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Declaration of Independence
This was the day John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson signed the document that separated America from Britain, giving America freedom from the British colonies. -
First Steamboat Created
This was the day when the first steamboat came into this world. It was created by Robert Fulton. -
First Telegraph Created
This was the day the first telegraph was created. -
Louisiana Purchase
This was the day Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana territory, commonly known as the Louisiana Purchase, from France leader Napolean for $15 million. -
First Train Created
This was the day the train was created. -
Lewis & Clark Expedition
This is the day Lewis & Clark's journey started across the Louisiana Purchase, discovering many plants and animals and mapping where ever they fell asleep. -
Texas Revolution
This was the day the Texas Revolution started. The Texas Revolution was a rebellion of now called Texans against the government of Mexico. It lasted from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836. Mexico allowed Americans to move there, but when they realized Americans were taking over the territory, they started to move them away. The Texans did not like this, and started a war. The Texans won, and for a short time became their own country, but would soon merge with the United States. -
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California Gold Rush
These were the years when people from across the globe came to California in search of gold that would forever change their lives. -
The Donner Party
This was the day the Donner Party set off to find a new life in the west. They decided while travelling to go off route on a road that was said to shave time off of the estimated travel time. When they were going, one wheel axle broke, and they stopped to repair it. They spent the night there, and it snowed abundantly. They would spend the winter there. They were all freezing and severely starved. They killed one of their own, and resorted to cannibalism. -
California Gold Rush
This was the day the California Gold Rush (CGR) started. The CGR was a time period in American history where gold, found in the west part of the U.S., was on the rise. Gold had become incredibly expensive, and many pioneers set off to get there hand at the gold deposit. Many tried, many succeeded, but many, many people failed. Now, we call those people 49ers. -
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Civil War
These were the years in which America split up into two sides the North, or Union, and South, or Confederacy, to fight each other for the ultimate end of mainly no slavery (Union cause) of slavery (Confederate cause), in one of the bloodiest wars the world has every seen. -
Battle of Gettysburg
This was the day the Battle of Gettysburg commenced, unleashing a violent battle between the Union and Confederate armies in the Civil War. -
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Reconstruction
These were the years after the Civil War that the United States reconstructed it's economy, government, rights, and almost everything. -
Lee's Surrender at Appomattox
This was the day Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrender his army over to general Ulysses S. Grant, ultimately ending the Civil War. -
Lincoln's Assassination
This was the day John Wilkes-Booth snuck into Ford's Theatre, armed with a hand pistol, and assassinated president Abraham Lincoln -
Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
This was the day the transcontinental, the railroad that connected the East and West of the United States that stretched across the entire nation, was completed by putting the last nail into the ground. -
First Telephone Created
This was the day Alexander Graham Bell created the first recorded telephone. -
First Electric Light Bulb
This was the day the first Electric Light Bulb was created. -
First Automobile Created
This was the day the Benz Patent Motor Car was created, making it the first automobile created, ever. -
First Radio Created
This was the day the first radio was created. -
First Airplane Created
This was the day the first airplane was created by Wilbur and Orville Wright. -
First TV Created
This was the day the first TV was made. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
This was the day Japan surprised the U.S. with a bombing by their Navy Air Services that happened at Pearl Harbor, a U.S. naval base around Hawaii. -
Vietnam War
This was the day the Vietnam War started with North Vietnam against south Vietnam and the United States. It ended on April 30, 1975. -
March on Washington
This was the day Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech compelling the nation for full citizenship rights for African Americans in the United States. This was held in Washington D.C. -
Steelers First Super Bowl Win
This was the day the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Minnesota Vikings 16-6 in Super Bowl IX, giving the franchise their first championship. -
First VCR Created
This was the day the first VCR was created. You could watch whatever, whenever! -
First Atari 2600 Created
This was the day Atari created their first system, the Atari 2600, in the same year as the Apple 2 Computer. -
First Apple 2 Computer Created
This was the day the first Apple 2 Computer was produced by Apple in the 70's. -
Phillies First World Series Win
This was the day the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Kansas City Royals in a best of 7 series (which they won 4 games to 2) in the World Series, earning the club it's first championship. -
9-11 Attacks
This was the day where terrorist group Al-Qaeda, led by Osama Bin-Laden, flew 2 planes into the World Trade Center, flew a plane into the Pentagon, and crashed a plane in Pennsylvania due to brave on-board passengers. -
First XBOX Console Was Released
This was the day the first XBOX gaming console was released in North America. -
My Birthday
This was the day the world was graced by my existence, better know as my birth! -
Phillies Last World Series Win
This was the day when the Tampa Bay Rays fell to the Philadelphia Phillies 4 games to 2 in a best of 7 series in the World Series, winning the club it's second World Series win in 28 years. -
Steelers Last Super Bowl Win
This was the day the Arizona Cardinals fell to the Pittsburgh Steelers 27-23 in Super Bowl XLIII, giving the Steelers their sixth Super Bowl win.
