Historic Days Flashcards
July 20, 1969
moon landing
May 8, 1945
VE Day
April 14, 1912
Titanic sinking
Jan, 24, 1848 (out West)
Gold discovered in California (the start of the gold rush)
EXPIRATION DATES: January 14, 1984: After passing through the golden arches
Ray Kroc
LOU D.O.B.s: Dec. 27, 1822, Dole, France: Founding father of microbiology
Pasteur
LOU D.O.B.s: Jan. 4, 1809, Coupvray, France: Modified the Barbier point writing system for the Royal Institute for Blind Children
Louis Braille
PROMENADE DATES: The promenade seen here was appropriate for the January 1st, 2007 Rose Parade with this director as Grand Marshall
George Lucas
PROMENADE DATES: It’s the city where this civil rights march took place in August of 1963
Washington D.C.
HISTORIC DATES: After hiding for 760 days in a secret room, this diarist & her family were found by Nazis on August 4, 1944
Anne Frank
HISTORIC DATES: On April 19, 1865 funeral services were held in the East Room of the White House
Abraham Lincoln
HISTORIC DATES: On March 10, 1876 this inventor transmitted the first telephone message: “Mr. Watson, come here! I want you”
Alexander Graham Bell
HISTORIC DATES: On July 28, 1914 Austria declared war on Serbia, marking the real beginning of this war
World War I
HISTORIC DATES: On this date in separate years “America” was first sung publicly and “America the Beautiful” was first published
July 4th
HISTORIC DATES: On May 20, 1921 President Harding presented to this woman a capsule of radium with a street value of $100,000
Marie Curie
FUN DATES: It’s been said that birds choose their mates on this holiday
Valentine’s Day
FUN DATES: Legend says that this symbol of St. Patrick’s Day was used by St. Patrick to illustrate the Holy Trinity
shamrock
FUN DATES: This federal holiday can fall on any date from February 15 to February 21
President’s Day
FUN DATES: Day on which Mexico’s Battle of Puebla is celebrated
Cinco de mayo
FUN DATES: Cities can earn the designation “Tree City USA” from the foundation for this holiday in Nebraska
Arbor Day
REALLY BAD DATES: This exploded about 70 seconds after lift-off from Cape Canaveral Jan. 28, 1986
The Space Shuttle Challenger
FAMOUS DATES: This Roman fell victim to assassins on the ides (or 15th) of March, 44 B.C.
Julius Caesar
FAMOUS DATES: On Jan. 1, 1901 this southern hemisphere country (that’s also a continent) proclaimed its independence
Australia
FAMOUS DATES: This amazingly swift of foot Olympian won 4 gold medals between August 1 & 16, 1936
Jesse Owens
