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Weekly Updates1930
The first Mickey Mouse comic strip is published in the New York Mirror.
President Hoover says the worst effects of the Depression will be over within 90 days.
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1931
4 to 5 million people are unemployed in the United States.
The George Washington Bridge connecting N.Y. and N.J. is completed.
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1932
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
1933
The Institute of Real Estate Management starts in Chicago.
The game of Monopoly is invented.
Adolph Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany.
1934
Alcatraz maximum security prison opens in San Francisco Bay.
IREM's net income is ($61.04).
President Roosevelt signs the Farm Mortgage Refinancing Act, to help farmers pay their mortgage with easier credit terms.
Shirley Temple appears in her first movie and signs "On the Good Ship Lollipop.:
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1935
The first round-the-world telephone conversation is routed from New York to San Francisco, Indonesia, Holland, England and back to New York.
1936
Eleanor Roosevelt hosts White House garden party for female African American students of Washington's National Industrial School.
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1937
The first Social Security claims are paid.
A new order from the German Ministry of the Interior deprives all Jews of municipal citizenship.
1938
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is released.
Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Fair Labor Standards Act that raises minimum wage from 25 cents to 40 cents and hour and limits the work week to 44 hours.
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1939
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is published.
The wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind are released.
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1940
Churchill becomes prime minister of Great Britian.
1941
Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor; U.S. enters World War II.
M&Ms are included in World War II soldier's rations.
U.S. national dept is $64.3 billion.
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1942
Joseph Stalin is TIME magazine's "Man of the Year."
1943
IREM's net income is $993.61.
Milton Braley invents Chutues &Ladders game.
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1945
The digital computer, named ENAIC, weighing 30 tons and standing two stories high, is completed.
The slinky is invented by a ship inspector.
The Cold War begins.
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1946
U.S. national debt is $280 billion.
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1947
Commercial TV-with 13 stations-becomes available to the public.
Reynolds invents aluminum foil.
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1948
The Frisbee is invented.
Pietro Belluschi designs the protype of the Equitable Savings and Loan building, a "skyscraper" at 12 stories.
1949
The frozen dinner is invented.
1950
The very first Peanuts comic strip appears in seven newspapers.
The first credit card (Diners) is invented by Ralph Schneider.
1951
Super glue is invented.
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1953
IREM's net income is $7,563.73.
The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II is held.
Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal reach top of Mt. Everest.
1954
Notre Dame du Haut is completed in Ronchamp, France.M
1955
Disneyland opens.
Dr. Jonas Salk develops the polio vaccine.
1956
The first computer hard disk is used.
The Federal Highway Act is signed, marking the beginning of work on the interstate highway system.
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1957
Dr. Seuss publishes The Cat in the Hat.
1959
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum designed by Frank Lloyd Wright is completed.
Alaska and Hawaii become the 49th and 50th states.
The Barbie Doll and the microchip are invented.
1960
The Cairo Tower in Cairo, Egypt, is completed.
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1961
Berlin wall is built.
1962
First TV broadcasts in color.
The space Needle in Seattle is completed for the Century 21 Expositions.
1963
IREM's net income is $24,264.62; assets total $113,078.54.
The Millbank Tower in London, England is completed.
Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "I have a dream" speech.
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1964
Civil Rights Act is passed in the United States.
The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show.
1965
Astroturf is invented.
1967
The first transplant is performed.
Marina City in Chicago, designed by Bertrand Goldberg, is opened.
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1968
The computer mouse is invented by Douglas Engelbart.
1969
The Arpanet (first internet) is invented.
Sesame Street debuts.
Apollo 11 astronauts-Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. and Michael Collins-take man's first walk on the moon.
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1970
The floppy disk is introduced
The Beatles announce their break up.
1971
Intel introduces the microprocessor.
1971
Intel introduces the microprocessor
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1972
San Francisco's Transamerica Building, designed by William L. Pereira, opens.
The Godfather appears in movie theaters.
Nike hits the scence.
Congress guarantees equal educational access to the handicapped with the Education of All Handicapped Children Act of 1975.
South Vietnam fails to Communist forces of North Vietnam.
The movie Jaws opens.
Margaret Thatcher is the first women elected to lead Britain's Conservative Party.
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1973
IREM's net income is $63,469; assets total $551,101.
1974
The Sears Tower Skydeck opens in Chicago. It becomes the tallest building in the world.
Richard Nixon, facing impeachment charges, is forced to resign after the Watergate scandal.
People magazine debuts with Mia Farrow on the cover.
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1977
Elvis Presley dies.
Star Wars opens in theatres.
1979
Mother Teresa accepts the Nobel Peace Prize.
1980
The National Debt is $914 billion.
CNN is launched as the first all news network.
Post-It Notes are introduced by 3-M
John Lennon is assassinated by Mark David Chapman.
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1981
MTV debuts.
Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first woman Supreme Court justice.
Pac-Man is introduced in the United States and sparks a huge craze.
1982
The Vietnam Memorial is erected in Washington, D.C.
Michael Jackson's "Thriller" sells 20million albums and becomes the largest selling record ever.
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1983
IREM's net income is $269,607; assets total $2,888,682.
Columbia University, the last all male lvy League school, begins accepting women.
Trump Tower opens in New York City.
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1984
The Cosby Show premiers.
Apple Computer releases the Macintosh personal computer.
1985
"We Are The World" is recorded to help fund famine-relief efforts in Africa.
Nintendo home entertainment system introduced.
The challenger space shuttle explodes 74 seconds liftoff at Cape Canaveral, killing all seven astronauts.
Haley's Comet returns
The Statue of Liberty celebrates her 100th Anniversary.
1986
The Challenger space shuttle explodes 74 seconds liftoff at Cape Canaveral, killing all seven astronauts.
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1988
Major advances in genetics research lead to the funding of the Human Genome Project.
Music CDs outsell vinyl records for the first time ever.
The Berlin Wall falls.
1990
Smoking on domestic airplane flights is banned.
Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets, passes away.
Iray invades Kuwait.
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1991
The Soviet Union is no longer.
Grunge music and fashion become hugely popular after band Nirvana hits the music scence.
1992
Los Angles erupts into riots after the officers accused of beating Rodney King are found not guilty.
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1993
IREM's net income is $577,764' assets total $6,795,934.
The catchy Latin No. 1 dance song. "The Macarena," rules Top 40 playlists and spawns the most popular dance craze of the decade.
1994
Baseball players go on strike; the World Services is cancelled.
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1995
The Alfred P. Murrah federal building is bombed in Oklahoma City.
O.J. Simpson is found not guilty.
After reaching cult status in Japan, Pokemon moves into the United States "BIG TIME."
1996
Dolly the cloned sheep debuts.
1997
Princess Diana dies in a car crash in Paris.
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1998
John Glenn returns to space at age 77.
1999
President Clinton is acquitted of perjury and obstruction of justice.
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