Here is a list of memorable dates that correspond with Jonathan Sprout’s four AMERICAN HEROES albums.

DATE                                     EVENT                          ________________                               SONG                    

1/1       Thomas Jefferson marries Martha Skelton (1772) What He Wrote (American Heroes #3)

1/2       Theodore Roosevelt takes office as Governor of NY (1899), song: Man in the Arena (American Heroes #4)

1/3       Martin Luther King, Jr. appears on cover of Time Magazine as man of the year (1964) Martin (American Heroes CD)

1/3       Amelia Earhart begins her first flight lessons, Long Beach, CA (1921) Amelia (American Heroes CD)           

1/5       George Washington Carver dies, age 79 (1943) Peanut Man (American Heroes #3 CD)

1/6       George Washington marries Martha Custis (1759) (American Heroes CD) Washington’s Hat

1/6       Albert Einstein marries Mileva Maric, his 1st wife (1903) E=mc² (American Heroes #4)

1/6       Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low sets sail from England to the US to begin Girl Guides, (eventually, Girl Scouts of the USA) (1912) Unstoppable (American Heroes #4 CD)

1/6       Theodore Roosevelt dies in New York, age 60 (1919) Man in the Arena (American Heroes #4)

1/10     Rachel Carson graduates magna cum laude from PA College of Women, BA in biology (1929) Interconnected (American Heroes #4 CD)

1/11     Amelia Earhart 1^st person to fly solo Honolulu to Oakland, CA (1935) Amelia (American Heroes CD)

1/15     Martin Luther King, Jr. is born (1929) Martin (American Heroes CD)

1/17     Benjamin Franklin is born in MA (1706) Ben Franklin (American Heroes CD)

1/17     Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low dies in Savannah, GA, age 66 (1927) Unstoppable (American Heroes #4 CD)

1/19     2015 Observed Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday (1929) Martin (American Heroes CD)

1/22     Theodore Seuss Geisel’s book Oh the Places You’ll Go is published (1990) Dr. Seuss (American Heroes #4)

1/23     Jackie Robinson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame (1962) Break the Barrier (More American Heroes CD)

1/23     Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1^st woman doctor in modern times (1849) Doctor (American Heroes #3)

1/24     Albert Einstein and his second wife Elsa have dinner and spend the night at The White House (1934) E=mc² (American Heroes #4)

1/27     Rachel Carson wins prestigious National Book Award for The Sea Around Us (1953) Interconnected (American Heroes #4 CD)

1/30     Orville Wright dies, age 77 (1948) When They Flew (More American Heroes CD)

1/31     Jack Roosevelt Robinson is born in Cairo, GA (1919) Break the Barrier (More American Heroes CD)

February is Black History Month—Martin (Martin Luther King, Jr.), Take a Ride (Harriett Tubman), Aren’t I a Woman (Sojourner Truth), Break the Barrier (Jackie Robinson), Can’t Stop Running (Wilma Rudolph), Peanut Man (George Washington Carver), Heads, Hearts, and Hands (Mary McCleod Bethune)

2/3       Benjamin Franklin writes petition calling for end to slavery (1790) Ben Franklin (American Heroes CD)

2/3       Elizabeth Blackwell is born near Bristol, England (1821) Doctor (American Heroes #3)

2/5       William Penn begins a five month jail sentence in Newgate Prison, England for having written and published his Quaker beliefs (1671) Come With Me (American Heroes #4 CD)

2/11     Thomas Edison is born in Milan, OH (1847)  The Light Went On (American Heroes CD)   

2/11     Sacajawea gives birth to son Pompey in modern day ND (1805) Sacajawea (American Heroes CD)

2/12     Abraham Lincoln is born in KY (1809) All across the Land (American Heroes CD)

2/14     Cesar Chavez begins first fast for non-violence over grape strike (1968) Si Se Puede! (American Heroes #3)

2/15     Susan B. Anthony is born in Adams, MA (1820) Carry On (More American Heroes CD)

2/15     Susan B. Anthony: “Failure Is Impossible” speech (1906) Carry On (More American Heroes CD)

2/17/2014 President’s Day: Washington's Hat & All across the Land (American Heroes CD)

2/19     Roberto Clemente signs contract with Brooklyn Dodgers, age 19 (1954) Hall of Fame (American Heroes #4)

2/20     Frederick Douglass dies (1895) Agitate (More American Heroes CD)

