1920's
On November 27th, 1924, this department store held its first Thanksgiving Day Parade.
What is Macy's?
On March 3rd, 1931, Congress and President Hoover approve this poem as the U.S. national anthem.
What is The Star Spangled Banner?
On October 24th, 1945, this intergovernmental organization was formed to replace the League of Nations and to stop wars between countries.
What is the United Nations?
On June 2, 1953, this Queen was coronated.
Who is Queen Elizabeth II?
On December 1st, 1969, the Selective Service System of the United States conducted two lotteries to determine the order of call to military service in this war.
What was the Vietnam War?
In July of 1921, this man became leader of the Nationalist Socialist German Workers’ Party.
Who was Adolf Hitler?
On July 2nd, 1937, this pilot disappeared en route to Howland Island from Lae, Papua New Guinea.
Who was Amelia Earhart?
On July 5th, 1942, this now famous writer and her family went into hiding in Amsterdam.
Who was Anne Frank?
On June 5th, 1950, this war began.
What is the Korean War?
On August 28th, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have A Dream Speech" at this historic site.
What is the Lincoln Memorial?
On February 28th, 1922, this country declared its independence.
What is Egypt?
In the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, a black Alabama native educated at Ohio State University, wins four gold medals.
Who was Jesse Owens?
On April 25th, 1948, this nonviolent, social activist from India was murdered.
Who was Mahatma Gandhi?
On March 5th, 1953, this ruthless dictator died from a massive heart attack.
Who was Joseph Stalin?
On July 30th, 1965, this president signed the bill creating Medicare, a national health insurance program for the elderly.
Who was Lyndon Johnson?
On November 18th, 1928, Walt Disney's famous Mickey Mouse cartoon character appears for the first time in this short.
What is Steamboat Willie?
On October 17th, 1931, this gangster was convicted of tax evasion after years of involvement in bootlegging and gambling.
Who was Al ("Scarface") Capone?
On August 6th, 1945, during the final stages of World War II, the United States conducted two atomic bombings against Japan in these two cities.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Ray Kroc founded this American fast food company on April 15th, 1955.
What is McDonalds?
On November 22nd, 1963, the BBC broadcasts the very first episode of this iconic television show.
What is Doctor Who?
In 1927, this man flew The Spirit of St. Louis as the first solo transatlantic flight.
Who was Charles Lindbergh?
On October 30th, 1938, Orson Welles airs his novel as a broadcast on CBS radio, shocking the nation with his realistic sounding broadcast of a fictional alien invasion.
What is War of the Worlds?
On November 24th, 1945, this still popular toy first became available to buy.
What is the Slinky?
On November 16th, 1959, this still loved musical debuted on Broadway.
What is the Sound of Music?
On September 26th, 1960, the first televised presidential debate airs and was between two candidates.
Who were John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon?