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19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants women the legal right to vote
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b1924Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow meet
Adolf Hitler opens the 11th Olympic Games in Berlin
Hattie McDaniel becomes the first black woman to win an Oscar/Academy Award for her role in “Gone With the Wind”
Franklin D Roosevelt becomes the only U.S. president to be elected to a fourth term
Persecution of Communists is initiated by Senator McCarthy
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b1954NASA is formed
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b1962U.S. has nearly 500K troops in Vietnam
The voting age in the U.S. is lowered to 18 years when the 26th Amendment is ratified
The Fall of Saigon
Post-It notes are invented by 3M
Route 66 is removed from the U.S. Highway system
“The Simpsons” seen on TV for the first time
First X-Games held by ESPN
September 11 attacks
Hurricane Katrina
Barack Obama is inaugurated as President of the United States
Recreational marijuana legalized in Colorado
19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants women the legal right to vote
Silent horror classic “The Phantom of the Opera” (starring Lon Chaney) premieres
Scopes Monkey Trial (on teaching evolution in public school) comes to an end
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow meet
Empire State Building is completed
One of the worst years of The Great Depression, political extremism and dictatorship became a way for people to envision a better life across the world.
DuPont Corp patents nylon
Germany begins its persecution of Jews
Hitler declares Total War
The Great Depression ends in the U.S. with unemployment figures falling due to WWII-related work
The “Diary of Anne Frank” is published
Gandhi is assassinated
The first oral contraceptive pill is invented
Cigarette smoking is reported as causing lung cancer
Supreme Court rules on Brown vs Board of Education, stating segregation in public schools is unconstitutional
The Rock and Roll dance craze sweeps the world
Barbie is launched by Mattel
U.S. launches the first weather satellite
Andy Warhol’s famous painting of a can of soup
Kids begin referring to skating as “sidewalk surfing”
San Diego skater Pat McGee is featured on the cover of Life magazine
Miniskirts are in fashion
First known skatepark opens in Anaheim, California
China celebrates 20 years of communist rule by Mao Tse-Tung
The Who release “Tommy” rock opera
Soft contact lenses go on sale in the U.S.
Jim Morrison of The Doors found dead
Rumble in the Jungle (Muhammad Ali)
“Jaws” film is released
Apple Computer Company is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
New York City blackout
“Garfield” debuts in U.S. newspapers
Post-It notes are invented by 3M
MTV is launched
President Reagan ends U.S. arms embargo against Guatemala
Skateboarding: Vert riding takes off, followed closely by street style skating — launch ramps become popular
Sony makes the first 3 1/2” computer disk
First 10 musicians are inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Demolition of the Berlin Wall begins
Release of Nirvana's “Nevermind” marks the start of the grunge era in music
Collapse of the Soviet Union
Officers indicted and acquitted in Rodney King beating
First X-Games held by ESPN
Google is founded
Napster initial release
Columbine High School massacre
Wikipedia goes online
Facebook is launched and expands to select colleges and Ivy leagues
Nancy Pelosi elected as first female Speaker of the U.S. Congress
Apple introduces the iPhone
SpaceX successfully launches Dragon capsule
Amy Winehouse dies
Barack Obama is re-elected
Zika virus outbreak
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