2000

• The use of mobile phones continues to grow as mobile phones move from the perceived "Yuppie Device" to an essential consumer product.

• Founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, leaves his position as CEO.

• 51 million viewers watch the first season finale of the reality show "Survivor."

2001

• Known simply as 9/11. On September 11, 2001 nineteen hijackers simultaneously took control of four U.S. domestic commercial airliners. The hijackers crashed two planes into the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York City one into each of the two tallest towers. Within two hours, both towers collapsed. The hijackers crashed the third aircraft into the U.S. Department of Defense headquarters, the Pentagon, in Arlington County, Virginia. The fourth plan crashed into a rural field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, following passenger resistance.

• A series of Anthrax attacks spreads fear amongst the American Public and several people are infected by handling infected letters.

• Richard C. Reid, dubbed by the press as the shoe bomber, attempts to blow up an American Airlines plane.

2002

• George Bush creates the Department of Homeland Security on June 7th to fight threats of terrorism.

• The No Child Left Behind Act is passed and President George W. Bush signs into law.

• Estimated 40 million people now infected with AIDS / HIV virus worldwide.

2003

• The new United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.

• Do Not Call List starts providing consumers on June 27th with an opportunity to limit telemarketing calls.

• The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates over Texas upon reentry, killing all seven astronauts onboard.

2004

• The Boston Red Sox win the World Series in baseball for the first time since 1918.

• Facebook is launched as a social networking site only open to students from Harvard in February by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. It is expanded first to other colleges in the Boston area and other Ivy League Colleges.

• Martha Stewart is convicted of a felony and sentenced to five months in prison.

2005

• Hurricane Katrina strikes the Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama costal areas. Levees separating Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans, Louisiana were breached by the surge, ultimately flooding roughly 80% of the city of New Orleans and 1600 perished due to Hurricane Katrina. 

• The video-sharing website "YouTube" was founded.

2006

• Two major E. Coli breakouts affect 500 people in the US caused by fresh spinach and fresh lettuce.

• Sixty-five miners became trapped underground after an explosion in a mine in Nueva Rosita, Mexico. There were no survivors. 

2007

• Nancy Pelosi is elected as the first Speaker of the US Congress.

• Apple introduces The iPhone on June 29th.

• Barry Bonds hits home run number 756 to pass Hank Aaron as the most home runs hit by a baseball player in Major League Baseball.

2008

• President Bush and House leaders agree to a $150 billion stimulus package, including rebates for most tax filers of up to $600 for individuals, $1,200 for couples, and, for families, an additional $300 per child.

• Writers strike against Hollywood studios, networks, and production companies demanding a percentage of revenue instead of fixed fee for Internet content. The strike lasted for nearly 3 months and a compromise agreement is reached. The stroke meant many popular TV programs were affected, including talk shows.

2009

• After being struck by a flock of Canada geese shortly after takeoff US Airways Flight 1549, piloted by Captain Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger, makes a successful crash landing in the Hudson River.

• On June 25th the death of the King of Pop Michael Jackson (the most successful entertainer of all time) brings worldwide outpourings of grief.

1990

• Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.

• East and West Germany are reunited after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

• One of the most completed T. Rex fossils is found in South Dakota and is named "Sue" after the paleontologist that discovered it.

1991

• The Internet becomes available for unrestricted commercial use.

• The lead singer of the band Queen, Freddie Mercury, dies from AIDS.

1992

• Democrat Bill Clinton is elected as the United States President.

• The Mall of America opens in Minnesota.

• Euro Disney is opened in France.

1993

• The Hubble Telescope is repaired in space by a crew on the Space Shuttle Endeavor. 

• NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) is signed into law.

• Intel introduces the Pentium Microprocessor.

1994

• Nelson Mandela becomes President of South Africa after being elected in the country's first multi-racial elections.

• The 1994 Major League Baseball season is cancelled when the Players Association goes on strike.

• OJ Simpson flees police in his white Ford Bronco.

1995

• The American Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian Mir Space Station for the first time.

• The online auction website Ebay is founded.

• The 55 MPH limit imposed during the Middle East Crisis in 1973 / 1974 is ended.

