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A list of United States Events and Occurrences from 1776—Modern Day.

1. July 4, 1776: The Declaration of Independence is signed.
2. October 28, 1776: Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, George Washington, retreats to New Jersey after the British defeated him in the Battle of White Plains.

1. April 12, 1777: U.S. Representative and failed Presidential Candidate, Henry Clay, is born.
2. June 14, 1777: The Continental Congress approves the U.S. flag of the stars and stripes.

1. May 4, 1780: Samuel Adams founds the American Academy of Arts and Science.

1. October 19, 1781: Britain's, Lord Cornwallis surrenders to America in Virginia.

1. January 7, 1782: 1st U.S. Commerical Bank, Bank of North America, opens on Philadelphia.
2. December 14, 1782: Charleston is evacuated by the British.

1. April 18, 1783: Future President, George Washington, announces the end of the American Revolution.
2. November 3, 1783: Future President, George Washington, disbands the Continental Army.

1. September 17, 1787: The United States Constitution is signed by delegates.
2. December 7, 1787: Delaware is admitted, becoming the very first state.
3. December 18, 1787: New Jersey is admitted as the 3rd State.

1. January 2, 1788: Georgia is admitted as the 4th State.
2. June 25, 1788: Virginia is admitted as the 10th State.
3. July 26, 1788: New York is admitted as the 11th State.

1. April 21, 1789: 2nd President, John Adams, becomes the 1st Vice President.
2. April 30, 1789: 1st President, George Washington, is inaugurated.
3. May 7, 1789: First U.S. Inaugural Ball is held for George Washington in New York City.
4. October 19, 1789: John Jay, a founding father, is sworn in as the first chief justice in U.S. History.

1. January 8, 1790: 1st President, George Washington, holds the first State of the Union Address.

1. March 4, 1791: Vermont is admitted as the 14th State.
2. November 4, 1791: U.S. General Arthur St. Claire and his men are beaten by the British.
3. November 26, 1791: 1st President, George Washington, holds the first cabinet meeting at his home in Pennsylvania; includes future President Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Henry Knox, and Edmund Randolph.

1. April 5, 1792: 1st President, George Washington exercises the first Presidential Veto.
2. December 5, 1792: 1st President, George Washington, is re-elected.

1. March 14, 1794: Eli Whitney creates the Cotton Gin. Revolutionizing the Cotton Industry in the Slave States.

1. March 4, 1797: 2nd President, John Adams, is inaugurated.

1. December 14, 1799: 1st President, George Washington, dies in Virginia at 67. Possibly of epiglottis.

1. January 7, 1800: 13th President, Millard Fillmore, is born. Becoming the first future president born in the 19th Century.
2. April 24, 1800: The US Library of Congress is established.

1. March 3, 1801: 2nd President, John Adams, ends his term.
2. March 4, 1801: 3rd President, Thomas Jefferson, is inaugurated.

1. January 1, 1808: Slave Trade is made illegal.
2. June 3, 1808: Confederate President, Jefferson Davis, is born in Kentucky.

1. January 19, 1809: Famous poet Edgar Allen Poe is born in Boston.
2. February 12, 1809: 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, is born in Kentucky.
3. March 4, 1809: 4th President, James Madison, is inaugurated.

1. June 14, 1811: American Author Harriet Beecher Stowe is born. She is considered a main player in starting the civil war due to her books.

1. August 24, 1814: British forces burn down Washington D.C during the War of 1812.

1. December 11, 1816: Indiana is admitted as the 19th State.

1. February 8, 1820: American General, William Tecumseh Sherman, is born in Ohio.

1. April 27, 1822: 18th President and Civil War General, Ulysses S. Grant, is born in Ohio.

1. July 4, 1826: 2nd President John Adams, and 3rd President Thomas Jefferson die hours apart.

1. April 2, 1827: The manufacturing of lead pencils in the US begins under Joseph Dixon.

1. October 5, 1829: 21st President, Chester Arthur, is born.

1. May 28, 1830: The Indian Removal Act is signed by 7th President Andrew Jackson. Removing Indigenous Tribes from the East.

1. October 14, 1834: First African-American granted a patent.

1. March 6, 1836: The Battle of the Alamo is fought between Mexican Soldiers and Texans, killing many notable figures; such as Davy Crockett.
2. April 21, 1836: Texas gains independence from Mexico after the Battle of San Jacinto.
3. June 15, 1836: Arkansas is admitted as the 25th State.

1. April 17, 1837: American banker, J.P. Morgan, is born in Connecticut.

1. June 15, 1842: Future Failed Presidential Candidate, John C. Frémont, sets off an expedition to the Oregon Trail.
2. November 4, 1842: Future President, Abraham Lincoln, marries Mary Todd Lincoln.

