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19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants women the legal right to vote
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b1924Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic
The "Lindbergh Kidnapping"
Adolf Hitler opens the 11th Olympic Games in Berlin
Nylon stockings go on sale
The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki mark the first time nuclear weapons are used in war
Persecution of Communists is initiated by Senator McCarthy
Abbie
b1954Barbie is launched by Mattel
Julie
b1962First known skatepark opens in Anaheim, California
The voting age in the U.S. is lowered to 18 years when the 26th Amendment is ratified
New York City blackout
Highest unemployment rates and worst recession in the U.S. since the Depression
The Oprah Winfrey Show debuts nationally
Collapse of the Soviet Union
eBay starts online auction and shopping site
iPod is introduced to the market
Hurricane Katrina
Healthcare Reform Bill / Affordable Care Act is signed into law
Gay marriage becomes Constitutional Right in the U.S.
19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants women the legal right to vote
Ford manufactures its 10 millionth Model T automobile
First SAT college admissions test is given to high school students
Mickey Mouse makes his first appearance in "Steamboat Willie"
U.S. National Anthem becomes The Star Spangled Banner
The "Lindbergh Kidnapping"
First canned beer is sold in America
Lou Gehrig retires from Major League Baseball after being diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrigs Disease
"The Wizard of Oz" film premieres
Hitler declares Total War
World War II ends
The first Polaroid camera is sold
Playboy Magazine's first issue features Marilyn Monroe as its first cover girl and nude centerfold
Sports Illustrated releases first issue
“In God We Trust” is added to all U.S. paper currency
NASA is formed
Bobby Fischer wins the U.S. Chess Championships
“The Sound of Music” opens on Broadway
“Spiderman” makes his first appearance in a comic
Andy Warhol’s famous painting of a can of soup
First known skateboard contest in Hermosa, CA
The Rolling Stones release debut album of the same name
Evel Knievel jumps his motorcycle over 16 cars lined up in a row
Summer of Love
Woodstock
John Lennon and Yoko Ono's “Bed-In” for peace
First skateboard trucks specifically designed for skateboarding is designed by Ron Bennett
U.S. involvement in Vietnam War ends
“Jaws” film is released
LA drought causes resident to drain swimming pools to conserve water—these became skate bowls.
In August 1979, Talking Heads release their third album Fear Of Music. In his review Lester Bangs wrote; “So of course I always thought Talking Heads were about the individual human units response to cybernation, depersonalization, the effect of corporate consciousness on individual identity, all those great contemporary questions nobody can seem to come up with any real or workable answers for. Richard Hell was about the same thing on a darker, more hermetically self- enclosed/obsessed/possessed level, in fact the Ramones, Clash, just about all these New Wave bands that really count seem to be trying to deal with these questions which is why no matter what happens to it commercially New Wave for me will always be a lot more crucial than the R’n’R bands explosion of the Sixties, when it was all too easy to croon how there’s somethin’ happenin’ in here and what it is ain’t exactly clear. The point is, now we’re all “in here,” and apart from each other, and how are we gonna get out? “
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.
Thrasher magazine is founded
MTV is launched
Sony and Philips introduce the first commercial CD players
“Back to the Future” is released
The Oprah Winfrey Show debuts nationally
Demolition of the Berlin Wall begins
Release of Nirvana's “Nevermind” marks the start of the grunge era in music
Officers indicted and acquitted in Rodney King beating
Bill Clinton is President of the United States
eBay starts online auction and shopping site
Google is founded
Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky scandal
“Dog town and Z-Boys” releases directed and co-written by skateboard legend Stacy Peralta
Saddam Hussein is captured by U.S. forces
Martha Stewart convicted of a felony
Apple introduces the iPhone
Michael Jackson dies
Healthcare Reform Bill / Affordable Care Act is signed into law
Malala Tousafzai recieves Nobel Peace Prize
Recreational marijuana legalized in Colorado
David Bowie dies
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