1996

• Princess Diana and Prince Charles get divorced.

• The internet search engine "Ask Jeeves" is created.

• In 12 months number of Internet hosts computers goes from 1 million to 10 million.

1997

• The first Harry Potter book is published by author J.K. Rowling.

• Scientists at the Roslin Institute unveil "Dolly" the first successfully cloned sheep.

• Mike Tyson bites Evander Holyfield's ear during a match and is suspended by boxing.

1998

• The search engine Google is founded.

• Apple Computers reveal the iMac computer.

• The United States has a budget surplus for the first time in thirty years.

1999

• President Bill Clinton faces impeachment proceedings.

• The file-sharing service Napster is created.

• The year 2000 problem known as the Y2K problem and the millennium bug was the most important thing on most companies minds in 1999. Critical industries (such as electricity or financial) and government functions could stop working at 12:00 AM, January 1, 2000. This fear was fueled by the press coverage and other media speculation, as well as corporate and government reports. All over the world, companies and organizations checked and upgraded their computer systems.

1980

• Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington state.

• The popular video arcade game "Pac-Man" is released.

• The United States boycotts the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.

1981

• The cable network MTV (Music Television) is launched. 

• The AIDS virus is identified in the United States by scientists. 

• Sandra Day O'Connor is nominated as the first female Supreme Court Justice by President Reagan.

1982

• "The Computer" is named Time Magazine's Man of the Year. 

• Japan begins selling the first CD players. 

• Late Rock n' Roll star Elvis Presley's home "Graceland" is opened to the public as an attraction.

1983

• Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.

• Motorola introduces the first mobile phones to the United States in 1983.

• Microsoft releases "Word" their word processing program.

1984

• India's Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, is assassinated.

• Band Aid records "Do They Know It's Christmas?" a charity single to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.

• TMTV begins the "Video Music Awards" or VMAs.

1985

• In what many consider one of the worst marketing moves, Coca-Cola introduced "New Coke" and were forced to return to the old formula only months later due to backlash.

• The first version of Microsoft Windows is released.

• The wreck of the Titanic was discovered.

1986

• The Chernobyl nuclear reactor explodes in the USSR.

• The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster takes place when the space shuttle disintegrates after being launched, killing all on board.

• Mad Cow Disease (BSE - Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) is identified in Britain for the first time.

1987

• Disposable contact lenses are first sold.

• "The Simpsons" make their debut on the Tracy Ullman Show.

• The Fox television network begins operations.

1988

• George H.W. Bush is elected as the U.S. President after defeating Michael Dukakis.

• Two years after the Challenger Disaster, NASA's Space Shuttle program resumes.

• The Iran-Iraq war ends.

1989

• The Berlin Wall is torn down at the end of the Cold War.

• The Exxon Valdez oil tanker spills 240,000 barrels of oil in the Prince William Sound in Alaska.

• The Nintendo Game Boy portable video game system is released.

1970

• The popular band "The Beatles" announces they have disbanded.

• NASA's Apollo 13 Moon Mission returns to Earth successfully after abandoning its mission to the Moon after experiencing oxygen tank problems and an explosion.

• The first jumbo-jet, the Boeing 747, makes its debut commercial flight from New York to London.

• Computer Floppy Disks introduced.

• Kent State shootings.

1971

• The U.S. voting age is lowered from 21 to 18 years old when the 26th amendment is ratified. 

• The Walt Disney World Resort is opened in Orlando, Florida. 

• The first microprocessor, the 4004, is released by Intel.

• VCRs are introduced. 

1972

• The Watergate Scandal begins when White House operatives are caught burglarizing the Democratic National Committee.

• PONG, the first video game to have commercial success, is released.  

• The first U.S. cable subscription service, HBO, is introduced.

• Pocket Calculators are introduced.

1973

• Secretariat wins the Triple Crown in horse racing.

• The Mariner 10 space probe is launched by NASA and later becomes the first spacecraft to study Mercury.

• Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match.

• Skylab, America's first Space Station, is launched.

• Spiro Agnew, U.S. Vice-President, resigns.