1. June 8, 1845: 7th President, Andrew Jackson, dies at The Hermitage.
2. August 22, 1845: Future President, Ulysses S. Grant marries Julia Dent.

1. May 4, 1846: U.S. State of Michigan decides to end the death penalty.
2. October 6, 1846: Inventer and Entrepreneur, George Westinghouse, is born in New York.

1. January 4, 1847: Samuel Colt sells his first Revolver pistol.
2. May 4, 1847: The U.S. State of New York creates the Board of Commissioners of Emigration.

1. January 24, 1848: Gold is discovered in California, sparking the California Gold Rush.
2. April 18, 1848: An American victory at the Battle of Cerro Gordo leads way for an invasion of Mexico.

1. April 15, 1850: San Francisco, a modern-day city in California, is incorporated.

1. June 15, 1851: Jacob Fussell sets up the first Ice Cream factory.
2. October 18, 1851: Moby Dick is published.

1. March 13, 1852: The first cartoon of Uncle Sam debuts in the New York Lantern Weekley. Uncle Sam would later become an inspirational figure in American culture.

1. March 6, 1857: The U.S. Supreme Court rules African Americans cannot be citizens. / Target founder, George Dayton, is born.

1. May 11, 1858: Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd State.
2. June 16, 1858: Future President, Abraham Lincoln, gives his "House Divided Speech" while running for senate in Illinois.

1. December 20, 1860: South Carolina is the first U.S. State to succeed from the Union following disputes with Slavery, States Rights, and other things. Carolina would later be followed by other states.

1. January 29, 1861: Kansas is admitted as a state, much to the liking of Pro-Slavery people.
2. April 12, 1861: Fort Sumter in South Carolina is attacked by the Confederacy. The American Civil War begins between the Pro-Slavery Confederates and Anti-Slavery Union.
3. April 13, 1861: Fort Sumter surrenders to the Confederacy.
4. April 17, 1861: Virginia succeeds from the Union.
5. April 18, 1861: Future Confederate general, Robert E. Lee, turns down an offer to command the Union.
6. April 25, 1861: The Union Army arrives to reinforce Washington D.C.

1. February 25, 1862: The United States authorizes the Greenback, the first paper money that is legal tender in America.
2. April 11, 1862: US Supreme Court Justice and failed Presidential Candidate, Charles Evans Hughes, is born in New York.
3. April 21, 1862: US Congress establishes a coin mint in Denver, Colorado. Which is why 'D' appears on American Coins temporarily.
4. May 4, 1862: Union General, George McClellan, halts his troops before Yorktown, Virginia, as the town is full of armed torpedoes left by Brigadier General Gabriel J. Rains.
5. November 17, 1862: Union General, Ambrose Burnside begins the Fredericksburg Campaign

1. January 1, 1863: The Emancipation Proclamation is issued, freeing Blacks in the Confederacy.
2. April 29, 1863: Newspaper publisher, William Randolph Hearst is born in California.

1. May 4, 1864: The Battle of Rappahannock River occurs between General Grant and General Lee.
2. April 15, 1864: Camden, Arkansas is occupied by the Union.
3. June 3, 1864: The Second Battle of Cold Harbor is fought and won by the Confederacy.
4. October 19, 1864: The Confederacy robs 3 banks in Vermont to agitate the Union.

1. April 2, 1865: The last major battle of the American Civil War, The Battle of Fort Blakely, occurs; Confederate General Robert E. Lee flees the Confederate Capitol as a result.
2. April 9, 1865: The American Civil War ends.
3. April 14, 1865: 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, is assassinated in Ford's Theatre.
4. April 26, 1865: Assassin of Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth, dies at 26 after being shot in the neck.
5. April 27, 1865: The Sultana sinks on the Missisippi River; the worst maritime disaster in U.S. History.

1. October 18, 1867: Alaska is purchased by the United States from Russia.

1. April 12, 1869: North Carolina passes Anti-Ku Klux Klan laws.
2. April 13, 1869: Inventor and Entrepreneur, George Westinghouse, patents the first powered steam brake.
3. May 4, 1869: The Cincinnati Reds play their very first official baseball game, beating the Western Baseball Club 45-9.
4. November 6, 1869: Rutgers and Princeton become the very first NCAA Football Champions.

1. April 13, 1870: The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.

1. January 17, 1871: The first Cable Car is patented by Andrew Smith Hallidie.
2. October 8, 1871: The Great Chicago Fire begins.
3. October 10, 1871: The Great Chicago Fire finally ends, killing many people.

