1500s
1740s
1750s
1770s
1810s
1830s
1860s
- DIED 1863: THOMAS “STONEWALL” JACKSON (CONFEDERATE ARMY GENERAL)
- 1869: GOLDEN SPIKE LINKED UNION PACIFIC AND CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROADS AT PROMONTORY POINT, UTAH, CREATING THE FIRST CONTINENTAL RAILROAD
1870s
- 1872: VICTORIA WOODHULL BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
- 1876: THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION OPENED IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AT WHICH CAROLINE SHAWK BROOKS DISPLAYED HER SCULPTURE OF A WOMAN’S FACE MADE OUT OF BUTTER. THE RENDERING, DREAMING IOLANTHE, SPARKED A MOVEMENT OF SERIOUS ARTISTIC BUTTER SCULPTING IN AMERICA. BUTTER SCULPTURES REMAIN A POPULAR ATTRACTION AT STATE FAIRS
1880s
1890s
1900s
- 1902: THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN MAGICIANS WAS FOUNDED
- 1908: MOTHER’S DAY FIRST CELEBRATED, WEST VIRGINIA
- BORN 1909: MAYBELLE CARTER (COUNTRY MUSICIAN)
1920s
1940s
1960s
1970s
1990s
- 1994: NELSON MANDELA SWORN IN AS FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA
- 1997: AN EARTHQUAKE NEAR ARDEKUL IN NORTHEASTERN IRAN KILLED AT LEAST 2,400 PEOPLE
- DIED 1999: SHEL SILVERSTEIN (POET, AUTHOR)
2000s
- 2002: FBI AGENT ROBERT HANSSEN WAS GIVEN A LIFE SENTENCE WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE FOR SELLING AMERICAN SECRETS TO MOSCOW
- DIED 2002: DAVID RIESMAN (AUTHOR)
2010s
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