1600s African, European folk, and religious music arrive in America.

1690 Publick Occurrences published in Boston

1620 Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock.

1704 First newspaper advertisement in America.

1741 First magazine published in America

1776 Revolutionary War

1826 First permanent photograph taken by Joseph Niepce in France.

1830s The penny press becomes first truly mass medium in the United States

 
  1861-1865 American Civil War
1892 Thomas Edison's lab develops the kinetoscope.  
  1914-1918 World War I
  1920 KDKA in Pittsburgh gets first commercial radio license.
 

1930s The Great Depression

1939-1945 World War II

   
   
  1969 First person lands on moon.
   
   
  1989-1991 Cold War ends and Soviet states are dissolved