Transcript Beat Four 8th grade - Wayne County School District

History Through Music Timeline
1860-Present
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1858- New York Symphony Orchestra gives its
first public concert.
1860-American Civil War
Gustav Mahler born
1865- The Oberlin Conservatory established
1867- Telephone and light bulbs prototypes
1868- 10 Years War
1874- Gustav Holst English Composer born
1876- Prototype telephone invented
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1880- London Guildhall School of Music
Founded
1882- Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture composed
1883- Richard Wagner dies
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1888- Irving Berlin Born (American Composer)
1890- Mauve Decade Began
1890- Wounded Knee Massacre South Dakota
1891- Automobile in France
1892- Dovrak became director of NYNCM
1893- Tchaikovsky died
Dovrak’s “Symphony for a New World” Op.
No. 5
1893- Kinetoscope developed
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1897- Gustav Mahler becomes conductor of
Vienna Opera
1898- Spanish American War
1900- Aaron Copland born (American
Composer)
Mercedes develops new engines (World’s Fair)
First plane in flight (Wright Brothers and
others)
Phonograph invented
1902- Device for making Tea at home invented
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1907- First color photograph
1908- Ford Model T as first real American Car
FBI established
1912- RMS Titanic Sinks
New Mexico and Arizona become states
1913- Woodrow Wilson becomes President
Henry Ford develops assembly line
1917- US enters WWI
1918- Treaty of Versailles ends WWI
1919- 18th Amendment est. Prohibition
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1920- 19th Amendment Women Vote
1924- Julliard School of Music Opens
1926- NBC first major Broadcast Network
1928- Steamboat Willie is first animated picture
Amelia Earhart flies across the Atlantic
1929- Immigration Act
1929- Dow Jones Plummets setting off Great
Depression
1930- Great Depression Begins
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1931- The Great Depression Continues
1936- The Electric guitar is invented
1939- WWII begins
Great Depression Ends
1948- The 33 1/3 LP was introduced
1950- Korean War
1956- Beginning of the Vietnam War
Elvis Presley establishes himself as the King of
Rock and Roll
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1957- West Side Story makes its premier in New York
1962- Back to Basic education act brings decline onto
the arts programs
1963- Elementary Secondary Act reestablishes the need
for arts in education as a response to Russia’s
education act.
JFK is assassinated
1964- Civil Rights pass in the U.S. allowing black
people to have the same rights as others
Beatles become popular in the U.S.
Nelson Mandela is imprisoned for life in South Africa
1965- U.S. sends troops to Vietnam
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1965- Endowment for the arts creates a necessary
subsidy for arts education in U.S.
1967- First Super Bowl
1968- MLK assassinated
RFK assassinated
1969- First man on the moon Neil Armstrong
First Woodstock
Sesame Street airs as a great supplement for
education covered by the EFA.
1973- U.S. pulls out of Vietnam
1975- Microsoft Founded
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1977- Elvis over doses and is found dead
Star Wars Movie is released
John Williams becomes one of the most well
known composers in American History
1978- John Paul II becomes Pope (peace maker)
1979- Mother Theresa wins Nobel Piece Prize
Sony introduces the Walkman
1980- Mt. St. Helens Errupts
1982- ET is released
Michael Jackson releases “Thriller”
1985- The RMS Titanic is found
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1986- The Great Mr. Joyce is born
Challenger Shuttle Explodes on re-entry
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident in Russia
1987- New York Stock Exchange Plummets
1989- Berlin Wall between East and West Germany
falls
Exxon spills millions of gallons of oil in Gulf of
Mexico
1990- Hubble Telescope is launched into space
Nelson Mandela is released from prison in South
Africa
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1991- Operation Desert Storm begins
1993- World Trade Center in New York is bombed
1994- OJ Simpson is arrested for a double homicide
1995- Oklahoma City Bombing
1996- Mad Cow Disease strikes Great Britain
1997- Pathfinder sends back photos of the Mars
surface
1999- Fear of Y2K bug
2000- Russian Submarine sinks
2001- Anthrax is used as a terroist attack
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2001- No Child Left Behind Act
Apple releases original Ipod
2002- U.S. declares War on Terror
2003- Iraq refuses to allow weapons inspectors
in
Space Shuttle Columbia explodes
2007- Original Iphone developed
2009- Blue Print for reform reauthorizing the
Elementary Secondary act
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October 5, 2012
Having a Blast in the Wayne County Band
Program