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19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants women the legal right to vote
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b1924First car radio is made by Motorola
Alcatraz becomes a federal penitentiary
Lou Gehrig retires from Major League Baseball after being diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrigs Disease
Hitler declares Total War
Gandhi is assassinated
Cigarette smoking is reported as causing lung cancer
Abbie
b1954“The Sound of Music” opens on Broadway
Julie
b1962Emergency 911 telephone service is started in the U.S.
Munich Olympics Terrorist Attack
New York City blackout
Sally Ride is first female American astronaut in space
“The Simpsons” seen on TV for the first time
Kurt Cobain commits suicide
Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky scandal
Kelly Clarkson wins first American Idol competition
Nancy Pelosi elected as first female Speaker of the U.S. Congress
Google releases Google Glass
19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants women the legal right to vote
Scopes Monkey Trial (on teaching evolution in public school) comes to an end
Chicago Al Capone gangster turf wars
Frozen foods are sold commercially for the first time
Classic horror film “Dracula” is released
Adolf Hitler opens the 11th Olympic Games in Berlin
Amelia Earhart mysteriously disappears over the Pacific Ocean
"Citizen Kane" film by Orson Welles is released
Hitler declares Total War
Tupperware is sold in department and hardware stores
Peter Parken, a San Diego surfer, first person known to skateboard on a wooden plank mounted with roller-skate trucks
Persecution of Communists is initiated by Senator McCarthy
Ellis Island in NY closes as a point of immigration
The words “under God” are added to the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance and signed into law
“In God We Trust” is added to all U.S. paper currency
Chubby Checker and the twist start a new dance craze
The first televised U.S. presidential debate takes place between Kennedy and Nixon
U.S. launches the first weather satellite
SoCal surf shop Val Surf begins making its own skateboards
“Charlie and the Chocolate Factor” is published, written by Roald Dahl
The Quarterly Skateboarder is released (later called Skateboarder magazine)
First known skatepark opens in Anaheim, California
Emergency 911 telephone service is started in the U.S.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono's “Bed-In” for peace
Jim Morrison of The Doors found dead
Comeback of skateboarding with the invention of urethane wheels by Frank Nasworthy
Watergate Scandal
First skateboard trucks specifically designed for skateboarding is designed by Ron Bennett
Fidel Castro becomes the President of Cuba
New York City blackout
The “ollie” skate trick was invented by Alan Gelfand, nicknamed Ollie
After leaving college in 1979, Osama bin Laden went to Pakistan, and used money and machinery from his own construction company to help the Mujahideen resistance in the Soviet war in Afghanistan. He later told a journalist: “I felt outraged that an injustice had been committed against the people of Afghanistan.” Under CIA’s Operation Cyclone from 1979 to 1989, the United States and Saudi Arabia provided $40 billion worth of financial aid and weapons to almost 100,000 Mujahideen.
“A-Team” with Mr. T premieres on NBC
Skateboarding: Vert riding takes off, followed closely by street style skating — launch ramps become popular
“Back to the Future” is released
Prozac makes it debut in the U.S. for treating depression
“The Simpsons” seen on TV for the first time
Formal end to the Cold War
Bill Clinton is President of the United States
Kurt Cobain commits suicide
First X-Games held by ESPN
Google is founded
“Dog town and Z-Boys” releases directed and co-written by skateboard legend Stacy Peralta
iPod is introduced to the market
Saddam Hussein is captured by U.S. forces
Apple introduces the iPhone
Fidel Castro steps down as president of Cuba after 50 years in power
Charlie Sheen debacle
Nate Dogg dies
Hurricane Sandy
Zika virus outbreak
David Bowie dies
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