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122.2.1732BirthdayGeorge Washington, First President of United States
215.3.1767BirthdayAndrew Jackson, Twice President of the United States
310.11.1775EventThe United States Marine Corps was founded
44.7.1776EventThe United States adopted the Declaration of Independence
517.9.1787EventThe Constitution of the United States of America was signed
613.9.1788EventNew York became the capital of the United States (later replaced by Washington)
74.3.1789EventThe first Congress of the United States was held in New York
85.7.1791EventThe first ever British ambassador to the United States was appointed
927.3.1794EventThe United States Navy was founded
1014.12.1799EventThe first President of The United States, George Washington, died
1117.11.1800EventThe United States Congress met for the first time
1216.3.1802EventWest Point, the first United States Military Academy, was established
1330.4.1803EventLouisiana was sold to the United States by France
1424.7.1824EventThe world's first opinion poll was held in the United States
156.4.1830EventThe Mormon church was founded in the United States
1613.5.1846EventThe United States declared war on Mexico
1710.8.1846EventThe Smithsonian Institution was founded in the United States
1823.9.1848EventChewing gum went on sale for the first time in the United States
1910.4.1849EventThe safety pin was patented in the United States
209.9.1850EventCalifornia became the 31st state of the United States
2127.10.1858BirthdayTheodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States
223.4.1860EventIn the United States, the Pony Express mail delivery system began
234.3.1861EventAbraham Lincoln became the 16th President of the United States
2425.6.1867EventBarbed wire was patented in the United States
257.3.1876EventThe telephone was patented by Alexander Graham Bell in the United States
2624.2.1885BirthdayChester Nimitz, United States navy admiral
2714.9.1886EventTypewriter ribbons were patented in the United States
287.7.1890EventThe electric chair was used for the first time in the United States
299.6.1897EventJapan protested when the United States took over Hawaii
3018.6.1898EventThe first ever steel pier was opened in the United States
3126.7.1908EventThe Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was formed in the United States
3225.1.1917EventThe United States bought the Virgin islands for 25 million dollars
336.4.1917EventThe United States entered World War I
3416.1.1920EventThe United States began its prohibiton era, banning the sale of alcohol
3526.8.1920EventWomen in United States of America were given the right to vote
3610.4.1924EventThe first ever book of crosswords was published in the United States
3726.5.1924EventThe United States started limiting immigration, banning all Japanese
386.3.1930EventThe first ever frozen foods went on sale in the United States
3918.3.1931EventThe first electric razors were made in the United States
4024.1.1935EventBeer, in cans, was sold for the first time, in Virginia (United States)
4116.7.1935EventParking meters were used for the first time in the United States
424.1.1936EventThe first ever music chart was compiled, in the United States
4315.3.1937EventThe United States set up its first central blood bank
4428.6.1939EventPAN AM began a regular air service from the United States to Europe
457.7.1941EventUnited States armed forces arrived in Iceland
468.12.1941EventAs a result of the attack on Pearl Harbour, Britain, the United States and Australia declared war on Japan
4727.1.1943EventThe United States Air Force made its first bombing raid on Germany
4810.6.1943EventThe ballpoint pen was patented in the United States
4915.3.1945EventRecord album charts were first published in the United States
5030.6.1946EventThe United States conducted an atomic test on island of Bikini
514.7.1946EventThe Philippine Islands were granted independence by the United States
529.5.1947EventThe World Bank opened in Washington, United States
5330.9.1952EventThe first exhibition of 'Cinerama' was given in the United States
5424.3.1958EventElvis Presley signed up for the United States army
5515.7.1958EventUnited States marines landed in Lebanon, Middle East
5621.8.1959EventHawaii became the 50th state of the United States of America
571.4.1960EventThe first weather satellite, TIROS 1, was launched by the United States
5818.8.1960EventThe first oral contraceptive was sold in the United States
5920.1.1961EventJohn F. Kennedy became the 35th president of the United States
6021.7.1961EventThe United States launched astronaut Gus Grissom aboard Mercury 4
618.4.1964EventThe unmanned Gemini 1 spacecraft was launched by the United States
6210.8.1966EventThe United States launched its first lunar satellite, Orbiter 1
632.1.1967EventRonald Reagan became the governer of California, United States
6426.2.1967EventThe United States began a new offensive against the Vietcong, in Vietnam
6518.5.1969EventThe United States launched the Apollo 10 mission to the Moon
6610.6.1971EventThe United States lifted a 21 year trade embargo on China
6710.7.1971EventThe United States lifted a 21 year trade ban with China
6813.8.1972EventThe last United States troops left Vietnam
6914.5.1973EventThe United States launched the Skylab 1 space station
709.8.1974EventGerald Ford became the 39th president of the United States
719.9.1975EventThe United States launched the Viking 2 spacecraft to Mars
727.7.1976EventThe Queen arrived in the United States for the bicentenial celebrations
738.8.1978EventThe United States launched its Pioneer Venus probe
748.8.1981EventThe United States announced plans to produce the neutron bomb
7521.2.1984EventUnited States Marines began leaving Beirut airport, Lebanon
7623.4.1984EventThe United States announced the discovery of the AIDS virus
7725.2.1986EventPresident Marcos of the Philipines escaped to the United States
7815.12.1989EventPanama, in central America, declared war on the United States
 

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