1. March 8, 1874: 13th President, Millard Fillmore, dies at 74.
2. March 24, 1874: American Magician, Harry Houdini, is born.

1. April 15, 1877: Worlds first home telephone is installed in Massachusetts.
2. April 27, 1877: 19th President, Rutherford B. Hayes, ends reconstruction of the south.

1. May 4, 1878: Famous inventer, Thomas Edison, reveals his Phonograph for the first time in New York.
2. June 15, 1878: The World's first moving pictures are captured on camera using 12 cameras; (Sallie Gardner at a Gallop).

1. April 18, 1880: An F4 Tornado strikes Marshfield, Missouri and kills 99 people.

1. July 2, 1881: 20th President, James Garfield is shot nearly fatal at a train station.
2. September 19, 1881: James Garfield finally passes after his doctors fail to conserve his wound.

1. March 8, 1884: Susan B. Anthony addresses the U.S. House Judiciary Committee arguing for an amendment to grant women the right to vote.
2. August 28, 1884: The first known photo taken of a tornado is taken in South Dakota.

1. March 4, 1885: 22nd and 24th President, Grover Cleveland, is inaugurated.
2. June 17, 1885: The Statue of Liberty arrives from France as a gift.
3. July 23, 1885: 18th President and Civil War General, Ulysses S. Grant, dies in New York.
4. December 1, 1885: Dr. Pepper is founded.

1. May 4, 1886: The Haymarket Riot in Chicago occurs;bomb kills 7 policemen.

1. March 24, 1887: Famous American Comedian, Fatty Arbuckle, is born.

1. March 4, 1889: 23rd President, Benjamin Harrison, is inaugurated.
2. November 2, 1889: North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th states.
3. November 11, 1889: Washington is admitted as the 42nd State.

1. July 10, 1890: Wyoming is admitted as the 44th State.
2. October 14, 1890: 34th President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, is born in Texas.

1. April 15, 1892: General Electric Company is formed by Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan.

1. November 17, 1894: Serial Killer, H.H. Holmes, is captured in Boston.

1. October 4, 1895: American silent-film actor and stuntman, Buster Keaton, is born in Kansas. He would later be known as a pioneer for film stunts.

1. October 19, 1897: George M. Pullman, inventor of the Pullman Sleeping Car, dies in Chicago.

1. April 25, 1898: Spain declares war on the US to start the Spanish-American War.
2. October 18, 1898: Puerto Rico is turned over to the United States.

1. January 17, 1899: The U.S. takes possession of Wake Island under 25th President, William McKinley / American Gangster, Al Capone, is born in New York.

1. March 13, 1901: 23rd President, Benjamin Harrison, dies at 67.
2. September 14, 1901: 25th President, William McKinley, finally dies due to gunshot wounds and Gangrene.
3. September 28, 1901: Television Host, Ed Sullivan, is born.

1. February 27, 1902: Famous American Novelist, John Steinbeck is born.
2. March 24, 1902: New York Governor, Thomas E. Dewey, is born in Michigan.
3. June 24, 1902: Target is founded as a retail store by George Dayton in Minnesota.

1. June 16, 1903: The Ford Motor Company is founded under Henry Ford.
2. December 17, 1903: The Wright Brothers invent the first plane in North Carolina.

1. May 4, 1904: The U.S. begins construction on the Panama Canal, led by Theodore Roosevelt.
2. December 31, 1904: The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in New York City.

1. April 18, 1906: The San Francisco Earthquake and fire kills nearly 4,000 people.
2. December 14, 1906: The Pure Food and Drug Act is introduced.

1. March 14, 1907: Under 26th President Theodore Roosevelt's orders, Japanese laborers are excluded from entering the US.
2. August 13, 1907: Taxicabs begin operating in New York City.
3. November 16, 1907: Oklahoma is admitted as the 46th State.

1. October 1, 1908: The Ford Model T is released to the public.

1. January 2, 1909: Senator Barry Goldwater is born.

1. February 6, 1911: 40th President, Ronald Reagan, is born in Illinois.
2. May 27, 1911: Governor and future failed Presidential Candidate, Hubert Humphrey, is born in South Dakota.

1. April 2, 1912: A large cruise ship, the RMS Titanic, begins sea trials. It is the largest ship ever built.
2. April 17, 1912: Al Jolson released the first unofficial Gold Record.
3. April 26, 1912: The first home run at the historic MLB stadium Fenway Park is hit by Hugh Bradley.

1. January 9, 1913: 37th President, Richard Nixon, is born in California.
2. February 3, 1913: The 16th Amendment ratification allows the government to collect income tax.
3. April 24, 1913: The Woolworth Building opens in New York City; worlds tallest building at the time.
4. July 14, 1913: 38th President, Gerald Ford, is born in Nebraska.