2/20     George Washington Carver is awarded Phi Beta Sigma Distinguished Service Key (1938) Peanut Man (American Heroes #3 CD)

2/21     Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low becomes the US representative at the international Girl Scout organization (1919) Unstoppable (American Heroes #4 CD)

2/22     George Washington is born in VA (1732) Washington's Hat (American Heroes CD)          

2/25     Martin Luther King, Jr. is ordained in Baptist ministry, age 19 (1948) Martin (American Heroes CD)            

March is Women’s History Month--Sacajawea, Amelia (Amelia Earhart), Take A Ride (Harriet Tubman), Angel of Mercy (Clara Barton), Keep Your Face to the Sunshine (Helen Keller), Aren’t I A Woman (Sojourner Truth), Eleanor (Eleanor Roosevelt), Carry On (Susan B. Anthony), Pocahontas, Can’t Stop Running (Wilma Rudolph), The Least I Could Do (Jane Addams), Doctor (Elizabeth Blackwell), Powerful (Samantha Smith), Heads, Hearts, and Hands (Mary McCleod Bethune), Unstoppable (Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low), and Interconnected (Rachel Carson).

3/2       Workers break ground on Milton Hershey Chocolate Factory (1903) Chocolate King (American Heroes #3)      

3/2       Theodore Seuss Geisel is born in MA (1904) Dr. Seuss (American Heroes #4)

3/3       Helen Keller (age 6) & Annie Sullivan meet (1887) Keep Your Face to the Sunshine (More American Heroes CD)

3/4       Thomas Jefferson becomes 3^rd President (1801 & 1805) What He Wrote (American Heroes #3)

3/4       Abraham Lincoln becomes 16^th President (1861 & 1865) All across the Land (American Heroes CD)

3/4       King Charles II signs William Penn’s Charter of Pennsylvania at Westminster, England, giving Penn an area of land hereby known at Pennsylvania west of the Delaware River (1681) Come With Me (American Heroes #4 CD)

3/4       Theodore Roosevelt becomes Vice President (1901) Man in the Arena (American Heroes #4)

3/4       Theodore Roosevelt is inaugurated for a 2^nd term as President (1905) Man in the Arena (American Heroes #4)

3/5       William Penn marries Hannah Callowhill (1696) Come with Me (American Heroes #4 CD)

3/6       John Muir is temporarily blinded (1867) Come Back Home (American Heroes #3)

3/10     John Chapman dies in Ft. Wayne, IN (1845)             Johnny Appleseed (More American Heroes CD)

3/10     Harriet Tubman dies in NY (1913) Take a Ride (American Heroes CD)      

3/10     Cesar Chavez ends 25 day fast over grape strike, CA (1968) Si Se Puede! (American Heroes #3)

3/11     George Washington Carver Museum is dedicated at Tuskegee, AL (1941) Peanut Man (American Heroes #3 CD)

3/12     Theodore Seuss Geisel’s book The Cat in the Hat is first published (1957) Dr. Seuss (American Heroes #4)

3/12     Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low meets with the first troop of Girl Guides in Savannah, GA (1912) Unstoppable (American Heroes #4 CD)

3/13     Susan B. Anthony dies in Rochester, NY (1906) Carry On (More American Heroes CD)

3/14     Theodore Seuss Geisel’s book Horton Hears a Who! is released as an animated movie (2008) Dr. Seuss (American Heroes #4)

3/14     Albert Einstein is born (1879) E=mc² (American Heroes #4)

3/16     Birth of Clara Barton’s American Red Cross (1882) Angel of Mercy (American Heroes CD)

3/16     Neil Armstrong flies Gemini 8, conducts 1st manual space-docking (1966) First Man on the Moon (More American Heroes CD)

3/17     Amelia Earhart begins her 1^st attempt at flying around the flight, leaving from Oakland, CA (1937) Amelia (American Heroes CD)

3/17     Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation is established—a charitable educational corporation to perpetuate her ideals (1953) Heads, Hearts, and Hands (American Heroes #4)

3/17     Cesar Chavez begins his march to Sacramento, CA (1966) Si Se Puede! (American Heroes #3)

3/17     Theodore Roosevelt gives away niece Eleanor Roosevelt in her marriage to her 5^th cousin Franklin D. Roosevelt (1905) Man in the Arena (American Heroes #4) and Eleanor (More American Heroes CD)

3/20     Roberto Clemente is voted into baseball Hall of Fame (1973) Hall of Fame (American Heroes #4)

