Social Studies

11.20.09

August, 2009

"Humans are allergic to change. They love to say 'We've always done it this way.' I try to fight that. That's why I have a clock on my wall that runs counter-clockwise." Rear Admiral Grace Hopper

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1 1941 Willys Truck Co answers Army's call for a fast, lightweight all-terrain vehicle built in just 49 days. The new truck called - "Jeep".
2 1881 Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions is formed. It will later be renamed the American Federation of Labor.	3 1958 USS Nautilus, first nuclear sub, is first to travel under icecap to North Pole. The sub dived at Point Barrow, Alaska, and traveled nearly 1,000 miles under the Arctic ice cap.	4 1922 Every telephone in U.S. and Canada goes dead as switchboards and switching stations are shut down for one minute in memory of the inventor, Alexander Graham Bell.	5 1861 President Abraham Lincoln signed into law the first federal income tax that levied 3% of income over $800.00. Meant only as a Civil War tax, it was rescinded in1872.	6 1762 The sandwich is born as inveterate gambler the Earl of Sandwich calls for a piece of beef between two slices of bread, so that he can eat without leaving the card table.	7 1964 Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, giving President Johnson broad powers in dealing with reported North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. forces.	8 1974 In an evening address President R. Nixon becomes the first president to resign.
9 1910 The first electric washing machine is patented by A.J. Fisher of Chicago, Illinois.	10 1965 Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which outlawed obstacles previously used to restrict black voting.	11 1965 A confrontation between the LA Police and two young black men caused riots to break out in the Watts area of Los Angeles, lasting six days and leaving 34 people dead.	12 1908 Henry Ford's first Model T. affectionately known as the "Tin Lizzie," rolls off the assembly line in Detroit, Michigan.	13 1942 American filmmaker Walt Disney's classic animated film Bambi premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.	14 1935 The U.S. Social Security Act is passed.	15 1945 V-J Day is proclaimed by the Allies, after Japan agrees to surrender unconditionally in World War II.
16 1977 The king of rock 'n' roll, Elvis Presley, dies at the age of 42 in Memphis, Tennessee.	17 1903 Philan- thropist Joseph Pulitzer makes a donation of one million dollars to Columbia University and starts the Pulitzer Prizes.	18 1963 James Meredith, the first African-American to attend the Univ. of Mississippi, graduates with a degree in political science.	19 1960 In the Soviet Union, captured Am. U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for his confessed espionage.	20 1916 Congress created the U.S. National Park Service in the Department of the Interior. Today it is responsible for almost 400 sites covering more than 80,000,000 acres.	21 1959 Hawaii became the 50th state when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a proclamation admitting it into the Union.	22 1947 The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is organized in the U.S.
23 1922 A car named "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," is driven by Count Zborowski at 73.1 mph and wins auto race. Name of car reappeared as the title of Ian Fleming's book about a magical car.	24 1869 Cornelius Swarthout of Troy, New York, patents the waffle iron.	25 1837 The production process for galvanized iron is patented by Henry William Crawford of London, England.	26 1789 The French Assembly adopted the Declaration of Rights of Man, inspired by the American Declaration of Independence of 1776	27 1894 Congress passes the nation's first graduated income tax as part of the Wilson Gorman Tariff Act, but the Supreme Court declares it unconstitutional.	28 1994 Tiger Wood's, at age 18, becomes the youngest winner in the history of the U.S. Amateur Golf Championship.	29 1896 According to legend, a chef of Li Hung-Chang, China's ambassador to the United States, creates chop suey while in New York.
30 1967 The U.S. Senate confirms Thurgood Marshall as Supreme Court justice. He was the first African American to hold such position.	31 1951 The first 33rpm long-playing record is introduced by the German company Deutsche Grammonphon.

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