dipity

June's personal timeline, a place to collect and share things from June's life.

Created by ulvaang on Jan 12, 2010

Last updated: 01/15/10 at 03:20 AM

• Just signed up for my Dipity account.
  Jan 12, 2010 6:23 AM

• Tsunami in Asia
  Dec 26, 2004 12:00 PM

  A big tsuanmi in the Indian ocean.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake

• 9/11
  Sep 11, 2001 12:00 PM

  Two airplanes crashed into two skyscrapers in New York.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11

• June' birth
  Jan 31, 1993 12:00 PM

  June Ulvang Aanstad was born on a sunday around 9 o'clock during a snowstorm.

• The Cold war
  Jun 30, 1945 11:00 pm to 1991

  USA vs. Russia The position as the number one powerstate was avalable after World War 2. Both USA and Russia wanted this position.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_cold_war

• World war 2
  Jul 1, 1939 12:00 am to 1945

  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

• World war 1
  Jul 1, 1914 12:00 am to 1918

  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I

• The battle of Little Big Horn
  Jul 1, 1876 12:00 pm

  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Little_Bighorn

• Immigrants to USA
  Jul 1, 1870 12:00 pm to 1910

  More than 20 million immigrants came to America

• The USA bought Alaska
  Jul 1, 1867 12:00 pm

  USA bought Alaska from Russia
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_purchase

• Homestead Act
  Jul 1, 1862 12:00 pm

  Free land to immigrants. Expandsionism westwards.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_act

• Abraham Lincoln elected president
  Jul 1, 1860 12:00 pm

  Assassinated in April 1865 in a theatre
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_lincoln

• The trail of tears
  Jul 1, 1838 12:00 pm

  4000 cherokees died when moved by force from Georgia to Oklahoma
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_trail_of_tears

• Norway Gets their own constitution
  May 17, 1814 12:00 pm

  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Norway

• New constitution
  Jul 1, 1789 12:00 pm

  Geoorge Washington became the first president of the USA
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_washington

• The declaration of independence
  Jul 4, 1776 12:00 pm

  USA got their own constitution
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(United_States)

• The war of independence
  Jul 1, 1775 12:00 pm to 1783

  American colonies vs. The United Kingdom
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War

• The pilgrim fathers
  Jul 1, 1620 12:00 pm

  The pilgrim fathers fled England for religious reasons. "This place is going to be a city upon a hill."
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim_(Plymouth_Colony)

• Colonial America
  Jul 1, 1619 12:00 pm to 1787

  *Agriculture important (tobacco, rice, sugar, and later cotton (south)) Easier to grow things. *In order to earn money they had to cut labour costs. -Cheap labour -African slaves (southern states) The african slaves were more able to work in the heat because they were used to the heat.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_slaves

• The first English settlements
  Jul 1, 1607 12:00 pm

  The first english settlements in Jamestown, Virginia
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown_Settlement

• Christopher Columbus
  Jul 1, 1492 12:00 pm

  Christopher Columbus 'discovers' America. The Europeans are coming!
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_columbus