1. February 8, 1915: D.W. Griffith's film, The Birth of a Nation premieres.
2. March 28, 1915: Carl Laemmle and his team creates Universal Pictures.
3. June 9, 1915: William Jennings Bryan resigns from office after disputes with 28th President Woodrow Wilson.
4. July 28, 1915: America begins its operations in Haiti.
5. November 14, 1915: Activist Booker T. Washington dies.
6. December 12, 1915: Famous American Singer, Frank Sinatra is born.

1. February 26, 1916: American Comedian, Jackie Gleason, is born in New York.
2. July 1, 1916: Coca-Cola introduces it's modern formula.
3. September 29, 1916: Oil magnet John D. Rockefeller becomes the world's first modern/confirmed Billionaire.

1. May 29, 1917: 35th President, John F. Kennedy, is born in Massachusetts.

1. October 31, 1918: The Spanish Flu kills 21,000 Americans in one week.
2. November 9, 1918: Vice President, Spiro Agnew, is born.
3. November 11, 1918: World War I is officially announced to be over as people celebrate. It's also known as Veterans Day in certain countries.

1. January 1, 1919: J.D. Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye, is born.
2. February 5, 1919: United Artists is founded.
3. June 28, 1919: The Treaty of Versailles is signed to formally close World War I.
4. October 2, 1919: 28th President, Woodrow Wilson, suffers a near death stroke and is incapacitated to perform orders.
5. December 26, 1919: Famous Baseball Star, Babe Ruth, is traded from the Red Sox to the Yankees for $100,000.

1. January 17, 1920: The first day of Prohibition comes into effect.
2. October 3, 1920: The very first NFL game is played. The winner was the Dayton Triangles.

1. January 17, 1922: American Actress Betty White is born in Illinois. She also has the longest TV Career of a Female.
2. February 8, 1922: Radio is introduced into the White House under 29th President Warren G. Harding.
3. April 15, 1922: Future Chicago mayer, Harold Washington, is born in Illinois.
4. July 19, 1922: Senator and future failed Presidential Candidate, George McGovern, is born in South Dakota.

1. March 14, 1923: 29th President, Warren G. Harding, becomes the first President to pay taxes.
2. April 5, 1923: Firestone Tire and Rubber Company begins producing rubber tires for public use.

1. June 12, 1924: 41st President, George H.W. Bush, is born in Massachusetts.
2. June 15, 1924: J. Edgar Hoover assumes leadership of the FBI.
3. October 1, 1924: 39th President, Jimmy Carter, is born in Georgia.
4. November 4, 1924: Nellie Taylor Ross becomes the first female governor.
5. December 12, 1924: Future New York City Mayor, Ed Koch, is born.

1. December 13, 1925: Famous American Actor and Comedian, Dick Van Dyke, is born.

1. April 29, 1926: The US and France settle an agreement on the repayment of World War I debts.
2. October 18, 1926: Famous 50's Rock Star, Chuck Berry, is born.

1. October 18, 1927: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is established.

1. January 5, 1930: Infamous criminals, Bonnie and Clyde, meet for the first time.
2. March 7, 1930: The Empire State Building is built in New York.
3. March 8, 1930: 27th President, William Howard Taft, dies at 72.
4. March 24, 1930: Famous American Actor, Steve McQueen, is born.

1. January 6, 1931: Inventor, Thomas Edison, admissions his very last patent.
2. May 1, 1931: The Empire State Building wraps us construction and officially opens; tallest building on Earth at the time.
3. October 18, 1931: Famous Gangster, Al Capone, is sentenced to 11 years in prison / Famous Inventor, Thomas Edison, dies in New Jersey.
4. November 21, 1931: Frankenstein premiers amidst The Great Depression; rakes in millions of dollars and gains nationwide fame.

1. May 4, 1932: Famous Gangster, Al Capone, enters Atlanta Penitentiary convicted of tax evasion.
2. July 8, 1932: The Dow Jones Industrial Average calculates The Great Depression's lowest point.
3. August 1, 1932: a brand new 25¢ coin is introduced. Called the Quarter, it dawns 1st President George Washington's face.
4. November 8, 1932: Future President Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected after defeating incumbent Herbert Hoover.

1. January 5, 1933: Work on the Golden Gate Bridge begins. / 30th President, Calvin Coolidge, dies at age 60. / Cavalcade is released in theaters.
2. November 17, 1933: Early Comedy film, Duck Soup, is released / America recognizes the Soviet Union;opens trade.

