The new year is by far the most important festival of the Chinese lunar calendar. It is celebrated on the second new Moon after the winter solstice. The holiday is a time of renewal, with debts cleared, new clothes bought, shops and homes decorated, and families gathered for a reunion dinner. Chinese New Year is marked by fireworks, traditional lion dances, gift giving, and special foods.
1730s
1770s
- 1773: FIRST PUBLIC MUSEUM IN AMERICA, CHARLESTON MUSEUM, ORGANIZED IN CHARLESTOWN, SOUTH CAROLINA
- 1777: MISSION SANTA CLARA DE ASIS IN CALIFORNIA ESTABLISHED
1830s
1850s
1870s
1900s
- BORN 1902: JOE LEWIS (COMEDIAN)
- 1906: FORWARD PASS LEGALIZED IN FOOTBALL
- BORN 1907: TEX RITTER (SINGER)
- BORN 1908: JOSE ARCADIO LIMON (DANCER)
1910s
- 1910: A COUPLE FROM CHINA BECAME THE YOUNGEST PARENTS IN HISTORY. THE DAD WAS 9 YEARS OLD AND THE MOM WAS 8
- 1914: FORD MOTOR CO. RAISED MINIMUM DAILY WAGE FROM $2.30 TO $5.00
1920s
1930s
- BORN 1930: TIM HORTON (HOCKEY PLAYER)
- 1932: HATTIE CARAWAY WAS THE FIRST WOMAN ELECTED TO THE U.S. SENATE. SHE WAS APPOINTED IN 1931 TO FILL THE ARKANSAS SEAT LEFT VACANT BY THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND, AND THEN ELECTED IN 1932 AND RE-ELECTED IN 1938
1940s
1950s
1960s
- BORN 1960: DOMINIQUE WILKINS (BASKETBALL PLAYER)
- 1962: U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT DENIED PASSPORTS TO AMERICAN COMMUNIST PARTY MEMBERS
- 1966: BATMAN MADE ITS TELEVISION DEBUT
1970s
- 1970: BOEING 747 LANDED AT HEATHROW AIRPORT IN LONDON AFTER ITS FIRST TRANS-ATLANTIC PROVING FLIGHT FROM NY
- 1971: ALL IN THE FAMILY MADE ITS TELEVISION DEBUT50 Years Ago
- DIED 1976: AGATHA CHRISTIE (AUTHOR)
1990s
2000s
- DIED 2002: CYRUS VANCE (SECRETARY OF STATE UNDER JIMMY CARTER)
- DIED 2003: MAURICE GIBB (WITH HIS BROTHERS BUILT THE BEE GEES INTO A DISCO SENSATION WITH HITS LIKE “STAYIN’ ALIVE” AND “MORE THAN A WOMAN”)
- 2005: LAUNCH OF DEEP IMPACT SPACECRAFT TO STUDY COMET TEMPEL 1
2010s
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