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Top 10 Most American Changing Dates
#10
• Herbert Nitsch dives 407' (April 22, 2010)
Summary
• Dives deeper than anyone in the world without using SCUBA gear or any way of pulling himself down
Justification
• Shows us that the impossible IS possible
#9
• Tom Begic develops flawless wingsuit (1998)
Summary
• Used in base jumping
• Fly distances over
12 miles
Justification
• Fly farther with greater maneuverability
• Military
• Leisure…
#8
• Bobby McFerrin (March 11, 1950)
Summary
• Vocal Perfectionist! 10 Grammy's
Justification
• Harmonized ears across the world with amazing vocal technique
#7
» Invention of Smoke Alarm in 1967
Summary
• Smoke alarms
alert people of fires
Justification
#6
• Walt Disney's Birth (December 5th, 1901)
Summary
• 26 Academy Awards out of 59 Nominations
• 7 Emmys
• Mickey Mouse
Justification
- Disneyland - Disney World Resort
- Annual Revenue of over $35billion
#5
• Joseph Freidman invents Bendy Straw in 1937
Summary
• Observed daughter having trouble. Inserted a screw to make threads in the straw. Took the screw out and bent the straw on the threads
Justification
• Little children can drink more easily with their straws
• More than one person to a cup!
#4
• New York passes
Seat-Belt Law (1984)
Summary
• Wear your seat-belt or suffer a hefty fine
Justification
• Set stage for 48 other states and DC.
• Seat-belts save over 10,000 lives every year
#3
• Dickson invents Band-Aid in 1920
Summary
• Dickson needed a strip that would cover his wife's kitchen wounds easily because
she would get cut too easily but would need to move on with her cooking
Justification
• Helps stop bleeding of cuts and scrapes.
• Without them, this world would be red
#2
• Beatles come to America on Feb. 7. 1964
Summary
• An estimated 3,000 people greeted them at JFK airport
• Played the Ed Sullivan show two days later
Justification
• Changed Music Forever
• "Only two good things ever came from England: one - America, two - the Beatles!" Woody Harrelson
#1
• Mentos come to US! (1960)
Summary
• Pierre van Melle invented Mentos in 1932 but didn't arrive in American until 1960
Justification
• It's THE freshmaker!
Sources
http://www.bandaid.com/historyhttp://www.inventors.about.com/smoke_alarmhttp://www.thebeatles.com/infohttp://www.justdisney.com/walt_disney/http://www.mentos.com/http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives/http://www.bobbymcferrin.com/http://www.herbertnitsch.com/profile/biographyhttp://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/broch/c-1.htm