Pilgrims establish Plymouth, 1620 |
First magazine published in the United States, 1741 |
United States Declaration of Independence signed, 1776 |
First daily newspaper in the United States, 1783 |
Washington becomes first United States president, 1789 |
Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin, 1793 |
First successful steamboat in the United States, 1807 |
The Erie Canal opens, 1825 |
First steam locomotive developed and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad opened, 1830 |
Texas declares independence from Mexico |
Steam-powered elevator invented, 1850 |
Pullman invents sleeping cars for railroad trains, 1867 |
Typewriter and air brakes invented, 1868 |
Barbed wire invented, 1873 |
Bell invents telephone, 1876 |
Edison invents first commercially practical incandescent bulb, cash register invented, 1879 |
Fountain pen invented, 1884 |
Adding machine invented, 1885 |
Roll film invented, 1889 |
First successful automobile built in the United States, 1894 |
First radio signal, 1895 |
First American subway opened in Boston, 1897 |
Vacuum clearer invented, 1889 |
Wright brothers make first successful airplane flight, 1903 |
Panama Canal opens, 1910 |
First regular airline service started, 1914 |
First commercial radio broadcast, 1920 |
Lindbergh crosses the Atlantic, first talking movie, 1927 |
First regular TV broadcast in the United States, 1936 |
First successful helicopter flight in the United States, 1940 |
Color television begins, 1953 |
First U.S. satellite, Explorer, launched from Cape Canaveral, 1958 |
First U.S. astronaut, John Glen, orbits the Earth, 1962 |
Edward White took the first U.S. "space walk," 1965 |
U.S. astronauts land on the moon, 1969 |
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