1. September 30, 1934: Baseball Star, Babe Ruth, competes in his last game. Goes 0 for 3.
2. November 9, 1934: Famous American Astronomer, Carl Sagan, is born.

1. September 30, 1935: 32nd President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, dedicates the Hoover Dam. It was originally called the Boulder Dam.

1. March 8, 1936: The first stock-car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.

1. September 14, 1937: 32nd President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, bans U.S. Ships from trading with China or Japan.

1. February 18, 1938: Target founder, George Dayton, dies at 80.
2. June 14, 1938: 32nd President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, signs the Fair Labor Standards Act. Regulating work wages and hours.

1. April 25, 1940: American actor, Al Pacino, is born in New York City.

1. October 31, 1941: German Submarine, U-552, torpedoes U.S. Destroyer, USS Reuben James, near Iceland
2. December 7, 1941: Pearl Harbor is attacked by the Japanese Empire. Pulling America into World War II.

1. January 17, 1942: African-American Boxer, Muhammad Ali, is born in Kentucky.
2. August 13, 1942: The Manhattan Project, a plan to construct an atomic bomb, commences.

1. April 13, 1943: 32nd President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, dedicates the Jefferson Memorial to 3rd President Thomas Jefferson.

1. April 13, 1944: South Carolina rejects Black Suffrage.
2. May 17, 1944: U.S. General and Future President Dwight D. Eisenhower sets D-Day for June 5th.
3. June 6, 1944: America is involved in D-Day during World War II.
4. December 15, 1944: Musician, Glenn Miller, goes missing during World War II; pronounced dead.

1. March 24, 1945: After the Debut of Billboard Hot 100, the King Cole Trio became the 1st No.1 album.
2. April 12, 1945: 32nd President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, dies in office at 63; Vice Harry Truman is sworn in as the 33rd President.
3. April 29, 1945: American solider, Desmond Doss, saves 75 wounded soldiers at the Battle of Okinawa.
4. July 28, 1945: A U.S. army bomber accidentally crashes into the Empire State Building during a fog.
5. August 6, 1945: 33rd President Harry Truman authorizes the bombing of Hiroshima to threaten Japan.
6. August 9, 1945: 33rd President Harry Truman authorizes the bombing of Nagasaki to threaten Japan.
7. October 19, 1945: American Actor, John Lithgow, is born.
8. December 21, 1945: U.S. Military General, George S. Patton, dies at 60.

1. June 14, 1946: 45th and 47th President, Donald Trump, is born.
2. November 1, 1946: The very first NBA game is played in New York.
3. December 20, 1946: The iconic Christmas Movie, It's a Wonderful Life premieres.

1. March 13, 1950: American actor, William H. Macy, is born.
2. April 25, 1950: Chuck Cooper becomes the first African-American to be drafted into the NBA.
3. October 31, 1950: Earl Lloyd becomes the first African-American to play in an NBA game.

1. March 6, 1951: The Rosenbergs are trialed in court for providing Top-Secret information to the Soviet Union.
2. April 2, 1951: Future US President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, assumes command of NATO.
3. April 5, 1951: The Rosenbergs, atomic spies, are sentenced to death.

1. January 1, 1953: Famous country singer, Hank Williams Sr., dies.
2. January 20, 1953: 34th President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, is inaugurated.
3. September 30, 1953: Governor of California, Earl Warren, is appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

1. January 17, 1954: American Attorney, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is born in Washington D.C.
2. April 13, 1954: Physicist and Father of the Atomic Bomb, Robert Oppenheimer, is accused of being a Communist.

1. January 19, 1955: Scrabble debuts.
2. April 15, 1955: Ray Kroc opens the first officially licenced McDonald's in Illinois.
3. June 15, 1955: 34th President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, stages the first "Operation Alert" to asses the U.S.'s preparedness for a Nuclear Attack.
4. July 17, 1955: DisneyLand opens in California.
5. August 12, 1955: 34th President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, raises Minimum Wage from 75¢ to $1 an hour.
6. September 14, 1955: Little Richard records Tutti-Frutti in New Orleans.
7. September 30, 1955: Popular actor, James Dean, who had starred in his biggest film earlier in the year, dies in a car crash at 24.
8. December 1, 1955: Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat.

1. March 13, 1956: Western Film The Searchers, starring John Wayne, is released.
2. April 21, 1956: Rock star Elvis Presley's first hit reaches #1 on the charts.

1. January 20, 1957: 34th President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, is inaugurated for a second term.

