The History of the Census

By anthony21

  • Population:76,212,168

  • Period: to

    Census of the 20th Century

  • New York City Subway

    The first underground portion of the New York City subway opens on October 27, 1904.

  • Upton Sinclair

    Upton Sinclair publishes his novel about Chicago's meatpacking industry, The Jungle, in 1906.

  • Pablo Picasso

    Artist Pablo Picasso introduces Cubism in 1907.

  • Population-92,228,496

  • George M. Cohen

    Author Samuel Langhorne Clemens (a.k.a. Mark Twain) dies.

  • Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

    Fire kills 146 workers at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.

  • HMS Titanic

    HMS Titanic strikes an iceberg.

  • Population-106,021,537

  • KDKA

    KDKA in Pittsburgh, PA, becomes the first radio station to offer regular broadcasts on November 2, 1920.

  • Robert Goddard

    Robert Goddard fires his first liquid-fueled rocket on March 16, 1926.

  • Charles Lindbergh

    Charles Lindbergh lands "Spirit of St. Louis" in Paris on May 21, 1927, successfully completing the first trans-Atlantic flight.

  • Population:123,202,624

  • Mickey Mouse

    The Mickey Mouse comic strip debuts in the January 13, 1930, edition of the New York Mirror.

  • The Lone Ranger

    The Lone Ranger premiers on radio station WXYZ, Detroit, MI, on January 31, 1933.

  • Amelia Earhart

    American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappears over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to circumnavigate the globe, July 2, 1937.

  • Population:132,164,569

  • Marvel Comics

    Marvel Comics introduces superhero Captain America in March 1941.

  • Alton Glenn Miller

    Band leader Alton Glenn Miller disappears while enroute to Paris, France, December 15, 1944.

  • Tupperware®

    Department stores begin selling Tupperware® in 1946.

  • Population: 151,325,798

  • RCA

    RCA broadcasts the first color television program on June 25, 1951.

  • USS Nautilus

    The USS Nautilus, the first nuclear submarine, launches on January 21, 1954.

  • Rosa Parks

    On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refuses to vacate her seat aboard a Montgomery, AL, bus.

  • Population:179,323,175

  • U2 spy plane

    Frances Gary Power's U2 spy plane is shot down over Sverdlovsk, U.S.S.R. on May 1, 1960.

  • The Beatles

    The Beatles make their U.S. debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, on February 9, 1964.

  • Apollo astronauts

    Apollo astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee die during a simulated launch exercise on January 27, 1967.

  • Population:203,302,031

  • The Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries

    The Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries announces an embargo on oil exports to the United States on October 15, 1973.

  • President Richard M. Nixon

    President Richard M. Nixon resigns from office on August 8, 1974.

  • Elvis Aaron Presley

    Recording artist Elvis Aaron Presley dies on August 16, 1977.

  • Population:226,542,199

  • MTV

    MTV airs its first music video ("Video Killed the Radio Star") on August 1, 1981.

  • The Space Shuttle Challenger

    The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 74 seconds after liftoff on January 28, 1986.

  • Black Monday

    The stock market loses 22.6 percent of its value on "Black Monday," October 19, 1987.

  • Population:248,709,873

  • Branch Davidian

    A 51-day standoff in Waco, TX, begins when agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms attempt to arrest Branch Davidian leader David Koresh on February 28, 1993.

  • Diana Princess of Wales

    Diana Princess of Wales dies in a Paris car accident, August 31, 1997.

  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average

    The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 10,000 for the first time on March 29, 1999.