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Boston Latin School, the oldest school in America, is founded.BLS tBLS |
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| 1648 | | 18 Oct:
The "Shoomakers of Boston" along with the coopers, form the first labor organization in America.jstor IA |
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| 1675 | | 10 Aug:
The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, the home of the prime meridian, is laid.RMG ROG |
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| 1722 | |
| 1730 | | 8 Apr:
The first synagogue in North America is the Mill Street Synagogue built by the Shearith Israel congregation in New York City.ShearithIsrael JWA |
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| 1753 | | 7 Jun:
The world's oldest public museum, the British Museum is founded by Act of Parliament.BM tSP |
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| 1763 | |
| 1764 | | 29 Oct:
The Connecticut Courant, today's Hartford Courant and the nation's oldest newspaper in continuous publication, prints its first issue.LoC Courant |
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A resolution is approved calling for two battalions of Marines able to fight for independence at sea and on shore.WHS USNI |
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| 1776 | | 4 Jul:
The United States is founded when the Second Continental Congress declares its independence from Great Britain.USHistory USNA |
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| 1780 | | 4 May:
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences is founded.TiS AAoA&S |
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| 1784 | |
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The United States Army is established when Congress votes to form the 1st American Regiment for national service.USArmy HFS |
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The U. S. Congress passes the act that officially establishes the army under the Constitution.LoC NCC |
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| 1800 | | 24 Apr:
President John Adams approves $5,000 for the purchase of "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress" - the Library of Congress.LoC FedReg |
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| 1817 | |
| 1824 | | 11 Mar:
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is established.BIA USNA |
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| 1829 | | 2 Mar:
The Perkins School for the Blind is incorporated in Boston originally as New England Asylum for the Blind.MassMoments Perkins |
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The Massachusetts Horticultural Society is organized with General Henry Dearborn elected its first president..GoogleBooks CA |
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| 1830 | | 6 Apr:
Joseph Smith and his followers organize the Church of Christ, the Mormon Church.LDS PBS |
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The United States Naval Observatory is established, first as the Depot of Charts and Instruments.USNA NASA |
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| 1831 | | 10 Mar:
The French Foreign Legion is created.FFL FFL2 |
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| 1843 | |
| 1844 | | 6 Jun:
The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.YMCA VCU |
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| 1845 | |
| 1846 | | 10 Aug:
The Smithsonian Institute is founded.SI USNA |
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| 1847 | | 5 May:
The American Medical Association is founded.NEJM AMJMS |
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| 1850 | | 18 Mar:
American Express is founded by Henry Wells, William G. Fargo, and John Butterfield.CPRRPHM SI |
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| 1851 | |
| 1852 | | 16 Feb:
Henry and Clement Studebaker found a blacksmith and wagon building business, the company that will eventually produce that famous car.MotorTrend SILib |
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| 1853 | | 1 Apr:
The first professional U. S. fire department is established in Cincinnati, Ohio.CFD CO.gov |
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| 1860 | | 3 Apr:
The Pony Express mail delivery service is established.PX NPX |
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Confederate States begin to secede from the Union.Tulane SI |
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| 1861 | | 4 Feb:
The Confederate States of America is formed.CWH LoVA |
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| 1862 | |
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The Revenue Act of 1862 establishes the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, what will become the IRS in 1918.USNA Treasury |
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| 1863 | | 3 Mar:
The National Academy of Sciences is established.NAS Harvard |
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| 1870 | | 9 Feb:
President Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress authorizing the Secretary of War to establish a national weather service.NOAA NWS |
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The U. S. Department of Justice is established.USNA DOJ |
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| 1871 | | 27 Apr:
The American Museum of Natural History opens to the public.AMNH GoogleBooks |
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| 1876 | | 2 Feb:
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, which comes to be more commonly known as the National League is formed.Reds SABR |
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Clara Barton and associates establish the American Red Cross.RedCross WH |
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The Edison Electric Illuminating Company at 257 Pearl Street in New York City begins providing eletricity to homes and businesses.JAIA ETHW |
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| 1885 | | 28 Feb:
The American Telephone and Telegraph Company, or AT&T, is chartered in New York.A-C GPM |
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| 1886 | | 8 May:
After John Pemberton invents Coca-Cola earlier in the year, the first sales are made at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta.Coca-Cola LoC |
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The Westinghouse Electrical Company begins the first commercially successful transmission of A/C electricity.Google Books ETHW |