3/21     Pocahontas is buried in Gravesend, England (1617) Pocahontas (American Heroes #3 CD)          

3/26     Jonas Salk gives live nation-wide radio broadcast announcing the success of his experimental vaccine (1953) He Will Not Give Up (American Heroes #3)

3/31     Cesar Chavez is born in Yuma, AZ (1927) Si Se Puede! (American Heroes #3)

4/3       CBS-TV broadcasts The Silent Spring of Rachel Carson (1963) Interconnected (American Heroes #4 CD)

4/4       Martin Luther King, Jr. dies in Memphis, TN (1968) Martin (American Heroes CD)

4/4       William Penn marries Gulielma Springett (1672) Come with Me (American Heroes #4 CD)

4/5       Pocahontas marries John Rolfe (1614) Pocahontas (American Heroes #3 CD)

4/7       Sacajawea joins the Lewis & Clark Expedition in present day ND (1805) Sacajawea (American Heroes CD)

4/8       Amelia Earhart sets autogiro altitude record of 18,451 ft. (1931) Amelia (American Heroes CD)

4/10     Cesar Chavez completes march to Sacramento, CA (1966) Si Se Puede! (American Heroes #3)

4/12     Clara Barton dies (1912) Angel of Mercy (American Heroes CD)

4/12     Announcement that Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine is proven safe and effective (1955) He Will Not Give Up (American Heroes #3)      

4/12     Martin Luther King, Jr. is arrested for demonstrating without a permit (1962) Martin (American Heroes CD)

4/13     Thomas Jefferson is born in VA (1743) What He Wrote (American Heroes #3)

4/14     Abraham Lincoln is shot at Ford Theatre (1865) All across the Land (American Heroes CD)         

4/14     John Muir (age 42) marries Louie Strentzel (1880) Come Back Home (American Heroes #3)         

4/14     Rachel Carson dies in Silver Spring, MD, age 54 (1964) Interconnected (American Heroes #4 CD)

4/18     Albert Einstein dies at age 76 (1955) E=mc² (American Heroes #4)

4/18     Jackie Robinson breaks color barrier, plays 1^st Major League game (1946) Break the Barrier (More American Heroes CD)

4/16     Wilbur Wright is born in IN (1867) When They Flew (More American Heroes CD)

4/17     Benjamin Franklin dies in Philadelphia at age 84 (1790) Ben Franklin (American Heroes CD)

4/20     Amelia Earhart becomes 1^st person to fly solo Los Angeles to Mexico City Amelia (American Heroes CD)

4/21     John Muir is born in Dunbar, Scotland (1838) Come Back Home (American Heroes #3)

4/23     Cesar Chavez dies, San Luis, AZ, age 66 (1993) Si Se Puede! (American Heroes #3)

4/23     Theodore Roosevelt delivers Man in the Arena speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, France (1910) Man in the Arena (American Heroes #4)

4/24     Hershey Park opens for 1^st time (1907) Chocolate King (American Heroes #3)

4/25     Samantha Smith receives a letter back from Yuri Andropov (1983) Powerful (American Heroes #4 CD)

4/26     John Smith 1^st arrives in present day VA (1607) Pocahontas (American Heroes #3 CD)

4/26     Children begin receiving Jonas Salk’s 1^st polio vaccine (1954) He Will Not Give Up (American Heroes #3)

4/28     Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom is founded by Jane Addams (1915) The Least I Could Do (American Heroes #3)

4/29     Funeral of Cesar Chavez in CA is attended by more than 35,000 people (1993) Si Se Puede! (American Heroes #3)

4/30     George Washington becomes 1st President (1789) Washington's Hat (American Heroes CD)

5/1       Jane Addams opens 1^st public playground in Chicago (1892) The Least I Could Do (American Heroes #3)

5/1       Theodore Seuss Geisel (age 14) experiences medal mishap with former President Theodore Roosevelt (1918) Dr. Seuss (American Heroes #4) and Man in the Arena (American Heroes #4)

5/8       Amelia Earhart becomes the 1^st person to fly solo from Mexico City, Mexico to Newark, NJ (1935) Amelia (American Heroes CD)

5/10     International Grape Boycott Day is declared by UFW (1969) Si Se Puede! (American Heroes #3)

5/12     Opening of Elizabeth Blackwell’s NY Infirmary for Women & Children (1857) Doctor (American Heroes #3)

