Subject |
Date Published |
Contributer |
Language |
Total Questions |
File Name |
History |
14th February 2009 |
Samantha167 |
USA |
89 |
wbe29.zip |
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Nemo James - Singer Songwriter
1620 |
Plymouth Pilgrims leave Plymouth (Eng.) on the Mayflower (arrive at Cape Cod) |
1620 |
Mayflower Compact agreement to abide by new government's laws |
1803 |
Louisiana Purchase ($15 million) |
1803 |
Marbury v. Madison decision |
1865 |
Abraham Lincoln assassinated by John Wilkes Booth |
1865 |
13th Amendment abolishes slavery |
1915 |
First transcontinental telephone call |
1915 |
Lusitania sunk (127 US citizens die) |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh first to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean |
1927 |
"The Jazz Singer" released (first talking movie) |
1929 |
St. Valentine's Day Massacre |
1929 |
Wall Street Crash |
1933 |
FDR becomes 32nd President. So called "100 Days" begin; "New Deal" starts |
1933 |
Francis Perkins becomes first female cabinet member |
1973 |
"Watergate Scandal" breaks (Nixon resigns in 1974) |
1973 |
OPEC bans oil exports to the US for its support of Israel in Yom Kippur War |
1492 |
Columbus sights the Bahamas |
1497 |
John Cabot explores the NE coast of America |