1974

• U.S. President Richard Nixon resigns from office after being implicated in the Watergate Scandal, and Gerald Ford becomes president.

• The UPC Bar Code is introduced.

• The world's population is estimated 4 billion people.

• April 8th Hank Aaron hits home run 715 to pass Babe Ruth as the all time home run hitter in Major League Baseball.

1975

• The Vietnam War ends.

• Bill Gates and Paul Allen create Microsoft.

• The popular late-night sketch show, Saturday Night Live, airs for the first time.

• Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win Wimbledon.

1976

• Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak create the Apple Computer Company.

• NASA introduces the first space shuttle, the Enterprise.

• The Democratic candidate, Jimmy Carter, defeats Republican incumbent, Gerald Ford, to win the U.S. Presidential race.

• The Muppet Show premiers.

• Nadia Comaneci given seven perfect Tens at the Olympics.

1977

• Control of the Panama Canal is returned to Panama from the United States.

• The Trans-Alaskan Pipeline is opened.

• MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) Scanner is first tested.

• Elvis Presley found dead.

1978

• The very first "Garfield" comic strip debuts in 41 U.S. newspapers.

• Louise Brown, the very first test tube baby, is born.

• The computer video game Space Invaders is released.

1979

• The Three Mile Island nuclear incident occurs in Pennsylvania.

• The Walkman is introduced by Sony.

• Michael Jackson's debut solo album "Off the Wall" is released.

• Iran takes American hostages in Tehran.

• Margaret Thatcher becomes first women Prime Minister of Great Britain.

1960

• Democrat John F. Kennedy wins the U.S. Presidential Election after defeating Republican Richard Nixon.

• The Organization of Petroleum Countries (OPEC) is created.

• TIROS-1, the first weather satellite, is launched by the U.S.

1961

• Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first person in space. One month later, Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space.

• Construction on the Berlin Wall begins in an effort to separate East and West Berlin. 

• The Bay of Pigs invasion is an unsuccessful U.S. backed operation to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba.

• The Peace Corps is created. 

1962

• The Cuban Missile Crisis has the world on the edge of another World War as the United States and USSR come close to launching nuclear attacks.

• James Meredith becomes the first African-American student to enroll at the University of Mississippi.   

• The comic book character of Spider-Man makes his debut in the Amazing Fantasy #15 comic.

• The Beatles release their first single, "Love Me Do," in the United Kingdom.

• Sam Walton opens the first Wal-Mart store in Arkansas.

1963

• United States President John F. Kennedy is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. 

• U.S. Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

• The United States begins to use Zip Codes.

• The BBC broadcasts the very first episodes of the iconic television show "Doctor Who."

1964

• United States President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.

• NASA's Mariner 4 space probe successfully approaches Mars and becomes the first spacecraft to take images of a planet from deep space.

• Sidney Poitier wins the Academy Award for "Best Actor"becoming the first black actor to win that honor.

• The computer coding language BASIC (Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is introduced.

• The Ford Motor Company begins to produce and sell the Ford Mustang.

1965

• The Voting Rights Act is signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson.

• Soviet Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov becomes the first person to perform a space walk.

• Martin Luther King, Jr. leads a peaceful civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama.

• The Vietnam War escalates and opposition to it begins to mount as anti-Vietnam protests become more common.

1966

• The first episode of the popular television show "Star Trek" airs.

• The Soviet Union's Luna 9 unmanned spacecraft lands on the Moon.

• The Houston Astrodome is built with the dome measuring 710 ft diameter.

• All cigarette packets in the United States must carry the health warning "Caution! Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health."

1967

• Rolling Stone publishes its first magazine issue.

• The Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs play against each other in the first Super Bowl, with the Packers winning 35 to 10.

• Thurgood Marshall is appointed to the Supreme Court and becomes the first African American.

1968

• Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated in April by James Earl Ray.

• The Civil Rights Act of 1968 is signed into law by President Johnson.

• Richard Nixon wins the United States presidential election.

• The first manned Apollo mission, Apollo 7, is launched by NASA.

1969

• Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first men to arrive on the Moon during NASA's Apollo 11 mission.

