These brothers took to the air in Kitty Hawk in 1903.
Who were the Wright Brothers?
100
This city suffered one of the worst earthquakes in US history in 1906. 3000 people died.
What is San Francisco?
100
When this blimp exploded in 1938, 36 people died.
What is The Hindenburg?
100
This Yankee baseball player had 714 homeruns in his career.
Who is Babe Ruth?
100
This civil rights leader started the NAACP to help African Americans gain rights.
Who is WEB DeBois?
200
This type of word puzzle was invented for by a New York reporter, Gregory Hartswick in the mid 1920's
What is a crossword puzzle?
200
This city lost 4,000 people in 1952 from it's Toxic Smog from it's factories and coal fires.
What is London, England?
200
Fire codes were started after this 1911 fire killed 292 people just trying to make some clothing.
What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
200
This black track star shocked Hitler by winning 4 gold medals in the 1936 Olympics.
Who was Jesse Owens?
200
Red means stop. Green means go....thanks to this 1914 Cleveland inventor.
Who was Garrett Morgan?
300
This movie maker introduced Mickey Mouse to movie goers in 1928.
Who was Walt Disney?
300
Dry conditions made life in Texas, New Mexico, Kansas, Colorado and Oklahoma unbearable and dirty in 1934.
What is The Dust Bowl?
300
Guess this ship wasn't as "sea worthy" as originally thought. It hit an iceberg in 1912 and down it went.
What is The Titanic?
300
This man broke the color barrier becoming the first black baseball player to play in the MLB. His number, 42, is worn by all MLB players every year on April 15 to honor him.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
300
People wore sacks for dresses and used newspapers as blankets when this guy was President.
Who was Herbert Hoover?
400
This invention by Henry Ford really helped us get to where we were going in 1908.
What is the Model T? (acceptable - What is the car?)
400
This hurricane hit North Carolina, the mid Atlantic States and New England in 1955, causing $754 million dollars in damage. Laws about Flood Insurance were created.
What is Hurricane Diane?
400
This 1942 fire ruined a night of dancing forever for 492 people in Boston.
What is The Cocoanut Grove Fire?
400
This boxer was called the "Brown Bomber". He retired in 1949.
Who is Joe Louis?
400
This horrible man invaded Poland in 1938, starting WW2, which was really really bad for Jewish people.
Who was Adolf Hitler?
500
In 1912 year a tasty chocolate cookie filled with cream was introduced to the public. There's no right way to eat it!
What is the OREO?
500
A mine collapsed in this state in 1907, killing 362 people.
What is West Virginia?
500
This ship exploded in 1947, in a Texas marina after fertilizer ignited, killing 600 people.
What is the SS Grand Camp?
500
Isreali athletes were killed after being taken hostage at these Olympic games.
What was the 1972 Munich Olympics?
500
This brave lady took a seat in the front of the bus in 1956 to show she was equal to white people.