Spain Ceded Louisiana to France (1800)

Henry Ford Introduced the Model T (1908)

Pres. Jimmy Carter's Birthday (1924)

Mohandas Gandhi's Birthday (1869)

Peanuts Comic Strip Debuted (1950)

First Black Associate Justice Appointed to Supreme Court (1967)

Frank Robinson Became First Black Baseball Manager (1974)

East and West Germany United (1990)

Sputnik I Launched into Orbit (1957)

Nat'l 4-H Week

Nat'l Fire Prevention Week

Nat'l Metric Week

World Space Week

Child Health Day

World Teacher's Day

Thomas Edison Showed First Motion Picture (1889)

Carbon Paper Patented (1806)

Niels Bohr's Birthday (1885)

Pres. Franklin Pierce Died (1869)

Great Fire of Chicago Started (1871)

Earthquake in Kashmir Killed Over 80,000 (2005)

Leif Erikson Day

Washington Monument Opened (1888)

John Lennon's Birthday (1940)

U.S. Naval Academy Opened in MD (1845)

King Tut's Treasures Discovered (1924)

Pac-Man Arcade Game Released (1979)

Eleanor Roosevelt's Birthday (1884)

First Staffed Apollo Mission Launched (1968)

First American Woman to Walk in Space (1984)

Columbus Day

Columbus Landed in Bahamas (1492)

USS Cole Attacked (2000)

Nat'l School Lunch Week

Navy Day

Cornerstone of White House Laid (1792)

Milton Hershey Died (1945)

Battle of Hastings Fought (1066)

Peace Corps Founded (1961)

Martin Luther King Jr. Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1964)

White Cane Safety Day

U.S. Dept. of Transportation Created (1966)

Nelson Mandela Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1993)

Dictionary Day

World Food Day

Cuban Missile Crisis Began (1962)

John Paul II Elected Pope (1978)

Black Poetry Day

Mae Jemison's Birthday (1956)

Mother Teresa Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1979)

San Francisco Earthquake Killed 67 (1989)

Mason-Dixon Line Created (1767)

Alaska Purchased from Russia (1867)

Black Olympians Suspended for Protest (1968)

Nat'l Chemistry Week

Last Major Battle of American Revolution Ended (1781)

Largest Mass of Gold Discovered (1872)

Nat'l School Bus Safety Week

Senate Ratified Louisiana Purchase (1803)

Pres. Herbert Hoover Died (1964)

Apple Day

Alfred Nobel's Birthday (1833)

Thomas Edison Invented Lightbulb (1879)

Nat'l Nut Day

First Parachute Jump from Balloon (1797)

25,000 March for Women's Suffrage (1915)

Soccer Star Pelé's Birthday (1940)

Make a Difference Day

United Nations Day

First Transcontinental Telegraph Line Completed (1861)

Rosa Parks Died (2005)

Microwave Oven Debuted (1955)

John Steinbeck Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (1962)

U.S. Invaded Grenada (1983)

First Continental Congress Adjourned (1774)

Hillary Rodham Clinton's Birthday (1947)

Two Gray Whales Freed from Ice (1966)

Pres. Theodore Roosevelt's Birthday (1858)

New York City's First Subway Opened (1904)

Nylon Debuted (1938)

Statue of Liberty Dedicated (1886)

Nat'l Prohibition Act Passed (1919)

Cuban Missile Crisis Ended (1962)

First Oscar Night (1929)

Stock Market Crashed ("Black Tuesday") (1929)

Nat'l Organization for Women Founded (1966)

John Adam's Birthday (1735)

Ezra Pound's Birthday (1885)

War of the Worlds Broadcast (1938)

Halloween

Donner Party Snowbound (1846)

Nevada Day (1864)

Mt. Rushmore Completed (1941)