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19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants women the legal right to vote
Dorothea
b1924Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow meet
First canned beer is sold in America
Hattie McDaniel becomes the first black woman to win an Oscar/Academy Award for her role in “Gone With the Wind”
Anne Frank pens her last diary entry and is arrested 3 days later by the Germans
The first Polaroid camera is sold
Abbie
b1954“The Sound of Music” opens on Broadway
Julie
b1962Ali is stripped of his heavyweight title for refusing induction into the U.S. army
Soft contact lenses go on sale in the U.S.
The Fall of Saigon
Post-It notes are invented by 3M
The Oprah Winfrey Show debuts nationally
Formal end to the Cold War
OJ Simpson found guilty in civil case
Apple launches iTunes
Barack Obama is inaugurated as President of the United States
Malala Tousafzai recieves Nobel Peace Prize
19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants women the legal right to vote
Ellis Island closes as immigration entry point for the U.S.
Silent horror classic “The Phantom of the Opera” (starring Lon Chaney) premieres
7-Up is invented
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow meet
First canned beer is sold in America
Amelia Earhart mysteriously disappears over the Pacific Ocean
"Citizen Kane" film by Orson Welles is released
Nylon stockings go on sale
The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki mark the first time nuclear weapons are used in war
The first Cannes Film Festival takes place
Persecution of Communists is initiated by Senator McCarthy
Cigarette smoking is reported as causing lung cancer
Sports Illustrated releases first issue
Alabama Bus segregation laws declared illegal by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Elvis Presley purchases a mansion in Memphis and calls it Graceland
Bobby Fischer wins the U.S. Chess Championships
SoCal surf shop Val Surf begins making its own skateboards
Kids begin referring to skating as “sidewalk surfing”
MLK Jr delivers “I have a dream” speech
First known skateboard contest in Hermosa, CA
Evel Knievel jumps his motorcycle over 16 cars lined up in a row
Emergency 911 telephone service is started in the U.S.
China celebrates 20 years of communist rule by Mao Tse-Tung
Woodstock
Roe vs. Wade makes abortion a U.S. constitutional right
Nixon resigns
Rumble in the Jungle (Muhammad Ali)
Fidel Castro becomes the President of Cuba
The Iranian Revolution, also known as the Islamic Revolution or the 1979 Revolution; refers to events involving the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, who was supported by the United States and its eventual replacement with an Islamic republic under the Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the revolution, supported by various leftist and Islamist organizations and Iranian student movements.
The Clash release London Calling in the UK in December of 1979. The record heralded a post-punk era, by incorporating a range of styles, including punk, reggae, rockabilly, ska, New Orleans R&B, pop, and jazz. The album’s subject matter included social displacement, unemployment, racial conflict, drug use, and the responsibilities of adulthood.
NASA launched the two Voyager spacecrafts in 1977, and by the summer of 1979 Voyager 2 was approaching Jupiter, carrying Carl Sagan’s infamous “Golden Record” of life on earth with the following statement by president Carter. “This is a present from a small distant world, a token of our sounds, our science, our images, our music, our thoughts, and our feelings. We are attempting to survive our time so we may live into yours. We hope someday, having solved the problems we face, to join a community of galactic civilizations. This record represents our hope and our determination, and our good will in a vast and awesome universe - Jimmy Carter”
MTV is launched
Skateboarding: Vert riding takes off, followed closely by street style skating — launch ramps become popular
Route 66 is removed from the U.S. Highway system
“Back to the Future” is released
The Oprah Winfrey Show debuts nationally
Release of Nirvana's “Nevermind” marks the start of the grunge era in music
Collapse of the Soviet Union
Kurt Cobain commits suicide
eBay starts online auction and shopping site
Spice Girls first #1 “Wannabe”
Columbine High School massacre
“Dog town and Z-Boys” releases directed and co-written by skateboard legend Stacy Peralta
Wikipedia goes online
YouTube is founded
Apple introduces the iPhone
Justin Beiber discovered on YouTube
R.E.M announces breakup after 31 years
Amy Winehouse dies
Twitter IPO
Zika virus outbreak
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