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1.
The release of the film “The Wizard of Oz”.
August 21, 1939.
2.
The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is painted by Michelangelo.
1508-1512
3.
The first nuclear bomb test in New Mexico.
July 16, 1945.
4.
The first jet airliner commercial flight.
The British de Havilland Comet flew in 1952.
5.
Apple releases its first home computer.
April 11, 1976.
6.
The inaugural season of the NBA.
June 6, 1946.
7.
The first appearance of Yogi Bear.
1958, on the Huckleberry Hound Show.
8.
Disney releases its first feature film.
December 21, 1937
9.
The last Thyacaline, or Tasmanian Tiger, dies out.
1936 in an Australian zoo.
10.
The ABC Television Network makes its first TV broadcast.
April 14, 1948.
11.
The Cuban Revolution.
1953-1959.
12.
Rock and roll music.
Most music historians agree rock and roll started some time in the 1950s.
13.
The death of Henry Ford.
April 7, 1947.
14.
The first Formula One Grand Prix in Turin.
September 1, 1946.
15.
Pangaea breaks into many smaller continents.
175 million years ago.
16.
The Ottoman Empire officially dissolves.
November 1, 1922.
17.
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
December 7, 1941.
18.
Queen Elizabeth II is coronated Queen of Britain.
June 2, 1953.
19.
The last Halley’s Comet appearance.
1986
20.
J.R.R. Tolkien writes The Hobbit.
September 21, 1937.
21.
The last American Civil War Veteran dies.
August 2, 1956. Albert Henry Woolson.
22.
The current version of the American flag becomes the official flag of the USA.
July 4, 1959
23.
Justin Bieber releases “Baby”.
January 18, 2010.
24.
John Lennon is born.
October 9, 1940.