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| Dates | Marionettes in America |
Arts and Literature | Politics | Science and Philosophy |
| 1700 | 1739 1st English puppet show in what is now the United States |
1729 John Smibert an influential portrait painter settles in America | 1729 North Carolina becomes a Royal Colony | 1721 1st successful smallpox inoculation occurs in Boston |
| 1750 | 1768 Boston's first puppet show was recorded | 1786 Theater performances are banned in Philadelphia | 1776 Declaration of Independence |
1752 Benjamin Franklin kite experiment proves lightning is electricity |
| 1800 | Immigrants from various countries continue to bring over the puppet traditions of their home lands | 1809 Edgar Allen Poe is born in Boston | 1815 Senate ratifies Treaty of Ghent | 1813 Columbia University Medical School is formed |
| 1850 | 1878-1882 Till's Royal Marionettes 1864-1919 |
1868 Louisa May Alcott writes Little Women | 1861-1865 Civil War |
1870 Congress establishes the U.S. Weather Bureau |
| 1900 | 1907 Writings of Gordon Craig 1914-1942 height of Tony Sarg's career 1937 Puppeteers of America founded |
1940 1st record chart appears in U.S. magazine, Billboard | 1942 Surprise attack on Pearl Harbor | 1945 White
Sands rocket testing established 1945 1st atomic explosion |
| 1950 | 1952-1963 Louise Kingman specializes in using puppets for speech
correction. 1999 More movies with puppets released: Illuminata and Being John Malkovich. |
1962 Andy Warhol paints Campbell Soup Can series | 1961-1975 U.S. involved in Vietnam War | 1982 Compact Discs first marketed |
| 2000 | 2001 Le Theatre de Marionette in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas
continue to have regular shows for parties and school groups. Plans are being made to open a combination restaurant and puppet theater in Coppell, Texas. |
2000 CATS ends it run on Broadway | 2000 George W. Bush beats Al Gore in one of the closest elections ever | 2000 Human Genome mapped
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