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New planets that could sustain life are discovered orbiting a neighborhood star-1996 Americans with Disabilities Act becomes law-1990 The Berlin Wall is torn down, signaling an end to the Cold War-1989 Viking I becomes the first spaceship to reach Mars-1976 U.S. Armed Forces withdraw from Vietnam-1975 Congress passes Endangered Species Act-1973 Richard Leakey discovers hominid skull, 2.6 million years old in northern Kenya-1972 First "Earth Day" is observed-1970 American astronaut Neil Armstrong walks on the moon-1969 Thurgood Marshall becomes first African American member of U.S. supreme court-1967 Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway-1964 President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas-1963 British pop group The Beatles make their first recordings-1962 Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes first human to orbit Earth-1961 African American trackstar Wilma Rudolph wins three gold metals at the Rome Olympic Games-1960 Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel"-1956 English runner Robert Bannister runs mile in under 4 minutes-1954 Korean War ends-1953 Dr. Jonas Salk successfully tests polio vaccine-1952 Ten million homes have television receivers-1951 Mao Tse-Tung rises to power in China-1949 The transistor is invented in Bell Laboratories in the U.S.-1948 ENIAC, the first successful electronic digital computer, becomes operational-1946 World War II ends-1945 Oswald Avery determines that DNA is the hereditary material of the cell-1944 Prehistoric cave paintings are discovered at Lascaux, France-1940 Child film actress Judy Garland stars in "The Wizard of Oz"-1939 A Coelacanth, a fish thought extinct for 65 million years, is caught of the coast of Africa-1938 First local conservation district is created-1937 Drought leads to severe dust storms in "Dust Bowl" region of Great Plains-1934 Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor, becomes first woman in U.S. cabinet-1933 Charles Curtis of the Kaw Tribe in Kansas, a U.S. senator for 25 years, becomes Vice President of the United States-1929 Dr. H.O. Sargent and Dr. George Washington Owens establish the New Farmers of America-1927 Hirohito becomes 124th Emperor of Japan-1926 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives women the right tovote-1920 World War I ends- 1918 Russian Revolution begins -1917 Jeanette Rankin (R-Montana) elected first U.S. Congresswoman-1916 Albert Einstein formulates his general theory of relativity-1915 Jim Thorpe of the Sauk and Fox Tribes wins Decathlon and Pentathlon in Olympic Games, Sweden-1912 First Model "T" Ford rolls off assembly line-1908 Upton Sinclair's novel, "The Jungle," leads to U.S. Pure Food and Drug Act-1906 Orville Wright makes first successful flight in self-propelled airplane-1903 Gugliemo Marconi tests radio transmissions between England and Newfoundland-1901 Britain obtains 99-year lease for Hong Kong from China-1898 German Physicist Wilhelm C. Roentgen discovers X-rays-1895 San Francisco Examiner begins printing first newspaper comic strip-1892 Thomas Edison invents phonograph -1877 Alexander Graham Bell invents telephone-1875 U.S. experiences worst grasshopper plague in its history-1874 Congress founds first national park, Yellowstone-1872 British-American explorer Henry Morton Stanley finds Dr. David Livingstone in Central Africa-1871 Suez Canal opens- 1869 U.S. Civil War ends and 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolishes slavery-1865 President Abraham Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address-1863 Congress passes the Homestead Act-1862 Gregor Mendel begins formal experiments in genetics-1856 American writer and naturalist Henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden"-1854 Frederick Douglass establishes the abolitionist newspaper, "The North Star"-1847 Samuel F.B. Morse develops code for electric telegraph system-1838 Texas proclaims independence from Mexico-1836 Louis Braille publishes system of writing for the blind-1829 President James Monroe formulates doctrine of U.S. policy opposing outside interference in the Americas-1923 Emma Hart Willard founds first U.S. women's college, Troy Female Seminary, in Troy, New York-1821 Construction of Erie Canal begins-1817 Grimm's Fairy Tales are published in Germany-1812 Kamehameha I becomes ruler of Hawaii and establishes Kamehameha dynasty-1810 Ludwig van Beethoven premieres Fifth and Sixth Symphonies-1808 Lewis and Clark begin expedition to the American Northwest-1804 A 33,000-year-old frozen mammoth is discovered at Russia's Lena River-1799 English physician Edward Jenner develops vaccination against smallpox-1796 Eli Whitney invents cotton gin-1793 Mary Wollstonecraft publishes "A Vindication of the Rights of Women"-1792 Bill of Rights is ratified-1791 French Revolution begins with an attack on the Bastille-1789 The U.S. Constitution is ratified-1788 Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" premieres-1786 American Revolutionary War ends-1781 Continental Congress adopts Declaration of Independence -1776 American Colonists throw British tea into Boston Harbor-1773 Crispic Attucks becomes the first person and African American to die in the Revolutionary War in the "Boston Massacre"-1770 French and Indian War ends -1763 George Frederick Handel composes "Messiah"-1741 British agriculturist Jethro Tull invents seed drill-1733 George Washington is born-1732 First permanent Native American school is created in Williamsburg, Virginia-1720 Population of New York City reaches 7,000-1720 Italian musician Bartolommeo Cristofori invents the piano-1709 Benjamin Franklin is born-1706 Russian tzar, Peter the Great, imposes tax on beards-1698 First public school is established in America-1689 Rice cultivation begins in North America-1685 Edmund Halley observes Great Comet, which is later named for him-1682 The Dodo, a large flightless bird, becomes extinct-1681 First mail service in North America is John Elliot's translation into Algonquian-1661 First Quakers land in America-1657 First book is printed in Native American language-1653 Cardinal Richelieu founds L'Academie Francaise in Paris-1635 First newspaper, Gazette de France, is published in Paris-1631 Peter Minuit founds Dutch Colony of New Amsterdam (now New York)-1625 Pilgrim leaders at Plymouth Colony establish a governing authority through Mayflower Compact-1620 Native American princess Pocahontas marries John Rolf-1614 Spanish found Santa Fe (New Mexico)-1609 Native Americans teach colonists how to raise corn-1608 John Smith founds first permanent English colony in North America at Jamestown, Virginia-1607 Spain founds colony in St. Augustine, Florida-1565 Shakespeare and Galileo are born-1564 An earthquake in China is worst in history with a death toll of 830,000-1556 University of Mexico is founded-1551 First botanical garden is founded in Pisa, Italy-1543 Francesco Coronado introduces horses to North America-1540 Juan Ponce de Leon discovers Florida-1513 Michelangelo finishes painting Sistine Chapel ceiling-1512 First sugar cane mill is established in the Americas-1509 Leonardo da Vinci completes "Mona Lisa"-1505 The Incan Empire reaches its height-1500 The toothbrush is invented by a Chinese dentist-1498 John Cabot discovers Newfoundland -1497
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