• The Woodstock music festival takes place in New York and features such acts as Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, and The Who.

• AARPANET, the predecessor to the Internet, relays its first communications between UCLA and Stanford. 

• The popular children's television show "Sesame Street" debuts.

1950

• The Diner's Club begins issuing the first credit cards.

• Famous physicist Albert Einstein warns the world that nuclear war would lead to mutual destruction.

• The United States begins the development and production of the hydrogen bomb.

1951

• "I Love Lucy" premieres on television on the CBS network.

• DJ Alan Freed coins the term "Rock n' Roll."

• The United States ratifies the 22nd amendment, limiting a president to two terms.

1952

• Elizabeth II becomes the Queen of England after her father, George VI, dies.

• The first hydrogen bomb is successfully detonated by the United States.

• Puerto Rico is named as a self-governing commonwealth of the U.S.

• The first issue of the comedy-driven MAD magazine is published.

1953

• The Double Helix DNA Model is revealed by Francis Crick and James Watson.

• Jonas Salk  develops the first polio vaccine. 

• The first James Bond novel, "Casino Royale," is published by British author Ian Fleming.

1954

• The U.S. Supreme Court rules that racial segregation is unconstitutional in public schools in their unanimous decision of Brown v. Board of Education.

• U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy is censured by the Senate, ending his four year long hunt for Communists within the United States government.

• Frozen TV Dinners are introduced by Swanson.

• Ellis Island ceases to be a point of immigration into the U.S. when it officially closes.

1955

• The popular children's television show "The Mickey Mouse Club" premieres. The Disneyland theme park in California also opened during this year.

• Rosa Parks is arrested in Alabama after she refuses to give up her bus seat to a white passenger, sparking the Civil Rights Movement.

• The McDonald's chain of restaurants is started by Ray Kroc.

• The United States adds "In God We Trust" to all paper currency.

1956

• The popular musician Elvis Presley has his first hit song, "Heartbreak Hotel."

• American Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.

• The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 becomes law, allowing for the mass construction of tens of thousands of interstate highways in the U.S.

• Albert Sabin creates the oral polio vaccine to replace the Salk vaccine.

1957

• The USSR successfully launches Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite. They also launched Sputnik 2 later in the year, a satellite that carried the first animal into space.

• The "Baby Boom" peaks during this year.

• Nine African-American student enroll at Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas and are met with resistance by protesters and the state's governor. Federal troops end up escorting the students into the school at the command of President Eisenhower.

1958

• The microchip is co-invented by Robert Noyce and Jack Kilby.

• NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) is created.

• The popular children's toy, the Hula-Hoop, is created by Wham-O.

1959

• The Cuban revolution ends and Fidel Castro comes to power, creating the first Communist nation in the West.

• Alaska and Hawaii are admitted as the 49th and 50th states in the U.S.

• The Soviet Union's Luna 2 spacecraft becomes the first man-made object to touch the surface of the Moon after it crashes. 

• The first astronauts are introduced by NASA (John H. Glenn, Jr. and Alan Shepherd, Jr).

1940

• Germany invades Denmark, Norway, France, Luxemburg, Belgium, and the Netherlands during World War II.

• Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. is appointed as General in the United States Army, becoming the first African-American to hold such a position.

• President Roosevelt signs the Selective Training and Service Act, making the first military draft to be created during a peacetime in the United States.

• Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected for an unprecedented third term as the U.S. president.

1941

• The Mount Rushmore sculpture is completed.

• Japan launches a surprise attack on the U.S. base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, bringing the United States into the War. Italy and Germany also declare war on the United States.

• The G.I. Bill is signed by President Roosevelt, providing financial aid to Wold War II veterans.

1942

• The draft age in the United States is lowered from 21 to 18.

• The U.S. Congress creates several branches of the armed forces for women to join the war effort, including the Army's Women's Auxiliary Corps or WACs, the Navy's WAVES, the Coast Guard's SPARs, and the Women Air Force Service Pilots.

• The United States and Canada begin the unjust removal and internment of Japanese-Americans and Japanese-Canadians in the fear that they will become a security threat during the war.

1943

• The Pentagon building is completed.

