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1995 NHL Winnipeg Jets sold to Americans who plan to move them to Phoenix
1992 Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect 1990 52 Americans arrive in Turkey from Iraq 1990 Iraq orders 4,000 Britons and 2,500 Americans in Kuwait to Iraq 1990 President Bush signs Americans With Disabilities Act 1990 "Some Americans Abroad" closes at Vivian Beaumont New York City after 62 performances 1990 "Some Americans Abroad" opens at Vivian Beaumont New York City for 62 performances 1988 3 Americans win Nobel in physics; 3 W Germans win chemistry Nobel 1982 New Jersey NHL franchise officially named Devils by fan balloting, runner-up names are Blades, Meadowlanders and Americans 1981 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived back in US 1981 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days are freed 1980 Americans remembered Iran hostages by shining lights for 417 seconds 1979 63 Americans taken hostage at U.S. Embassy (Teheran, Iran) 1978 1st successful crossing of the Atlantic by balloon (3 Americans) 1975 Rockefeller panel reports on 300,000 illegal CIA files on Americans 1974 1st World Football League Bowl, Birmingham Americans beat Florida 1974 "The Americans (A Canadian's Opinion)" by Gordon Sinclair peaks at #24 1969 Alcatraz Island off SF, is seized by militant Native Americans 1968 New Jersey Americans moved to Comack and become New York Nets (ABA) 1967 New Jersey Americans (later NY/New Jersey Nets) play 1st ABA game 1964 Congo rebel leader Christopher Gbenye holds 60 Americans/800 Belgians 1964 Charles Hodge, New York Univeristy professor (Answers for Americans), dies at 69 1963 Arthur D Nock, English/Americans historian (St. Paul), dies at 60 1961 John F. Kennedy advises Americans to build fallout shelters 1959 Congress passes a bill authorizing food stamps for poor Americans 1959 Dale Buisand and Chester Ovnand, 1st Americans killed in Vietnam War 1951 NFL Pro Bowl: 1st since 1942, Americans beat Nationals 28-27 1943 Kenny Vance, born in New York City, New York, musician, singer, producer, member of Jay and the Americans, guest singer on Saturday Night Live, supervised music for film Animal House 1943 Jay Traynor, rocker, Jay and The Americans 1942 NY Americans NHL team folded 1942 Congress advises Franklin D. Roosevelt that, Americans of Japanese descent should be locked up en masse so they wouldn't oppose the U.S. war effort 1939 NHL record 10 goals in 1 period-New York Rangers (7), New York Americans (3) and a record 26 points in the 3rd period 1936 NHL record 32 points scored, New York Americans (28) and Mont Maroons (24) 1935 Dick Davalos, Bronx, actor, Jeff-The Americans 1926 Thomas Edison says Americans prefer silent movies over talkies 1925 NHL record 141 shots as New York Americans (73) beat Pitt Pirates (68) 3-1 1925 1st hockey game at Madison Square Garden, Mont Candiens 3, New York Americans 1 1925 NHL's New York Americans (formerly Hamilton Tigers) 1st game, lose 3-1 1924 Native Americans are proclaimed U.S. citizens 1917 1st Americans to see action on front lines of WW I 1909 North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson 1903 Frank Howley, Hampton, New York, Brigadier General, Answers for Americans 1899 Black Americans observed day of fasting to protest lynchings 1897 Rewi Alley, New Zealand, writer, Americans in China 1894 Charles Hodge, California, New York University professor, Answers for Americans 1888 John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans in Yonkers, New York 1883 U.S. Supreme Court decides Native Americans can't be Americans 1822 Liberia colonized by Americans 1814 Americans defeat British at Battle of Plattsburgh 1814 Battle of Niagara Falls, Lundy's Lane, ; Americans defeat British 1814 Americans defeat British and Canadians at Chippewa, Ontario 1814 Americans capture Fort Erie Canada 1813 Battle of Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British 1813 Americans capture Ft. George, Canada 1813 Americans under General Pike capture Toronto; Pike is killed 1813 Americans capture Frenchtown, Canada 1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific Ocean, 1st Americans to cross continent 1795 Pinckney's Treaty between Spain and U.S. is signed, establishing southern boundary of U.S. and giving Americans right to send goods down Mississippi 1794 Congress passes Neutrality Act, bans Americans from serving in armed forces of foreign powers 1781 Americans and French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of Revolutionary War 1780 John Andre, British major, hanged by Americans (spied with B Arnold) 1780 British decisively defeat Americans in Battle of Camden, SC 1777 Americans beat Brits in 2nd Battle of Saratoga and Battle of Bemis Hts 1777 Battle of Brandywine, Pa; Americans lose to British 1777 Americans defeat British in Battle of Bennington, Vt 1777 British General Burgoyne captures Fort Ticonderoga from Americans 1776 Americans withdraw from Manhattan to Westchester 1776 British defeat Americans in Battle of Long Island 1776 Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston 1775 Battle of Quebec; Americans unable to take British stronghold 1775 Americans drag cannon up hill to fight British (Gun Hill Road, Bronx) 1767 British government disbands Americans import duty on tea 1764 Native Americans surrender to British in Indian War of Chief Pontiac 1619 1st black Americans (20) land at Jamestown, Virginia |
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