//This information is taken from the World Book Encyclopedia, 1994 edition.  I manually 
//typed in the info.  I am Victor Biasotti, a UW CSE143 student.
1958
NASA is established
1815
Battle of Waterloo is fought, final battle of Napoleon
1963
Zip Code introduced
1789
Uranium discovered by German chemist Martin H. Klaproth
1886
ASPCA founded by Henry Bergh, in New York
1926
American scientist Robert H. Goddard launched the world's first liquid-propellant rocket
1879
Lars Nilson of Sweden discovers the element Scandium
1869
Seattle is incorporated as a city(not founded)
1772
The Shakers are founded in Manchester, England by Ann Lee
1564
William Shakespeare is born
1876
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
1608
Dutch optician Hans Lippershey makes first telescope(in Europe)
1912
Titanic goes down with 1517 deaths according to the US Senate
1791
Titanium is discovered by William Gregor of England(though it remained un-named till 1795)