5/14     Sacajawea’s quick action saves many supplies during sudden storm, Lewis & Clark Expedition (1805)            Sacajawea (American Heroes CD)

5/14     The Wright Brothers fly with their 1^st airplane passenger (1908) When They Flew (More American Heroes CD)

5/15     John Muir & President Theodore Roosevelt camp 1st night, Yosemite (1903) Come Back Home (American Heroes #3) and Man in the Arena (American Heroes #4)

5/15     Amelia Earhart becomes the 16^th woman to be issued a pilot’s license (1923) Amelia (American Heroes CD)

5/15     Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir camp under giant Sequoia trees near Yosemite Valley, CA (1903) Man in the Arena (American Heroes #4) and Come Back Home (American Heroes #3)

5/16     Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir camp at Glacier Point above Yosemite Valley, CA (1903) Man in the Arena (American Heroes #4) and Come Back Home (American Heroes #3)

5/17     Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir camp in Yosemite Valley, CA (1903) Man in the Arena (American Heroes #4) and Come Back Home (American Heroes #3)

5/18     Mary McCleod Bethune dies in Daytona Beach, FL, age 80 (1955) Heads, Hearts, and Hands (American Heroes #4)

5/21     Amelia Earhart 1^st solo flight across Atlantic Ocean, age 34 (1932)  Amelia (American Heroes CD)

5/21     Jane Addams dies in Chicago, IL, age 74 (1935) The Least I Could Do (American Heroes #3)

5/25     Milton Hershey marries Catherine Sweeney in New York, NY (1898) Chocolate King (American Heroes #3)

5/25     The Wright Brothers make their 1^st and only flight together (1910) When They Flew (More American Heroes CD)

5/27     Rachel Carson is born in Springdale, PA (1907) Interconnected (American Heroes #4 CD)

5/28     Sojourner Truth makes “Aren’t I a Woman” speech in Akron (1851) Aren’t I a Woman (More American Heroes CD)

5/30     Wilbur Wright dies, age 45 (1912) When They Flew (More American Heroes CD)

5/31     Elizabeth Blackwell dies, age 89 (1910) Doctor (American Heroes #3)

6/1       Isabella Van Wagener changes her name to Sojourner Truth (1843) Aren’t I a Woman (More American Heroes CD)

6/1       Helen Keller dies at home in CT (1968) Keep Your Face to the Sunshine (More American Heroes CD)

6/1       Amelia Earhart round-the-world flight begins, Miami, FL (1937) Amelia (American Heroes CD)

6/2       Every 1^st Monday of June in Maine is Samantha Smith Day to commemorate and honor her for opening the door to friendship among nations of the world. Powerful (American Heroes #4 CD)

6/2       Bronze bust of George Washington Carver is unveiled, Tuskegee, AL (1937) Peanut Man (American Heroes #3 CD)

6/4       John Muir becomes 1^st president of The Sierra Club, CA (1892) Come Back Home (American Heroes #3)

6/10     Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low helps organize the first Girl Scout Convention, Washington, DC (1915) Unstoppable (American Heroes #4 CD)

6/11     Thomas Jefferson begins writing Declaration of Independence, Philadelphia (1776) What He Wrote (American Heroes #3)

6/14     Rachel Carson is awarded master’s degree, marine zoology by Johns Hopkins University (1932) Interconnected (American Heroes #4 CD)

6/17     Susan B. Anthony trial begins. She is fined $100 for voting (1873) Carry On (More American Heroes CD)

6/21     Amelia Earhart receives Distinguished Flying Cross from U.S. Congress (1932) Amelia (American Heroes CD)

6/21     Theodore Seuss Geisel marries Audrey Diamond, his 2^nd wife (1968) Dr. Seuss (American Heroes #4)

6/22     Albert Einstein takes his citizenship test in Trenton, NJ (1940) E=mc² (American Heroes #4)

6/23     Jonas Salk dies, age 80 (1995) He Will Not Give Up (American Heroes #3)

6/23     Martin Luther, King, Jr. leads 125,000 people on Freedom Walk in Detroit (1963) Martin (American Heroes CD)

6/23     Wilma Rudolph is born 20^th child in her family in St. Bethlehem, TN (1940) Can’t Stop Running (American Heroes #3)            

6/27     Helen Keller is born in Tuscumbia, AL (1880) Keep Your Face to the Sunshine (More American Heroes CD)

6/28     Thomas Jefferson submits his Declaration of Independence to Congress (1776) What He Wrote (American Heroes #3)

