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Jamestown is founded |
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First 20 Africans arrive in Jamestown as indentured servants |
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Mayflower arrives in Plymouth |
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First public school opens in Boston |
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Newton separates from Cambridge to become its own town |
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First mercury thermometer is invented by Gabriel Fahrenheit |
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First school for black children opens in Philadelphia |
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Boston Tea Party |
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End of Revolution |
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Constitution is written |
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Massachusetts joins the Union |
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George Washington elected president |
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First vaccination for smallpox invented |
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Underground Railroad established by Levi Coffin |
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Braille printing invented by Louis Braille |
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Sewing machine invented |
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Modern baseball field created by Alexander Joy Cartwright |
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Newton becomes a city |
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Abraham Lincoln is elected president |
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Henry R. Heyl invents the stapler |
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Light bulb is perfected by Thomas Edison |
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Fig Newton invented in Newton, MA by Charles M. Roser |
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Boston Americans won first modern World Series against Pittsburgh Pirates |
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Fenway Park opens |
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Lifesavers are invented by Clarence Crane |
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Earl Dickson invents the Band Aid |
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Silly Putty is invented by James Wright |
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Slinky is invented by Richard James |
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Frisbee is invented by Walter Fredrick Morrison and Warren Franscioni |
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McDonald's is created by Ray Croc |
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat |
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Barbie doll is created |
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John F. Kennedy is elected president |
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington |
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First handheld calculator is invented |
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Douglas Engelbart creates the computer mouse |
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First video game is invented |
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Playstation is invented |
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Tim Berners-Lee creates the World Wide Web |
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iPod is created by Tony Fadell |
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Toyota invents the hybrid car |
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Red Sox win the World Series |
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