2014 Event North Korea releases Americans Matthew Todd Miller and Kenneth Bae; Bae was imprisoned for two years after arrest for missionary actions, while Miller was detained in April for 'hostile acts' after tearing up his visa and requesting asylum 2014 Event Jeffrey Fowle, one of three Americans held in North Korea for crimes against the state, has been released; Fowle was accused of leaving a Bible in a club for mariners 2014 Event 24-year-old Matthew Miller, one of three Americans currently held in North Korea, has been convicted of unlawful entry into the country for the purpose of spying; he has been sentenced to six years of hard labor 2014 Event Medical worker Nancy Writebol, the second of two Americans to contract the Ebola virus in Liberia, joins Dr. Kent Brantly at Emory University Hospital for treatment; both patients are receiving an experimental drug that has not been tested on humans 2014 Event Russia retaliates against U.S. sanctions against certain individuals by denying visas to 13 Americans 2014 Event Two Americans, Jeffrey Edward Fowle and Matthew Todd Miller, are to be charged in North Korea with unspecified crimes; Fowle is accused of leaving a Bible in his hotel room, and Miller allegedly asked for asylum after destroying his visa 2014 Event The U.S. Patent and Trademark office has canceled trademarks of the Washington Redskins, ruling that the name and trademarks are 'offensive to Native Americans'; the team has been under pressure for years to change its name 2014 Event The U.S. National Security Agency confirms that it has been using a legal loophole to search phone calls and emails of Americans without a warrant 2014 Event President Obama sends his 2015 budget to Congress, announcing that it is a 'roadmap for creating jobs with good wages and expanding opportunity for all Americans' 2014 Event A report from the U.S. Senate on the 2012 Benghazi attack that killed ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, determines that the attack was 'likely preventable' 2014 Event The U.S. Senate votes to renew jobless benefits for 1.3 million Americans; the bill,calling for a three-month extension, will not be approved unless House Democrats agree to deal to cover $6 billion dollar cost without adding to the federal debt 2014 Event A deteriorating security situation prompts the evacuation of Americans from its embassy in South Sudan 2013 Event Administrative officials claim that over 1.1 million Americans are now enrolled in Obamacare 2013 Event As long-term federal unemployment benefits expire, leaving 1.3 million unemployed Americans without aid, lawmakers discuss bipartisan legislation to extend unemployment benefits 2013 Event Upon completion of the nuclear genome of a 24,000 year old Siberian boy, the data reveals that two-thirds of today's Native Americans come from Eastern Asia and only one-third originated in Western Eurasia 2013 Event The first federal health study reporting on the use of sleeping pills reveals that 8.6 million Americans take prescription sleeping pills 2013 Event Americans learn the FBI and CIA had previous intelligence from Russia warning U.S. intelligence agencies about Tamerlan Tsarnaev's extremist connections before the Boston Marathon bombings 2013 Event Scientist in China discover an ancient human fossil in a cave near Beijing; the 40,000 year-old leg bone shows it was related to the ancestors of present-day Asians and Native Americans 2012 Event A law banning Americans from adopting Russian children is approved by Russia's parliament; the action is a respons to the U.S. Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act 2011 Event A new census measure claims that a record number of Americans, 49.1 million, are living below the poverty line 2010 Event If trends in diet and exercise continue, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention project estimate 1 in 3 adult Americans will have diabetes by 2050 1995 Event NHL Winnipeg Jets sold to Americans who plan to move them to Phoenix 1992 Event Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect 1990 Event 52 Americans arrive in Turkey from Iraq 1990 Event Iraq orders 4,000 Britons and 2,500 Americans in Kuwait to Iraq 1990 Event President Bush signs Americans With Disabilities Act 1990 Event "Some Americans Abroad" closes at Vivian Beaumont New York City after 62 performances 1990 Event "Some Americans Abroad" opens at Vivian Beaumont New York City for 62 performances 1988 Event 3 Americans win Nobel in physics; 3 W Germans win chemistry Nobel 1982 Event New Jersey NHL franchise officially named Devils by fan balloting, runner-up names are Blades, Meadowlanders and Americans 1981 Event 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived back in US 1981 Event 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days are freed 1980 Event Americans remembered Iran hostages by