• General Dwight D. Eisenhower takes control of the Allied forces when he is appointed as the Supreme Allied Commander.

• Jacques Cousteau and Emile Gagnan invent the "Aqualung."

1944

• President Roosevelt is elected to a forth term in the United States, becoming the only person to ever do so. His forth term does not last long however, as he died during the next year in April of 1945.

• Operation Overlord (D-Day) sees 150,000 Allied troops successfully storm the beaches of Normandy in France. Paris is soon liberated as the troops make their way through the country.

• Popular musician and band leader Glenn Miller is reported missing while on his way to perform for the troops in Paris.

1945

• World War II ends as Allied and Soviet forces make their way toward Germany, liberating concentration camps along the way.

• The United States drops two atomic bombs on Japan, bringing an end to the Pacific side of the war.

• The United Nations is created after fifty nations sign the charter.

• Harry S. Truman becomes the United States President after FDR dies.

1946

• The ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), the first programmable electronic computer, is unveiled at the University of Pennsylvania.

• The Philippines becomes independent after being under U.S. rule for forty-eight years.

• Department stores begin to sell Tupperware food containers.

• The former Prime Minister of England, Winston Churchill, gives his "Iron Curtain"speech.

1947

• The transistor is inverted at Bell Laboratories by William Shockley, Walter Brattain, and John Bardeen.

• The Polaroid instant camera is demonstrated.

• Jackie Robinson becomes a part of the Dodgers, becoming the first African American to play baseball for the Major League.

• Ferrari begins to produce sports cars.

1948

• The beloved Indian independence leader and pacifist Mhatma Gandhi is assassinated.

• George de Mestral, a Swiss engineer, creates Velcro but it is not formally patented until 1955.

• The first NASCAR race for modified stock cars is held at Daytona Beach.

1949

• NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is established.

• "The Goldbergs" airs live on CBS as one of the very first television sitcoms.

• The first test flight of the De Havilland Comet takes place, it would later become the first commercial passenger jet.

• 45 RPM records are introduced.

1930

• A popular cartoon character "Betty Boop" makes her debut on "Dizzy Dishes.

• Great Depression begins.

• US suffers worst ever drought causing hardship in farming community and leading to the dust bowl years.

• US 1930 Unemployment figures show 8.7% of the population are unemployed.

1931

• US suffers worst ever drought causing hardship in farming community and leading to the dust bowl years.

• Francis Scott Key's "Star Spangled Banner" is officially named the United States' national anthem.

• Empire State Building is completed.

1932

• The Great Depression influences economies worldwide. More than 24.5% of the population are unemployed in the United States. Over 20% of the workforce are unemployed in the United Kingdom. The Canadian unemployment reached 27%. The German unemployment reached nearly 30%.

• Amelia Earhart becomes the first female aviator to successfully fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

• Notorious gangster Al Capone is convicted of Income Tax Evasion.

• Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected the President of the United States.

1933

• Strong winds strip the topsoil from the drought affected farms of the Midwest.

• The first successful solo around-the-world flight is completed by Wiley Post.

• Unemployment in the United States reaches its highest level in the winter of 1932 / 1933 with nearly 1 in 3 people unemployed.

• The fabled "Loch Ness Monster" is spotted in Scotland for the first time.

• The 21st Amendment is passed repealing the 18th Amendment ending prohibition of alcohol.

1934

• Disney introduces the character of "Donald Duck" in the animated short "The Little Wise Hen."

• Due to poverty around the world, political extremism including Fascism, Nazism, and extreme Communism gains followers.

• Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow die after a shoot out with FBI. Slum Clearance begins in New York and other major US cities.

• The Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, known as "The Rock," opens near San Francisco and is used to hold some of the more dangerous and well-known U.S. criminals.

1935

• The Boulder (Hoover) Dam is completed.

• Emergency Relief Appropriation Act creates the WPA or Works Progress Administration to provide millions of jobs.

• The United States Social Security Act is signed into law.

• Legendary player Babe Ruth retires from the sport of baseball after hitting his 714th home-run..

1936

• Margaret Mitchell's epic Civil War novel "Gone with the Wind" is published.

