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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
Radio City Music Hall opens in NYC
Amelia Earhart mysteriously disappears over the Pacific Ocean
The U.S. enters WWII after the attack on Pearl Harbor
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
b1954“The Sound of Music” opens on Broadway
Julie
b1962Summer of Love
Watergate Scandal
New York City blackout
The Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana
“Back to the Future” is released
Demolition of the Berlin Wall begins
First X-Games held by ESPN
Columbine High School massacre
Facebook is launched and expands to select colleges and Ivy leagues
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
Chicago Al Capone gangster turf wars
Mickey Mouse makes his first appearance in "Steamboat Willie"
Frozen foods are sold commercially for the first time
Shirley Temple appears in her first movie "Stand Up & Cheer"
Amelia Earhart mysteriously disappears over the Pacific Ocean
McDonald's opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, Ca
"Citizen Kane" film by Orson Welles is released
Anne Frank pens her last diary entry and is arrested 3 days later by the Germans
World War II ends
Gandhi is assassinated
“I Love Lucy” premieres on CBS
The words “under God” are added to the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance and signed into law
Sports Illustrated releases first issue
Alabama Bus segregation laws declared illegal by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Bobby Fischer wins the U.S. Chess Championships
U.S. launches the first weather satellite
Cuban Missile Crisis
Marilyn Monroe sings Happy Birthday to President Kennedy
First known skateboard contest in Hermosa, CA
The Quarterly Skateboarder is released (later called Skateboarder magazine)
China celebrates 20 years of communist rule by Mao Tse-Tung
MLK Jr is assassinated
The Who release “Tommy” rock opera
Isle of Wight Festival
First skateboard trucks specifically designed for skateboarding is designed by Ron Bennett
Nixon resigns
Rumble in the Jungle (Muhammad Ali)
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.
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”
Scientists identify the AIDS virus
“A-Team” with Mr. T premieres on NBC
Sony and Philips introduce the first commercial CD players
“We Are The World” is reordered as USA for Africa to raise money for famine relief
“The Simpsons” seen on TV for the first time
Release of Nirvana's “Nevermind” marks the start of the grunge era in music
Formal end to the Cold War
Officers indicted and acquitted in Rodney King beating
Princess Diana is killed in a car crash in Paris
Tiger Woods is youngest golfer to win the Masters
Google is founded
iPod is introduced to the market
“Dog town and Z-Boys” releases directed and co-written by skateboard legend Stacy Peralta
Hurricane Katrina
Nancy Pelosi elected as first female Speaker of the U.S. Congress
Justin Beiber discovered on YouTube
SpaceX successfully launches Dragon capsule
The Royal Wedding between Kate Middleton and Prince William
Barack Obama is re-elected
Gay marriage becomes Constitutional Right in the U.S.
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