This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Timeline highlights from 1907 to 1999 in brief
The notes cover key events including Ziegfeld’s first Follies in 1907 atop the New York Theater, Wilson’s 1919 reception in New York after Versailles, 1947 UN headquarters demolition start, 1950 MacArthur named UN commander in Korea, 1995 heat wave with 800 plus deaths mainly in Illinois, and 1999 astronaut Pete Conrad Jr. dies after a motorcycle crash near Ojai California at age 69.
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Florenz Ziegfeld
New York Theater
Wilson
New York City
France
United Nations
Douglas MacArthur
Korea
Illinois
Charles “Pete” Conrad Jr
Ojai
Cailif