1. August 29, 1958: King of Pop Music, Michael Jackson, is born in Indiana.

1. May 4, 1959: The first Grammy Awards is held;Perry Como and Ella Fitzgerald win major awards.
2. October 31, 1959: Assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, states after moving to the Soviet Union that he will never move back to America. Calling it a "country I hate".
3. December 31, 1959: Popular actor, Val Kilmer, is born in Los Angeles.

1. September 26, 1960: Presidential Candidates Richard Nixon (R) and John F. Kennedy (D) participate in the very first Presidential Debate.
2. September 30, 1960: The Flintstones premiers and becomes the first animated sit-com.

1. April 12, 1961: US World War II General, Douglas MacArthur, declines offer to become MLB Commissioner.
2. August 4, 1961: 44th President, Barack Obama, is born.
3. October 18, 1961: Musical Film, West Side Story, is released. Earning much academy awards.

1. September 12, 1962: 35th President, John F. Kennedy, gives his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech at Rice University.

1. February 12, 1963: The St. Louis Arch begins construction.
2. February 17, 1963: NBA Star, Michael Jordan, is born in New York.
3. June 12, 1963: Activist, Medgar Evers, is shot in Mississippi.
4. November 22, 1963: 35th President, John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas.
5. November 24, 1963: John F. Kennedy's murderer, Lee Harvey Oswald, is shot dead by Jack Ruby

1. March 6, 1964: African American Boxer, Cassius Clay, converts to Islam and changes his name to Muhammad Ali.
2. March 14, 1964: Jack Ruby is sentenced to death for killing Lee Harvey Oswald.
3. September 14, 1964: 36th President, Lyndon B. Johnson, gives Walt Disney the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

1. January 1, 1966: All US Cigarette packs now have to state that the pack may be "harmful to your health".
2. January 12, 1966: The Batman TV series premiers on ABC / 36th United States President, Lyndon B. Johnson, announces that the US should stay in Vietnam.
3. March 4, 1966: John Lennon declares The Beatles "More popular than Jesus" — It would lead to a large disruption in their success.
4. August 1, 1966: Charles Whitman kills 16 people at the ![University of Texas]].

1. January 15, 1967: Super Bowl I is played in Los Angeles.
2. January 27, 1967: Apollo 1 catches fire and kills everyone onboard during a test.
3. April 19, 1967: The Beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years (they don't).

1. January 14, 1968: The Green Bay Packers beat the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl II.
2. April 2, 1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey, written and directed by Stanley Kubrick, premiers and becomes a hit.
3. April 24, 1968: Columbia University is taken over by leftist students in New York City.
4. June 5, 1968: American Senator Robert F. Kennedy is assasinated in Los Angeles; dies next day.
5. October 31, 1968: 36th President, Lyndon B. Johnson, orders a halt on bombing North Vietnam.
6. December 20, 1968: Famous American Novelist, John Steinbeck, dies at 66.

1. January 20, 1969: 37th President, Richard Nixon, is inaugurated.
2. March 28, 1969: 34th President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, dies at age 78 of congestive heart failure.
3. July 16, 1969: The Apollo 11 Moon Mission begins.
4. October 19, 1969: South Park co-creator Trey Parker is born.

1. March 8 1971: Boxer Joe Frazier ends Muhammad Ali's 31-fight winning streak in New York City; nicknamed "Fight of the Century".
2. October 1, 1971: Walt Disney World opens in Florida.
3. October 13, 1971: The very first World Series night game is played.
4. October 20, 1971: Famous Rapper, Snoop Dogg, is born.
5. November 5, 1971: The Los Angeles Lakers begin their historic 33 game winning streak. The longest win streak in sports history.
6. November 24, 1971: One of the most confusing conspiracies happens when D.B. Cooper hijacks a plane and steals money. He is never seen again.
7. December 10, 1971: Lucasfilm is founded by George Lucas.
8. December 19, 1971: A Clockwork Orange premieres.

1. March 24, 1972: The Godfather is released.

1. March 14, 1973: Future US Senator and failed Presidential Candidate, John McCain, is released after spending 5 years as a POW in Vietnam.
2. December 6, 1973: 38th President, Gerald Ford, is sworn-in as the first unelected Vice President.

1. January 4, 1974: 37th President, Richard Nixon, refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by the Watergate committee.
2. August 9, 1974: 37th President, Richard Nixon, resigns from office after the Watergate scandal.
3. September 9, 1974: 38th President, Gerald Ford, pardons former president, Richard Nixon of all federal crimes.

1. May 7, 1975: 38th President, Gerald Ford, declares an end to the "Vietnam Era".
2. June 20, 1975: Jaws is released. Becoming a instant sell-out and garnering lots of income.

