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19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants women the legal right to vote
Dorothea
b1924First car radio is made by Motorola
First drive-in movie theater opens in New Jersey
DuPont Corp patents nylon
Duct Tape is developed
Gandhi is assassinated
Abbie
b1954“The Sound of Music” opens on Broadway
Julie
b1962U.S. has nearly 500K troops in Vietnam
Soft contact lenses go on sale in the U.S.
New York City blackout
MTV is launched
“We Are The World” is reordered as USA for Africa to raise money for famine relief
Collapse of the Soviet Union
eBay starts online auction and shopping site
“Dog town and Z-Boys” releases directed and co-written by skateboard legend Stacy Peralta
Nancy Pelosi elected as first female Speaker of the U.S. Congress
Austrian Felix Baumgartner becomes first person to break the sound barrier without mechanical assistance
19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants women the legal right to vote
Ford manufactures its 10 millionth Model T automobile
Silent horror classic “The Phantom of the Opera” (starring Lon Chaney) premieres
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow meet
Frozen foods are sold commercially for the first time
Shirley Temple appears in her first movie "Stand Up & Cheer"
First canned beer is sold in America
"The Wizard of Oz" film premieres
Nylon stockings go on sale
The Great Depression ends in the U.S. with unemployment figures falling due to WWII-related work
Adolf Hitler and his wife of one day, Eva Braun, commit suicide
Gandhi is assassinated
U.S. successfully detonates the first hydrogen bomb
Cigarette smoking is reported as causing lung cancer
Sports Illustrated releases first issue
Elvis Presley purchases a mansion in Memphis and calls it Graceland
NASA is formed
Chubby Checker and the twist start a new dance craze
Andy Warhol’s famous painting of a can of soup
Cuban Missile Crisis
Beatlemania
Miniskirts are in fashion
U.S. has nearly 500K troops in Vietnam
First known skatepark opens in Anaheim, California
China celebrates 20 years of communist rule by Mao Tse-Tung
Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin die of overdose
Isle of Wight Festival
Soft contact lenses go on sale in the U.S.
Roe vs. Wade makes abortion a U.S. constitutional right
Fidel Castro becomes the President of Cuba
LA drought causes resident to drain swimming pools to conserve water—these became skate bowls.
The “ollie” skate trick was invented by Alan Gelfand, nicknamed Ollie
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.
Scientists identify the AIDS virus
Thrasher magazine is founded
Skateboarding: Vert riding takes off, followed closely by street style skating — launch ramps become popular
The Oprah Winfrey Show debuts nationally
“The Simpsons” seen on TV for the first time
Demolition of the Berlin Wall begins
Collapse of the Soviet Union
Formal end to the Cold War
eBay starts online auction and shopping site
Tiger Woods is youngest golfer to win the Masters
Google is founded
Columbine High School massacre
Wikipedia goes online
Hurricane Katrina
Nancy Pelosi elected as first female Speaker of the U.S. Congress
Barack Obama is inaugurated as President of the United States
Healthcare Reform Bill / Affordable Care Act is signed into law
Amy Winehouse dies
Recreational marijuana legalized in Colorado
Gay marriage becomes Constitutional Right in the U.S.
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