Isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor. David Livingstone becomes the first European to see Victoria Falls.

Israeli athletes in Munich are killed. Grammy Album of the Year: Tapestry. Best Picture at the Oscars: The French Connection.

James Naismith creates the game of basketball. Edison patents “transmission of signals electrically”, radio.

James Watt is granted a patent for improvements to the steam engine. James Cook lands in New Zealand.

Japan formally annexes Korea. Mexican revolution begins.

Japan invades China. Snow White and the seven Dwarfs is the first full-length animated cartoon. Golden Gate Bridge completed.

Japan’s prince Ito is assassinated. Robert Peary becomes the first to reach the North Pole. Plastic is invented.

German battleship Bismarck sunk. Hong Kong captured by Japanese forces. Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Jesse James killed by Robert Ford. False teeth patented. Britain’s first electric trams in East London.

Jesse James holds up his bank. Transatlantic cable laid, first message from Queen Victoria to James Buchanan.

Jimmy Carter elected U.S. president. Pol Pot becomes virtual dictator of Cambodia. Summer Olympics in Montreal.

Guinness Brewery is opened in Dublin. Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company.

Kellogg’s starts selling Corn Flakes. San Francisco earthquake. Finland gives women the right to vote.

Korean War begins. Era of McCarthyism begins. First Xerox machine produced. Best Picture at the Oscars: All the King’s Men.

Liliuokalani is proclaimed Queen of Hawaii. Wrigley Company founded in Chicago. Stanford University opens.

Lisbon is destroyed by a massive earthquake and tsunami. Joseph Black describes his discovery of carbon dioxide.

Liverpool Football Club founded. Abercrombie & Fitch established. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes published.

London Tower Bridge opens. Vaccine for diphtheria announced. Great fire in Shanghai.

London’s re-organized police force, HQ at Scotland Yard. Republic of Ecuador founded. Book of Mormon published.

Lord Nelson receives state funeral. Britain occupies Cape of Good Hope. Carbon paper patented in London.

Louis XVI of France is executed. Bank of England hands out first £ note. Washington becomes the U.S. Capital.

Manchester City Football Club formed. Tower Bridge in London opens for traffic. Alfred Dreyfus is convicted.

Manila is captured by Japanese forces. Japanese warplanes bomb Darwin, Australia.

Margaret Thatcher becomes PM. Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Album of the Year at the Grammys: Saturday Night Fever.

Margaret Thatcher wins third term in Britain. Best Picture at the Oscars: Platoon. Andy Warhol and John Huston die.

Marilyn Monroe marries Joe DiMaggio. Bill Haley records “Rock Around The Clock”. World Cup in Switzerland.

Martin Luther King delivers “I have a dream” speech. JFK shot in Dallas. Best Picture at the Oscars: Lawrence of Arabia.

Martin Luther King Jr. killed in Memphis. U.S. soldiers massacre 347 at My Lai. Prague Spring and Czechoslovakia is invaded.

Martin Van Buren inaugurated president of the U.S.A. Queen Victoria ascends British throne, age 18.

Marvin Gaye shot by his father. Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Comedian Tommy Cooper dies live on TV.

Michael Collins assassinated in West Cork. The BBC is formed. Ottoman Empire is abolished.

Tomb of King Tut discovered. Michael Collins killed in ambush. Kemal Ataturk founds modern Turkey.

Tennis player Monica Seles stabbed in the back. Kim Campbell becomes first female Prime Minister of Canada.

Montgolfier brothers demonstrate hot air balloon. Mu00f0uharu00f0indin, begins in Iceland, killing thousands.

The “Spanish flu” becomes pandemic. Moscow becomes the capital of Soviet Russia. Shooting of the Romanov family.

Mussolini deposed. Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” opens. The UK and the U.S. hold the Casablanca Conference.

Mussolini invades Ethiopia. Persia becomes Iran under Reza Shah Pahlavi. Fred Perry wins at Wimbledon.

My Fair Lady wins 8 Oscars. Cigarette advertising banned on British TV. Watts Riots in Los Angeles.

Napoleon invades Russia. Duke of Wellington’s troops enter Madrid. Waltz introduced into English ballrooms.

Napoleon’s brother Joseph takes throne of Spain. British bomb Algiers. James Madison elected U.S. president.

Nasser becomes premier of Egypt. Best Picture at the Oscars: From Here to Eternity. World Series first broadcast in color.

Nelson Mandela is released from Prison. Lithuania declares independence. Universal Studios Orlando opens.

Nelson Mandela, president of South Africa, steps down. Record of Year at the Grammys: “My Heart Will Go On” by Celine Dion.

Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union. Brazil beats Sweden 5-2 to win the football World Cup.

Nintendo 64 game system is released. Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned, is born.

North Pole reportedly reached by Robert E. Peary. German bacteriologist Paul Ehrlich finds cure for syphilis.

Nuclear accident at Chernobyl. Halley’s comet yields information on return visit. “Oprah Winfrey Show” hits TV.

Oklahoma becomes the 46th state of the U.S.A. The scout movement founded. Kipling awarded Nobel Prize.

Opel Motors opens for business. Elgar’s “Enigma Variations” premiered in London. Siege of Mafeking begins.