The Most Important Events That Changed History Forever

However, the struggle to vote did not end with the Nineteenth Amendment, which did not address the racial terrorism and discrimination that prevented African-American men and women in southern states from voting, regardless of sex. NAWSA actively excluded African-American women from its organization, focusing solely on enfranchisement for white women.

Invention of the Internet (1989)

Between 1989 and 1990, Tim Berners-Lee helped to form the World Wide Web. The Internet is the fastest-growing medium of communication in all of history. Since the mid-1990s, the Internet has fundamentally impacted culture, commerce, and technology.

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The More You Know

  • The word "kimono" means "a thing to wear."
  • Benjamin Franklin was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
  • In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.
  • Following the release of Rocky IV, a joke was making rounds in Hollywood. Since Rocky had run out of opponents, he would have to fight an alien if a fifth movie was made. Jim and John Thomas took the joke seriously and wrote a screenplay based on it, which later became the movie "Predator".
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