1939: Hattie McDaniel is the first african american to win an oscar.

This man broke Babe Ruth's homerun record of 714 career homeruns in 1974.

Year that women first voted

The first woman to fly around the earth vanished in the Bermuda triangle in the 1930s.

Pennsylvania

1998: Tom Hanks leads a squadron to rescue a GI behind enemy lines in the most harrowing depiction of war in history.

This league, in its current form was built when the ABA merged with it in 1979.

Year that americans first flew

This civil rights hero took a more militant approach than his cohort Martin Luther King, finding it smart to replace his last name with one letter of the alphabet.

New York

1941: Orson Welles channels William Randolph Hearst and remembers his childhood through a sled.

Jim Thorpe and this man are the only two athletes to become hall of famers in two different sports.

year that a man first landed on the moon

This General, who has several buildings named for him in VMI, rebuilt most of Europe thanks to the plan that bears his name.

Georgia

1952: Debbie Reynolds dubs over an untalented but more famous actress and falls in love with Gene Kelly.

Tom Brady is about to enter the record number of seasons of service (21) in the NFL with this team.

year that the first professional army in america was formed

This western director filmed harrowing footage of the battle of midway from the island itself.

Texas

1972: Marlon Brando leads a crime family.

Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier of the MLB by debuting for this baseball team in 1947.

year that the first bank of the US was formed

This General, later became the 18th President of the United States thanks to his exploits in the Civil war.

Virginia