6/29     Samantha Smith is born in Maine (1972) Powerful (American Heroes #4 CD)

7/1       Theodore Roosevelt experiences his “crowded hour” on the San Juan Hills, Cuba (1898) Man in the Arena (American Heroes #4)

7/2       Amelia Earhart disappears in the South Pacific (1937) Amelia (American Heroes CD)

7/2       Rachel Carson publishes her second book, The Sea Around Us (1951) Interconnected (American Heroes #4 CD)

7/4       Congress adopts edited version of Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence (1776) What He Wrote (American Heroes #3)

7/4       Thomas Jefferson dies on 50^th anniversary of Declaration of Independence, VA (1826) What He Wrote (American Heroes #3)

7/4       Sojourner Truth gains freedom from slavery, age 30 (1827) Aren’t I a Woman (More American Heroes CD)

7/5       Frederick Douglass delivers famous speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” in Rochester, NY (1852)       Agitate (More American Heroes CD)

7/6       Amelia Earhart sets woman’s speed record of 181 mph (1930) Amelia (American Heroes CD)

7/7       Samantha Smith begins her journey to the Soviet Union, age 11 (1983) Powerful (American Heroes #4 CD)

7/10     Mary McCleod Bethune is born in Mayesville, SC (1875) Heads, Hearts, and Hands (American Heroes #4)

7/12     George Washington Carver’s probable birth date, Diamond Grove, MO (1864) Peanut Man (American Heroes #3 CD)

7/13     Walt Disney marries Lillian Bounds in Lewiston, Idaho (1925) Through the Eyes of a Child (American Heroes #4)

7/14     George Washington Carver National Monument established at his birthplace (1943) Peanut Man (American Heroes #3 CD)

7/16     Apollo 11 is launched, commanded by Neil Armstrong (1969) First Man on the Moon (More American Heroes CD)

7/16     Cesar Chavez begins a 36 day fast to protest pesticide usage (1988) Si Se Puede! (American Heroes #3)

7/18     Walt Disney’s Disneyland officially opens (1955) Through the Eyes of a Child (American Heroes #4)

7/20     Neil Armstrong first steps on the moon, 10:56 PM EST (1969) First Man on the Moon (More American Heroes CD)

7/22     Samantha Smith ends her journey to the Soviet Union journey, age 11 (1983) Powerful (American Heroes #4 CD)

7/24     Amelia Earhart is born in Kansas (1897) Amelia (American Heroes CD)

7/24     Roberto Clemente Night at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, PA (1970) Hall of Fame (American Heroes #4)

7/25     George Washington Carver Museum opens, Tuskegee, AL (1939) Peanut Man (American Heroes #3 CD)

7/29     CA grape growers sign United Farm Worker’s contract, led by Cesar Chavez (1970) Si Se Puede! (American Heroes #3)

7/30     William Penn dies in Ruscombe, Berkshire, England, age 73 (1718) Come With Me (American Heroes #4 CD)

8/5       Neil Armstrong is born in OH (1930) First Man on the Moon (More American Heroes CD)

8/6       Roberto Clemente is posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY, (1973) Hall of Fame (American Heroes #4)

8/7       Rachel Carson (age 49) and her niece, Marji witness the firefly incident, Southport Island, ME (1956) Interconnected (American Heroes #4 CD)

8/8       Wilbur Wright captures the imagination of the world with his first public flight in Paris, France (1908) When They Flew (More American Heroes CD)

8/8       Helen Chavez accepts Medal of Freedom for her late husband, White House (1994) Si Se Puede! (American Heroes #3)

8/9       Frederick Douglass first rouses interest at an antislavery meeting in MA (1841) Agitate (More American Heroes CD)

8/12     William Penn sets sail from Philadelphia to London (1684) Come with Me (American Heroes #4 CD)

8/12     Theodore Seuss Geisel’s book Green Eggs and Ham is 1st published (1960) Dr. Seuss (American Heroes #4)

8/13     Clara Barton begins nursing wounded Civil War soldiers (1862) Angel of Mercy (American Heroes CD)

8/15     Tecumseh & William Henry Harrison meet for first time (1810) Tecumseh (More American Heroes CD)    

8/17     Sacajawea concludes her one year and four month journey with Lewis & Clark in present-day ND (1806) Sacajawea (American Heroes CD)

8/18     Sacajawea helps Lewis & Clark trade for Shoshone horses (1805) Sacajawea (American Heroes CD)