shining lights for 417 seconds 1979 Event 63 Americans taken hostage at U.S. Embassy (Teheran, Iran) 1978 Event 1st successful crossing of the Atlantic by balloon (3 Americans) 1975 Event Rockefeller panel reports on 300,000 illegal CIA files on Americans 1974 Event 1st World Football League Bowl, Birmingham Americans beat Florida 1974 Event "The Americans (A Canadian's Opinion)" by Gordon Sinclair peaks at #24 1969 Event Alcatraz Island off SF, is seized by militant Native Americans 1969 Birthday Rick Mercer, born in St. John's, Canada, comedian, satirist, television personality, created television show, 'This Hour Has 22 Minutes', trademark routine titled, 'Talking to Americans' 1968 Event New Jersey Americans moved to Comack and become New York Nets (ABA) 1967 Event New Jersey Americans (later NY/New Jersey Nets) play 1st ABA game 1964 Event Congo rebel leader Christopher Gbenye holds 60 Americans/800 Belgians 1964 Death Charles Hodge, New York Univeristy professor (Answers for Americans), dies at 69 1963 Death Arthur D Nock, English/Americans historian (St. Paul), dies at 60 1961 Event John F. Kennedy advises Americans to build fallout shelters 1959 Event Congress passes a bill authorizing food stamps for poor Americans 1959 Death Dale Buisand and Chester Ovnand, 1st Americans killed in Vietnam War 1951 Event NFL Pro Bowl: 1st since 1942, Americans beat Nationals 28-27 1943 Birthday 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 Birthday Jay Traynor, rocker, Jay and The Americans 1942 Event NY Americans NHL team folded 1942 Event 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 Event 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 Event NHL record 32 points scored, New York Americans (28) and Mont Maroons (24) 1935 Birthday Dick Davalos, Bronx, actor, Jeff-The Americans 1926 Event Thomas Edison says Americans prefer silent movies over talkies 1925 Event NHL record 141 shots as New York Americans (73) beat Pitt Pirates (68) 3-1 1925 Event 1st hockey game at Madison Square Garden, Mont Candiens 3, New York Americans 1 1925 Event NHL's New York Americans (formerly Hamilton Tigers) 1st game, lose 3-1 1924 Event Native Americans are proclaimed U.S. citizens 1917 Event 1st Americans to see action on front lines of WW I 1909 Event North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson 1906 Event After 20 straight losses, Boston Americans win vs. Chicago White Sox 3-0 1903 Event 1st baseball World Series, Pittsburgh Pirates vs Americans Pilgrims (Red Sox) 1903 Birthday Frank Howley, Hampton, New York, Brigadier General, Answers for Americans 1899 Event Black Americans observed day of fasting to protest lynchings 1897 Birthday Rewi Alley, New Zealand, writer, Americans in China 1894 Birthday Charles Hodge, California, New York University professor, Answers for Americans 1888 Event John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans in Yonkers, New York 1883 Event U.S. Supreme Court decides Native Americans can't be Americans 1822 Event Liberia colonized by Americans 1814 Event Americans defeat British at Battle of Plattsburgh 1814 Event Battle of Niagara Falls, Lundy's Lane, ; Americans defeat British 1814 Event Americans defeat British and Canadians at Chippewa, Ontario 1814 Event Americans capture Fort Erie Canada 1813 Event Battle of Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British 1813 Event Americans capture Ft. George, Canada 1813 Event Americans under General Pike capture Toronto; Pike is killed 1813 Event Americans capture Frenchtown, Canada 1805 Event Lewis and Clark reach Pacific Ocean, 1st Americans to cross continent 1795 Event 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 Event Congress passes Neutrality Act, bans Americans from serving in armed forces of foreign powers 1781 Event Americans and French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of Revolutionary War 1780 Death John Andre, British major, hanged by Americans (spied with B Arnold) 1780 Event British decisively defeat Americans in Battle of Camden, SC 1777 Event Americans beat Brits in 2nd Battle of Saratoga and Battle of Bemis Hts 1777 Event Battle of Brandywine, Pa; Americans lose to British 1777 Event Americans defeat British in Battle of Bennington, Vt 1777 Event British General Burgoyne captures Fort Ticonderoga from Americans 1776 Event Americans withdraw from Manhattan to Westchester 1776 Event British defeat Americans in Battle of Long Island 1776 Event Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston 1775 Event Battle of Quebec; Americans unable to take British stronghold 1775 Event Americans drag cannon up hill to fight British (Gun Hill Road, Bronx) 1767 Event British government disbands Americans import duty on tea 1764 Event Native Americans surrender to British in Indian War of Chief Pontiac 1619 Event 1st black Americans (20) land at Jamestown, Virginia