1. January 1, 1976: The Liberty Bell finds a new home across the street from Independence Hall.
2. January 3, 1976: America performs Nuclear testing in Nevada.
3. January 15, 1976: Sara Jane Moore, who attempted to shoot 38th President, Gerald Ford, is sentenced to life.

1. January 4, 1977: The Chicago White Sox of the MLB hire the first woman play-by-play announcer for TV.
2. January 20, 1977: 39th President, Jimmy Carter, is inaugurated.

1. April 2, 1978: TV Show, Dallas, premiers on CBS. It would lead to a 13-year run.
2. September 14, 1978: Governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, is born.

1. April 24, 1979: US State of Georgia designates Ray Charles' version of Georgia On My Mind as it's official state song.
2. August 15, 1979: Apocalypse Now is released.
3. October 14, 1979: The first gay and lesbian civil rights march is held in Washington D.C..

1. March 13, 1980: Serial Killer John Wayne Gacy receives the death sentence in Illinois for killing 12 people.
2. April 6, 1980: Post-It Notes are introduced.
3. April 13, 1980: The US boycotts the 1980 Summer Olympics due to it being in Moscow, Russia.
4. April 24, 1980: US Military Operation fails to rescue 52 Hostages in Iran.
5. November 4, 1980: 40th President, Ronald Reagan, is elected.

1. March 6, 1981: TV News Anchor Walter Cronkite ends his long career; Spanning over 20 years.
2. April 24, 1981: US ends a grain embargo against the USSR.
3. June 5, 1981: The Aids Epidemic begins in the US.
4. June 12, 1981: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark is released to critical success.
5. July 17, 1981: Famous actor, Tom Cruise, stars in his first movie;Endless Love.

1. March 6, 1982: The San Antonio Spurs beat the Milwaukee Bucks in the highest scoring NBA game in history.
2. June 15, 1982: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to public education.

1. March 8, 1983: 40th President, Ronald Reagan, refers to the Soviet Union as an "Evil Empire" at a speech in Florida.
2. March 25, 1983: King of Pop Music, Michael Jackson, unveils his iconic "moonwalk" dance.
3. April 12, 1983: Harold Washington is elected as Chicago's first black mayor.
4. April 29, 1983: Harold Washington is sworn in as Chicago's first black mayor.

1. April 5, 1984: NBA star, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, breaks Wilt Chamberlain's all-time scoring record.
2. April 26, 1984: 40th President, Ronald Reagan, visits China.
3. October 11, 1984: George H.W. Bush (R) and Geraldine Ferraro (D) compete in a Vice President Debate in Philadelphia.
4. October 26, 1984: NBA star, Michael Jordan, plays his first game.
5. November 9, 1984: A Nightmare on Elm Street releases.
6. December 20, 1984: NBA star, LeBron James, is born in Ohio.

1. July 3, 1985: Back to the Future is released in theaters.
2. September 14, 1985: The Golden Girls, starring Betty White, debuts on NBC.

1. January 28, 1986: The space shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after launch; kills all on board.
2. April 29, 1986: 800,000 books are destroyed in a fire in Los Angeles.

1. March 6, 1987: Lethal Weapon, starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover releases in theaters.
2. April 17, 1987: Julius Erving becomes the first NBA player to score 30,000 points.
3. April 24, 1987: Radio host, Howard Stern, holds a free speech rally in New York City.
4. October 19, 1987: The largest one day industrial average drop occurs and is called Black Monday.

1. March 14, 1988: Future NBA Star, Steph Curry, is born in Ohio.
2. October 18, 1988: The American Sitcom, Roseanne debuts on ABC.

1. January 20, 1989: 41st President, George H.W. Bush, is Inaugurated.

1. January 17, 1991: 41st President, George H.W. Bush, launches Operation Desert Storm.
2. May 4, 1991: 41st President, George H.W. Bush, is put into the hospital for Erratic Heartbeat.
3. October 18, 1991: Future New York City Mayor, Zohran Mamdani, is born in Uganda.

1. April 5, 1994: Grunge music star, Kurt Cobain, kills himself with a shotgun.
2. April 22, 1994: 37th President, Richard Nixon, dies at 81 of a stroke.

1. January 17, 1995: Future President, George W. Bush, is sworn in as Governor of Texas.
2. April 12, 1995: Rock for the Rainforest benefit concert is held in New York City. Elton John, Sting, Billy Joel, and many others perform.
3. April 19, 1995: The Oklahoma City Bombing results in multiple causalities and destruction.
4. October 3, 1995: NFL star, O.J. Simpson is acquitted of all charges.
5. November 25, 1995: Toy Story, a landmark for Computer Graphics and animation, is released.
6. December 14, 1995: Various leaders including 42nd President, Bill Clinton, sign the Dayton Agreement to end the Bosnian War.

