What happened....

[Historicus]

It's this simple. List a year and the next person will list something that happened that year, century, decade, etc.


In 1776...

 

[Historicus]

America declared Independence from Great Britain


In 1941

 

[DaisyMae]

Rachmaninoff's "Symphonic Dances" premieres in Philadelphia.

In 1979

 

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Three Mile Island incident

1991

 

[Obscure]

George Bush orders the invasion of Iraq without declaration of war from Congress.

In 2008...

 

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Senator Barack Obama defeats Senator John McCain in the 2008 General Election and becomes President-elect of the United States of America.

1611

 

[Obscure]

In 1611 the King James bible is first published.

In 1783...

 

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Treaty of Paris formally ends the American Revolution.

In 79 A.D.

 

[Obscure]

Titus dedicates the Roman Colosseum.

In 2001...

 

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9/11

In 1861

 

[Obscure]

A war begins in America, on one side the Confederate States and on the other the United States.

In 1707...

 

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The Acts of Union forming the Parliament of Great Britain from the Scottish and English Parliaments.

In 1940

 

[Obscure]

The battle of Britain

In 1467...

 

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Battle of Brustem

In 1912

 

[Obscure]

Battle of Brustem

In 1912

You're using Wikipedia, aren't you? lol I was thinking Onin War when I wrote 1467

 

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On that one I did...

 

[DaisyMae]

1912 Julia Child was born

1955?

 

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Richard Daley elected Mayor of Chicago

In 325 A.D.?

 

[DaisyMae]

The First Council of Nicaea convened (thank you google)

***sorry, forgot to put a year!

 

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