July 4, 1776 - The Declaration of Independence is ratified
October 19, 1781 - The British surrender at Yorktown
November 15, 1805 - Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific Ocean
June 1865 - The Civil War ends
May 10, 1869 - The First Transcontinental Railroad is completed
December 31, 1879 - Thomas Edison invents the light bulb
December 17, 1903 - The Wright brothers fly the first airplane
September 27, 1908 - Ford Model T debuts
November 11, 1918 - The end of World War I
August 26, 1920 - The 19th Amendment passes, women earn the right to vote
June 2, 1941 - Lou Gehrig's farewell speech
September 2, 1945 - World War II ends
September 26, 1960 - Kennedy and Nixon face-off in the first televised presidential debate
June 11, 1963 - JFK submits civil rights legislation
August 28, 1963 - Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech
February 21, 1965 - Malcolm X's "by any means necessary" speech
June 20, 1969 - First moon landing
August 17, 1969 - Jimi Hendrix performs "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock
February 22, 1980 - The USA Olympic hockey team defeats the Soviet Union 4-3, game is called the Miracle on Ice
November 9, 1989 - Berlin Wall falls signaling the end of the Cold War
April 6, 1991 - The Gulf War ends
August 1, 1996 - Michael Johnson breaks the 200 M World Record at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta
July 10, 1999 - The US women's national team wins the World Cup, defeating China in the final
June 28, 2007 - The first iPhone is released