8/18     Roberto Clemente is born in Puerto Rico (1934) Hall of Fame (American Heroes #4)

8/19     Orville Wright is born in OH (1871)   When They Flew (More American Heroes CD)

8/21     Cesar Chavez ends a 36 day water-only Fast for Life (1988)            Si Se Puede! (American Heroes #3)

8/24     Theodore Seuss Geisel sets sail for England to study in Oxford (1925) Dr. Seuss (American Heroes #4)

8/25     Amelia Earhart sets women’s nonstop transcontinental speed record (1932) Amelia (American Heroes CD)

8/25     Samantha Smith dies in a plane crash, age 13, Maine (1985) Powerful (American Heroes #4 CD)

8/26     “Susan B. Anthony Amendment” adopted -- women are given the right to vote (1920) Carry On (More American Heroes CD)

8/28     Martin Luther King, Jr. “I Have a Dream Speech,” Washington, DC (1963) Martin (American Heroes CD)

8/28     Jackie Robinson meets Branch Rickey, joins Dodgers (1945) Break the Barrier (More American Heroes CD)

9/1       John Muir begins his first “tramp,” a 1,000 mile walk from IN (1867) Come Back Home (American Heroes #3)

9/1       Milton Hershey School opens doors to 1^st two orphaned boys (1910) Chocolate King (American Heroes #3)

9/1       William Penn sets sail for America on the ship Welcome with approximately 100 other Quakers. Thirty-one die from disease in the two month voyage (1682) Come With Me (American Heroes #4 CD)

9/2       Wilma Rudolph wins her 1^st Olympic Gold Medal in Rome, Italy (1960) Can’t Stop Running (American Heroes #3)

9/3       Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery in MD (1838) Agitate (More American Heroes CD)

9/3       William Penn and family set sail on his second and final trip to America (1699) Come with Me (American Heroes #4 CD)

9/3       William Penn is arrested in Cork, Ireland for attending a Quaker meeting (1667) Come with Me (American Heroes #4 CD)

9/5       Wilma Rudolph wins her 2^nd Olympic Gold Medal in Rome, Italy (1960) Can’t Stop Running (American Heroes #3)

9/6       Albert Einstein is voted to become recipient of Nobel Prize in Physics (1922) E=mc² (American Heroes #4)

9/6       Jane Addams is born in Cedarville, IL (1860) The Least I Could Do (American Heroes #3)

9/6       Vice President Theodore Roosevelt, hiking in the Adirondacks, is informed President McKinley has been shot (1901) Man in the Arena (American Heroes #4)

9/8       Wilma Rudolph wins her 3^rd Olympic Gold medal in Rome, Italy (1960) Can’t Stop Running (American Heroes #3)

9/9       Rachel Carson’s second book, The Sea Around Us, hits #1 on the NY Times bestseller list (1951) Interconnected (American Heroes #4 CD)

9/13     Milton Hershey is born in Derry, PA (1857) Chocolate King (American Heroes #3)

9/14     Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States (1901) Man in the Arena (American Heroes #4)

9/18     Jane Addams moves into Hull House, Chicago, IL (1889) The Least I Could Do (American Heroes #3)           

9/22     Abraham Lincoln delivers Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves in areas still in rebellion within 100 days will be free (1862) All across the Land (American Heroes CD)

9/22     Cesar Chavez receives congratulatory telegram from M. L. King, Jr. (1966) Si Se Puede! (American Heroes #3)

9/22     George Washington Carver announces his creation of peanut milk (1919) Peanut Man (American Heroes #3 CD)           

9/24     Theodore Seuss Geisel dies, age 87 (1991) Dr. Seuss (American Heroes #4)

9/26     John Chapman is born in Leominster, MA (1774) Johnny Appleseed (More American Heroes CD)           

9/27     Rachel Carson publishes her fourth and final book, Silent Spring, (1962) Interconnected (American Heroes #4 CD)

9/30     Roberto Clemente gets 3,000^th major league hit (11^th man to do it) (1972) Hall of Fame (American Heroes #4)

10/1     Yosemite National Park bill is passed (1890), thanks to persistent urging of John Muir. Come Back Home (American Heroes #3)

10/1     William Penn meets with governors of several colonies to discuss the idea of union of the American colonies (1700) Come With Me (American Heroes #4 CD)

10/1     Albert Einstein becomes a United States citizen (1940) E=mc² (American Heroes #4)