• Jesse Owens wins 4 Gold medals at the Berlin Olympics.

• The first public television broadcasts begin in London.

1937

• Amelia Mary Earhart disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during a circumnavigation flight attempt.

• The German airship Hindenburg bursts into flames while attempting to moor at Lakehurst, New Jersey.

• The Memorial Day Massacre takes place in Chicago.

1938

• Seabiscuit beats War Admiral in the "Race of the Century."

• Orson Welles' radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds is broadcast.

• Aviator Howard Hughes flies around the world in 3 days and 19 hours, setting a new record.

• The Fair Labor Standards Act (Wages and Hours Bill) passes.

• Germany begins its persecution of Jews.

• The very first "Superman" comic is issued by Action Comics.

1939

• Lou Gehrig retires from Major League Baseball after being diagnosed with ALS.

• Physicist Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard send a letter to President Roosevelt urging the United States to invest time and money into the secret development of nuclear weapons before Germany developed the technology first.

• The beloved film starring Judy Garland "The Wizard of Oz" premieres. 

1920

• With the ending of World War I a housing boom in Britain and the United States leads to an increase in home ownership.

• Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified on August 18, giving women the right to vote.

• The 18th Amendment (Volstead Act / National Prohibition Act ) goes into force at the beginning of the decade which in turn leads to increased black market alcohol that is sold in speakeasies and run by mobsters who pay off local politicians.

1921

• The famous and iconic "Chanel No. 5" perfume is created by Coco Chanel.

• The Communist Party of China is created.

1922

• The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is created in 1922.

• The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) is formed and financed by a Post Office license fee of 10 shillings, payable by anyone owning a radio receiver.

• The Fordney-McCumber Act places a high tariff on imports into the United States.

• Fifty thousand people affected during Lower Louisiana Floods in 1922.

1923

• King Tutankhamun's Tomb is opened by Howard Carter.

• Insulin is mass-produced for the treatment of diabetes.

1924

• The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held on November 27th, 1924.

• Ellis Island closes as an immigration entry point to the US.

• The very first Winter Olympics are held. They take place in Chamonix, France.

• The Indian Citizenship Act confers citizenship on all Native Americans born within the United States.

• The first around-the-world flight is completed after 175 days by two places from the United States Army.

1925

• The Butler Act which prohibits evolution from being taught in public schools is passed in Tennessee in 1925 it is not repealed until 1967.

• The classic novel "The Great Gatsby" is published by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald.

• Sears Roebuck opens its first retail store in Chicago, Illinois in 1925. Sears had been selling through Home Shopping Catalogs since 1893 and would continue selling through catalogs for next 70 years at the same time as building one of the largest chain stores in the country.

• The first television transmitter is developed by John Logie Baird in Great Britain.

1926

• Route 66, a major U.S. road running from Chicago to Los Angeles, is opened.

1927

• The Holland Tunnel under the Hudson River opens connecting New York City with New Jersey in 1927.

• In 1927, Charles Lindbergh flies The Spirit of St. Louis across the Atlantic nonstop and solo, direct from New York City to Paris, as the first solo transatlantic flight.

• Work begins on Mount Rushmore in the late 1920's carving the faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. It takes nearly 15 years to complete.

1928

• Amelia Earhart flies across the Atlantic Ocean as a passenger, becoming the first woman to do so successfully.

• The "Iron Lung," a device used to help polio patients breathe, is created by Philip Drinker and Louis Shaw.

• Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin in 1928 which changed the world of modern medicines by introducing the age of antibiotics.

• Republican candidate Herbert Hoover wins the United States presidential election after defeating the Democratic candidate, Al Smith.

• Walt Disney's famous Mickey Mouse cartoon character appears for the first time in "Steamboat Willie."

1929

• During most of the decade turf wars between rival gangs were frequent and extremely violent. The best known of the many was Al Capone's Saint Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago during 1929.

• At the end of the 20's after a time of excesses in all areas, the stock market crashed on Black Thursday (October 24th, 1929) and caused the start of the The Great Depression.

• The first Academy Awards (Oscars) for film-making and film actors are held in Los Angeles.