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