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Timeline of the history of the United States (1760–1789) ... Dictionary of American History: From 1763 to the Present (Facts on File, 2000) External links.
More than 550,000 Americans died fighting the Civil War, including these men who fell during the bloody Battle of Antietam. This section of the timeline of United States history concerns events from 1860 to 1899.
Teddy Roosevelt, the Bull Moose, led American progressives in the early 20th century. 1906 – San Francisco earthquake; 1907 – Oklahoma becomes a state; 1907 – Gentlemen's Agreement; 1907 – Coal mine explodes in Monongah, West Virginia, killing at least 361. Worst industrial accident in American history. 1908 – Ford Model T appears on ...
March 4, 1825 – Adams becomes the sixth president; Calhoun becomes the seventh vice president; 1825 – Erie Canal is finally completed 1826 – Former presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die on the same day, which happens to be on the fiftieth anniversary of the approval of the Declaration of independence.
1930 - Sinclair Lewis is the first American to win Nobel Prize for Literature; 1931 – Empire State Building opens in New York. 1931 – Japanese invasion of Manchuria, start of World War II in the Pacific. 1931 – The Whitney Museum of American Art opens to the public in New York City.
Chisholm made more history in 1972 by becoming the first African American woman of a major political party to run for the Democratic party's presidential nomination. Her campaign slogan: "Unbought ...
Here’s a quick look at the stories of the 10 richest historical Americans who are no longer alive, ranked in reverse order. Note that the “estimated wealth” figures are in today’s dollars ...
First known African American (and slave) to compose a work of literature: Lucy Terry with her poem "Bars Fight", composed in 1746 [7] and first published in 1855 in Josiah Holland's History of Western Massachusetts.