1. History Through Music Timeline 1860-Present

2.  1858- New York Symphony Orchestra gives its first public concert.  1860-American Civil War  Gustav Mahler born  1865- The Oberlin Conservatory established  1867- Telephone and light bulbs prototypes  1868- 10 Years War  1874- Gustav Holst English Composer born  1876- Prototype telephone invented

3.  1880- London Guildhall School of Music Founded  1882- Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture composed  1883- Richard Wagner dies

4.  1888- Irving Berlin Born (American Composer)  1890- Mauve Decade Began  1890- Wounded Knee Massacre South Dakota  1891- Automobile in France  1892- Dovrak became director of NYNCM  1893- Tchaikovsky died  Dovrak’s “Symphony for a New World” Op. No. 5  1893- Kinetoscope developed

5.  1897- Gustav Mahler becomes conductor of Vienna Opera  1898- Spanish American War  1900- Aaron Copland born (American Composer)  Mercedes develops new engines (World’s Fair)  First plane in flight (Wright Brothers and others)  Phonograph invented  1902- Device for making Tea at home invented

6.  1907- First color photograph  1908- Ford Model T as first real American Car  FBI established  1912- RMS Titanic Sinks  New Mexico and Arizona become states  1913- Woodrow Wilson becomes President  Henry Ford develops assembly line  1917- US enters WWI  1918- Treaty of Versailles ends WWI  1919- 18 th Amendment est. Prohibition

7.  1920- 19 th Amendment Women Vote  1924- Julliard School of Music Opens  1926- NBC first major Broadcast Network  1928- Steamboat Willie is first animated picture  Amelia Earhart flies across the Atlantic  1929- Immigration Act  1929- Dow Jones Plummets setting off Great Depression  1930- Great Depression Begins

8.  1931- The Great Depression Continues  1936- The Electric guitar is invented  1939- WWII begins  Great Depression Ends  1948- The 33 1/3 LP was introduced  1950- Korean War  1956- Beginning of the Vietnam War  Elvis Presley establishes himself as the King of Rock and Roll

9.  1957- West Side Story makes its premier in New York  1962- Back to Basic education act brings decline onto the arts programs  1963- Elementary Secondary Act reestablishes the need for arts in education as a response to Russia’s education act.  JFK is assassinated  1964- Civil Rights pass in the U.S. allowing black people to have the same rights as others  Beatles become popular in the U.S.  Nelson Mandela is imprisoned for life in South Africa  1965- U.S. sends troops to Vietnam

10.  1965- Endowment for the arts creates a necessary subsidy for arts education in U.S.  1967- First Super Bowl  1968- MLK assassinated  RFK assassinated  1969- First man on the moon Neil Armstrong  First Woodstock  Sesame Street airs as a great supplement for education covered by the EFA.  1973- U.S. pulls out of Vietnam  1975- Microsoft Founded

11.  1977- Elvis over doses and is found dead  Star Wars Movie is released  John Williams becomes one of the most well known composers in American History  1978- John Paul II becomes Pope (peace maker)  1979- Mother Theresa wins Nobel Piece Prize  Sony introduces the Walkman  1980- Mt. St. Helens Errupts  1982- ET is released  Michael Jackson releases “Thriller”  1985- The RMS Titanic is found

12.  1986- The Great Mr. Joyce is born  Challenger Shuttle Explodes on re-entry  Chernobyl Nuclear Accident in Russia  1987- New York Stock Exchange Plummets  1989- Berlin Wall between East and West Germany falls  Exxon spills millions of gallons of oil in Gulf of Mexico  1990- Hubble Telescope is launched into space  Nelson Mandela is released from prison in South Africa

13.  1991- Operation Desert Storm begins  1993- World Trade Center in New York is bombed  1994- OJ Simpson is arrested for a double homicide  1995- Oklahoma City Bombing  1996- Mad Cow Disease strikes Great Britain  1997- Pathfinder sends back photos of the Mars surface  1999- Fear of Y2K bug  2000- Russian Submarine sinks  2001- Anthrax is used as a terroist attack

14.  2001- No Child Left Behind Act  Apple releases original Ipod  2002- U.S. declares War on Terror  2003- Iraq refuses to allow weapons inspectors in  Space Shuttle Columbia explodes  2007- Original Iphone developed  2009- Blue Print for reform reauthorizing the Elementary Secondary act

15.  October 5, 2012  Having a Blast in the Wayne County Band Program