1. March 8, 1996: Fargo, starring Steve Buscemi, is released in theaters.

1. January 7, 1997: Newt Gingrich is narrowly re-elected as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
2. March 4, 1997: 42nd President, Bill Clinton, bans research on human cloning.
3. August 13, 1997: Popular animated TV Sitcom, South Park, premiers on Comedy Central.

1. May 14, 1998: Famous American Singer, Frank Sinatra, dies at 82.

1. January 31, 1999: Popular Animated Comedy show, Family Guy, airs its first episode.
2. April 27, 1999: The Nevada State Museum discovers the oldest mummy in North America. Dated 9,400 years old.

1. January 20, 2001: 43rd President, George W. Bush, is inaugurated.
2. September 11, 2001: The September 11th Terrorist Attacks occur in New York. Killing 3,000 people and injuring many others; leads to national crisis.

1. December 13, 2003: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured in a spider hole during Operation Red Dawn by US forces.

1. June 5, 2004: 40th President, Ronald Reagan, dies.

1. January 20, 2005: 43rd President, George W. Bush, is inaugurated for a 2nd term.
2. February 14, 2005: The domain name of YouTube is registered by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim.
3. April 23, 2005: The very first YouTube video, Me at the Zoo, is uploaded.

1. July 15, 2006: Twitter (now known as X) is launched.

1. September 29, 2008: The Stock Market crashes for the first time since 1980.
2. November 4, 2008: 44th President, Barack Obama, is elected.
3. December 14, 2008: 43rd President, George W. Bush, makes his 4th and final trip to Iraq.
4. December 20, 2008: Famous American Director, Robert Mulligan, dies at 83.

1. January 20, 2009: 44th President, Barack Obama, is inaugurated. The first African-American president.
2. June 14, 2009: NBA coach, Phil Jackson, sets a record 10 championships.
3. June 25, 2009: Pop Star, Michael Jackson, dies suddenly in Los Angeles.

1. May 2, 2011: Terrorist leader, Osama Bin Laden, is shot in his compound by American forces.

1. June 3, 2016: Famous African-American Boxer, Muhammad Ali, dies at 74.

1. March 6, 2018: Forbes names Amazon founder Jeff Bezos richest person in the world and surpasses Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
2. March 8, 2018: 45th and 47th President, Donald Trump, authorizes tariffs on steel and aluminum.
3. March 13, 2018: 45th and 47th President, Donald Trump, fires Secretary of State Rex Tillerson via Twitter.
4. April 24, 2018: 45th and 47th President, Donald Trump, holds his first state dinner.
5. November 30, 2018: 41st President, George H.W. Bush, dies at 94.

1. April 25, 2019: Former Vice President, Joe Biden, announces he will run in the 2020 United States Presidential Election via a video.
2. December 20, 2019: 45th and 47th President, Donald Trump, creates the Space Force.

1. January 6, 2021: 45th and 47th President, Donald Trump, rallies his supporters to protest the 2020 Presidential Election results; leads to injuries and destruction.
2. January 7, 2021: Elon Musk becomes the richest person in America and the world.
3. March 6, 2021: The U.S. Senate passes $1.9 Trillion Covid-19 relief bill.
4. April 19, 2021: 42nd Vice President and former failed Presidential Candidate, Walter Mondale, dies at 93.
5. December 31, 2021: Popular actress, Betty White, dies at 99.

1. April 26, 2022: Dr. Anthony Fauci says that the US is out of the pandemic.
2. September 14, 2022: Musician, R. Kelly, is found convicted of sex crimes and child sexual abuse imagery.

1. June 2, 2024: Popular YouTuber, Mr. Beast, passes T-Series to obtain the most followers in history.
2. December 29, 2024: 39th President and Humanitarian Jimmy Carter, dies at 100.

1. January 20, 2025: 45th and 47th President, Donald Trump, is inaugurated for a second term (non-consecutive).
2. September 10, 2025: Popular Political Activist, Charlie Kirk, is assassinated in Utah.

1. January 3, 2026: The US Military raids Venezuela and captures Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro for drug trafficking charges.
2. February 24, 2026: 45th and 47th President, Donald Trump, gives the longest State of the Union Address in American History.
3. February 28, 2026: 45th and 47th President, Donald Trump, strikes Iran and kills their dictator.
4. March 5, 2026: 45th and 47th President, Donald Trump, fires Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.
5. April 1, 2026: Artemis II launches from Kennedy Space Center in Florida; first mission around the moon in 50 years.

1. Playmates releases the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toy-line in the summer. Becoming one of the best-selling toys in history.