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| 1888 | | 27 Jan:
The National Geographic Society is incorporated. WHP |
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| 1890 | | 11 Oct:
The Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.DAR FairPark |
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| 1898 | | 29 Aug:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is incorporated.Goodyear OHC |
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| 1902 | | 4 Mar:
The American Automobile Association is established in Chicago.AAA C&R |
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| 1903 | | 15 Jul:
The newly formed Ford Motor Company takes its first order.Ford HF |
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| 1907 | | 28 Aug:
UPS is founded in Seattle, Washington as the American Messenger Company.LHoF ST |
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| 1908 | | 26 Jul:
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is founded.FBI USNA |
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General Motors is founded by William "Billy" Durant.AH Forbes |
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Henry S. Winzeler founds the Ohio Art Company, makers of the Etch-A-Sketch.GoogleNews |
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| 1909 | | 12 Feb:
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People,or NAACP, is founded.NAACP LoC |
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| 1910 | | 8 Feb:
The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated.LoC BSA |
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| 1911 | | 16 Jun:
The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, the precursor to IBM, is founded in New York.IBM CHM |
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| 1912 | |
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The Girl Scouts are founded in Savannah, Georgia.GS GHS |
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| 1914 | | 27 May:
The Eastern States Exposition, better known as the Big "E", is incorporated.MassMoments Academia |
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| 1917 | | 12 Dec:
Father Flanagan founds Boys Town.BoysTown |
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| 1919 | | 16 Sep:
The American Legion is issued a federal charter by the U. S. Congress.AL ALP224 |
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Radio Corporation of America, better known as RCA, is incorporated.LoVA VTInc |
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| 1920 | | 20 Aug:
Seven men, including legendary all-around athlete and football star Jim Thorpe, meet to organize a professional football league in Canton, Ohio.OHC DT |
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The first xerographic copy is made in a laboratory in Astoria, Queens, New York, the birth of Xerox. SIMag APS |
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| 1941 | | 1 Dec:
The Civil Air Patrol is established.GovInfo CAP |
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| 1945 | | 24 Oct:
The United Nations is established.UN USState |
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The CIA is established through the National Security Act of 1947.HSDL USNA |
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| 1948 | | 21 Feb:
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, NASCAR, is incorporated.Hemmings HR |
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The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.WHO AJC |
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| 1949 | | 4 Apr:
NATO, or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is founded.USNA Avalon |
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The NBA is born.NBA tPG |
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| 1954 | | 15 Feb:
The governments of Canada and the U. S. agree to jointly build a line of radar stations in defense against a possible air Soviet attack, the DEW (Distant Early Warning) line.1370th T&G |
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The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles based upon the religious philosophy of writer L. Ron Hubbard.EAEC CoS |
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| 1955 | | 5 Dec:
The labor organizations AFL and CIO merge to form one.AFL-CIO SI |
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| 1958 | | 2 Apr:
U. S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower calls for a civilian National Aeronautics and Space Agency to oversee the US space program, NASA.NASA SCD |
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President Eisenhower authorizes creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).DDE-PL NASA |
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The right-wing John Birch Society is founded.History.com |
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| 1961 | | 1 Mar:
The Peace Corps is established by executive order.OurDocs JFKLib |
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The Peace Corps becomes a permanent federal agency.OurDocs JFKLib |
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| 1968 | | 17 Feb:
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opens.HoopHall ESPN |
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Noyce and Moore incorporate N M Electronics, soon to become Intel.FU CHM |
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| 1970 | | 5 Oct:
NET becomes PBS.WNET |
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| 1971 | |
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Federal Express Corporation is founded in Little Rock, Arkansas.CH CNN |
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| 1975 | |
| 1976 | | 1 Apr:
Apple Computer is established.AI MO |
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| 1991 | | 30 Jan:
After 320 years, the Hudson's Bay Company gets out of the fur trade business.CBC RCI |
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| 1994 | | 4 Apr:
Netscape is founded by Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark under the name "Mosaic Communications Corporation".CH PopMech |
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| 1998 | | 7 Sep:
Larry Page and Sergey Brin establish Google.W I R E D HoI |
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| 2004 | | 4 Feb:
Facebook is founded by Mark Zuckerberg.Facebook FV |
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| 2018 | | 9 Aug:
The U. S. announces plans for a new branch of the military - Space Force!WAPO S&S |
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