born John Cabot claims North America for England Period: Oct 24, 1497 to Oct 24, 2003 US events Oct 24, 1534 Jacques Cartier of France explores the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River Oct 24, 1607 Captain John Smith found the English colony of Jamestown Oct 24, 1609 Henry Hudson explores Northeastern North America including the Hudson River Oct 24, 1763 Treaty of Paris ends French and Indian War Oct 24, 1776 Colonist declare their independence from England with the Declaration of Independence Oct 24, 1803 Louisiana Purchase Treaty signed with France Oct 24, 1812 War of 1812 between U.S. and Great Britan Oct 24, 1846 Oregon Treaty signed and the boundry between Canada and the United States is established at the 49th Parallel Oct 24, 1861 Civil War begins Oct 24, 1865 Civil War ends Oct 24, 1867 Alaska is Purchased from Russia Oct 24, 1896 Gold is discovered in the Yukon's Klondike Oct 24, 1917 United States enters WWI fighting with the British and the French Oct 24, 1929 Great Depression begins in the U.S. Oct 24, 1941 Japan attacks U.S. at Pearl Harbor, U.S. enters WWII with the Allies Oct 24, 1945 U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Oct 24, 1969 Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the moon Oct 24, 1989 United States sign a Free Trade Agreement with Canada Oct 24, 1991 Persian Gulf War Oct 25, 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement is signed between Canada the U.S. and Mexico Oct 25, 2003 Occupation of Iraq by the United States