10/1     The Walt Disney World Resort, including the Magic Kingdom Park, opens to the public (1971) Through the Eyes of a Child (American Heroes #4)

10/4     Mary McCleod Bethune at age 29 opens the Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for five Negro Girls aged 8-12, in a rented building. Tuition: 50 cents per week (1904) Heads, Hearts, and Hands (American Heroes #4)

10/5     Tecumseh dies in battle, age 45 (1813) Tecumseh (More American Heroes CD)

10/8     George Washington Carver arrives in AL to teach at Tuskegee Institute (1896) Peanut Man (American Heroes #3 CD)

10/8     President Barack Obama signed a Presidential Proclamation on October 8, 2012, creating the César E. Chávez National Monument in Keene, CA, at Nuestra Señora Reina de la Paz, the national headquarters of the United Farmworkers of America and the home of César Chávez from 1971-1993 Si Se Puede! (American Heroes #3 CD)

10/9     Roberto Clemente signs contract to play professional baseball (1952) Hall of Fame (American Heroes #4)

10/11   Eleanor Roosevelt born, New York City (1884) Eleanor (More American Heroes CD)

10/13   Milton Hershey dies, Hershey, PA, age 88 (1945) Chocolate King (American Heroes #3)

10/14   William Penn is born, in London, England (1644) Come with Me (American Heroes #4 CD)

10/17   Albert Einstein arrives NY harbor, age 54, never to leave the US again (1933) E=mc² (American Heroes #4)

10/18   Thomas Edison dies in Llewellyn Park, NJ. The nation dims its lights for one minute on the day of his funeral (1931) The Light Went On (American Heroes CD)

10/19   George Washington defeats British in Yorktown, VA, ending the Revolutionary War (1781) Washington's Hat (American Heroes CD)                                                                                                                             

10/19   Ben Franklin publishes news of his discovery that lightning is electricity (1752) Ben Franklin (American Heroes CD)

10/21   Thomas Edison invents 1st practical light bulb (1879) The Light Went On (American Heroes CD)

10/22   Cesar Chavez marries Helen Fabela in CA (1948) Si Se Puede! (American Heroes #3)       

10/22   Amelia Earhart sets woman’s altitude record of 14,000 ft. (1922) Amelia (American Heroes CD)

10/24   Jackie Robinson dies in Stamford, CT, age 53 (1972) Break the Barrier (More American Heroes CD)

10/26   Rachel Carson publishes her third book, The Edge of the Sea, (1955) Interconnected (American Heroes #4 CD)

10/27   William Penn lands at New Castle, DE, arriving in North America for the first time (1682) Come With Me (American Heroes #4 CD)

10/27   Theodore Roosevelt is born in New York (1858) Man in the Arena (American Heroes #4)

10/27   Theodore Roosevelt marries Alice Lee (1880) Man in the Arena (American Heroes #4)

10/28   Jonas Salk is born in NY (1914) He Will Not Give Up (American Heroes #3)

10/31 Juliette “Daisy” Gordon is born in Savannah, GA (1860) Unstoppable (American Heroes #4 CD)

11/1     Rachel Carson’s 1^st book, Under the Sea-Wind, is published (1941) Interconnected (American Heroes #4 CD)

11/2     Elizabeth Blackwell opens America’s first Women’s Medical College in New York, NY (1868) Doctor (American Heroes #3)

11/3     William Penn and family leave Pennsbury Manor, PA, for the last time (1701) Come with Me (American Heroes #4 CD)

11/5     Susan B. Anthony votes illegally, makes national headlines (1872) Carry On (More American Heroes CD)

11/7     Eleanor Roosevelt dies, age 78 (1962) Eleanor (More American Heroes CD)

11/7     Elizabeth Blackwell begins medical school in Geneva, NY (1847) Doctor (American Heroes #3)

11/7     Tecumseh fights in the Battle of Tippecanoe (1811) Tecumseh (More American Heroes CD)

11/8     Theodore Roosevelt is elected in overwhelming victory for 2^nd term as US president (1904) Man in the Arena (American Heroes #4)

11/12   Wilma Rudolf dies in Brentwood, TN (1994) Can’t Stop Running (American Heroes #3)

11/14   Roberto Clemente marries Vera Cristina Zabala, in Puerto Rico (1964) Hall of Fame (American Heroes #4)

11/16   Roberto Clemente is voted MVP in the National League (1966) Hall of Fame (American Heroes #4)

