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19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants women the legal right to vote
Dorothea
b19247-Up is invented
The chocolate chip cookie is invented
Orson Welles's radio adaptation of "The War of the Worlds" (by H.G. Wells) is broadcasted
Hitler declares Total War
Gandhi is assassinated
U.S. successfully detonates the first hydrogen bomb
Abbie
b1954NASA is formed
Julie
b1962Emergency 911 telephone service is started in the U.S.
Dorthea gets divorced
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.
President Reagan ends U.S. arms embargo against Guatemala
“The Simpsons” seen on TV for the first time
Bill Clinton is President of the United States
Napster initial release
Apple launches iTunes
Nancy Pelosi elected as first female Speaker of the U.S. Congress
Hurricane Sandy
19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants women the legal right to vote
Ford manufactures its 10 millionth Model T automobile
Scopes Monkey Trial (on teaching evolution in public school) comes to an end
7-Up is invented
First car radio is made by Motorola
First canned beer is sold in America
Germany begins its persecution of Jews
"The Wizard of Oz" film premieres
Duct Tape is developed
Tupperware is sold in department and hardware stores
The “Diary of Anne Frank” is published
Persecution of Communists is initiated by Senator McCarthy
Cigarette smoking is reported as causing lung cancer
The words “under God” are added to the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance and signed into law
Rosa Parks is arrested in Montgomery Alabama sets the American Civil Rights Movement in motion
NASA is formed
Alaska & Hawaii become U.S. states
“The Sound of Music” opens on Broadway
Cuban Missile Crisis
Kids begin referring to skating as “sidewalk surfing”
U.S. Surgeon General reports that smoking may lead to lung cancer
The Quarterly Skateboarder is released (later called Skateboarder magazine)
Thurgood Marshall is the first black justice on the Supreme Court
Evel Knievel jumps his motorcycle over 16 cars lined up in a row
Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin die of overdose
Munich Olympics Terrorist Attack
Roe vs. Wade makes abortion a U.S. constitutional right
U.S. involvement in Vietnam War ends
“Jaws” film is released
New York City blackout
The “ollie” skate trick was invented by Alan Gelfand, nicknamed Ollie
Space Invaders launches craze for video games
The Xerox Alto, seen here in 1979, became well known in Silicon Valley and its GUI was increasingly seen as the future of computing. In 1979, Steve Jobs arranged a deal in which Apple Computer would license the concepts from Xerox in exchange for Xerox being able to purchase stock options in Apple. After two famous visits to see the Alto, Apple engineers used the concepts to introduce the Apple Lisa and Macintosh systems, sparking the GUI revolution that took hold during the 1980s.
President Reagan ends U.S. arms embargo against Guatemala
Skateboarding: Vert riding takes off, followed closely by street style skating — launch ramps become popular
Sony and Philips introduce the first commercial CD players
First 10 musicians are inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
“The Simpsons” seen on TV for the first time
Collapse of the Soviet Union
Release of Nirvana's “Nevermind” marks the start of the grunge era in music
Officers indicted and acquitted in Rodney King beating
Oklahoma City bombing
Tiger Woods is youngest golfer to win the Masters
OJ Simpson found guilty in civil case
Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky scandal
Anthrax attacks
Saddam Hussein is captured by U.S. forces
Martha Stewart convicted of a felony
Nancy Pelosi elected as first female Speaker of the U.S. Congress
Apple introduces the iPhone
Nate Dogg dies
Charlie Sheen debacle
Twitter IPO
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