11/17   George Washington Carver Museum Art Rooms opened, Tuskegee, AL (1941) Peanut Man (American Heroes #3 CD)

11/18   Susan B. Anthony arrested & charged with “illegal voting” (1872) Carry On (More American Heroes CD)

11/18   Walt Disney’s Steamboat Willie, the world's first synchronized sound cartoon, premieres in New York (1928) Through the Eyes of a Child (American Heroes #4)

11/19   Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg, PA (1863) All across the Land (American Heroes CD)

11/22   Roberto Clemente is 1^st draft choice of Pittsburgh Pirates (1954) Hall of Fame (American Heroes #4)

11/26   Sojourner Truth dies in MI, age 86 (1883) Aren’t I a Woman (More American Heroes CD)

11/28   President Ronald Reagan, by Presidential Proclamation, declares William Penn and his wife, Hannah, to be two of only seven people ever to be made Honorary Citizens of the United States (1984) Come With Me (American Heroes #4 CD)

11/29   Theodore Seuss Geisel marries Helen Marion Palmer in Westfield, NJ (1927) Dr. Seuss (American Heroes #4)

12/1     William Penn with wife Hannah and daughter Letitia arrive in PA for their second and final visit (1699) Come with Me (American Heroes #4 CD)

12/2     Theodore Roosevelt marries Edith Carow in England (1886) Man in the Arena (American Heroes #4)

12/3     Frederick Douglass publishes 1st issue of The North Star newspaper (1847) Agitate (More American Heroes CD)

12/5     Walt Disney is born in Chicago Illinois (1901) Through the Eyes of a Child (American Heroes #4)

12/6     Thomas Edison makes 1st recording of human voice successfully repeated by mechanical device with "Mary had a little lamb” (1877) The Light Went On (American Heroes CD)

12/7     Benjamin Franklin forms 1st Volunteer Fire Company in Philadelphia, PA (1736) Ben Franklin (American Heroes CD)

12/7     Lewis & Clark camp for the winter & start building Ft. Clatsop in present day Astoria, OR (1805)            Sacajawea (American Heroes CD)

12/10   Human Rights Declaration passed by United Nations, chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt (1948) Eleanor (More American Heroes CD)

12/10   Martin Luther King. Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, age 35 (1964) Martin (American Heroes CD)

12/10   Jane Addams is 1^st American woman awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1931) The Least I Could Do (American Heroes #3 CD)

12/10   Theodore Roosevelt is awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1906) Man in the Arena (American Heroes #4 CD)

12/12   Frederick Douglass becomes a free man (1846) Agitate (More American Heroes CD)

12/12   William Penn is ordered arrested by the bishop and taken to the tower of London (1668) Come With Me (American Heroes #4 CD)

12/14   George Washington dies at his home, Mt. Vernon, VA (1799) Washington's Hat (American Heroes CD)

12/14   Cesar Chavez is jailed for defying court injunction against boycotting (1970) Si Se Puede! (American Heroes #3)

12/15   Walt Disney dies in Burbank CA, age 65 (1966) Through the Eyes of a Child (American Heroes #4 CD)

12/17   The Wright Brothers achieve the dream of flight (1903) When They Flew (More American Heroes CD)

12/18   Theodore Seuss Geisel’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas 1^st TV broadcast (1966) Dr. Seuss (American Heroes #4 CD)

12/21   Juliette "Daisy" Gordon marries William Low in Savannah (1886) Unstoppable (American Heroes #4 CD)

12/21   Theodore Seuss Geisel’s 1^st book And to Think that I Saw it on Mulberry Street is published (1937) Dr. Seuss (American Heroes #4 CD)

12/21   Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length animated musical feature, premieres in Los Angeles (1937) Through the Eyes of a Child (American Heroes #4 CD)

12/24   John Muir dies (1914) Come Back Home (American Heroes #3 CD)

12/25   Clara Barton is born in MA (1821) Angel of Mercy (American Heroes CD)

12/25   George Washington crosses the Delaware River and captures Trenton, NJ (1776) Washington's Hat (American Heroes CD)

12/28   Amelia Earhart experiences her first flight, 10 minutes, $10 (1920)  Amelia (American Heroes CD)

12/30   Pocahontas saves the life of Captain John Smith’s life (1^st time) (1607) Pocahontas (American Heroes #3 CD)

12/31   Roberto Clemente dies in a plane crash in Puerto Rico, age 38 (1972) Hall of Fame (American Heroes #4 CD)