My Chronology

Dates	Events in Jack Benny's Life	Arts and Literature	Politics	Science and Philosophy
1890	1893 Emma Sachs and Meyer Kubelsky are married 1894 Born Benjamin Kubelsky in a Chicago hospital	1890 Vincent Van Gogh dies 1894 Robert Louis Stevenson dies	1893 Grover Cleveland begins his second term as President	1890 Eiffel Tower is completed 1892 Ellis Island opens
1900	Early 1900s Benny learns to play the violin 1908 Benny flunks out of high school	1901 Radio is born 1906 T. Roosevelt - Nobel Peace Prize	1902 Republic of Cuba established 1909 NAACP founded	1903 Ford Motor Company is born
1910	1911 The Marx Brothers play the theatre at which Benny works 1912 Benny goes on the Vaudeville circuit with Cora Salisbury 1917 Benny enlists in the Navy	1911 Mark Twain Dies 1914 Marie Dressler and Charlie Chaplin star in Tillie's Punctured Romance, the first 6-reel (90 minute) film 1916 Victor records enjoys success from releasing recorded skits by Vaudeville comedians	1912 W. Wilson elected president 1917 US Troops sent to Europe 1918 WWI Ends	1912 Titanic sinks
1920	1921 Benny is on the road with his own show 1926 Benny marries Mary Livingston 1929 Benny signs a contract with MGM to make movies	1922 AT&T sets up first radio network 1922 Louis Armstrong becomes popular - Jazz Age begins 1925 Marx Brothers open at Lyric Theatre 1926 National Broadcasting Company Launched 1927 First Full length "talkie," The Jazz Singer	1923 Pres. Harding dies, is succeeded by Calvin Coolidge 1924 J. E. Hoover appointed head of FBI 1928 "Black Tuesday," Great Depression begins	1920 500 radio receivers exist 1921 A. Einstein lectures at Colombia 1924 2.5 million radios are in American Households 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes famous solo flight
1930	1932 Benny begins long running radio show 1934 Benny's show, sponsored by Jell-O, moves to Sunday nights at 7 1934 Benny adopts daughter, Joan 1937 The Jack Benny Show is first in the ratings	1930 Sinclair Lewis awarded Nobel Prize 1932 Radio City Music Hall opens in New York 1938 Pearl Buck wins Pulitzer Prize for The Good Earth 1938 Orson Welles' production War of the Worlds is broadcast	1932 13 million unemployed 1935 FDR signs Social Security Act 1939 England and France declare war on Germany	1937 Hindenburgh explodes killing 36 1938 Einstein and Infeld publish The Evolution of Physics 1939 World Fairs in San Francisco 1939 Edwin Armstrong introduces new type of radio wave - Frequency Modulation, or FM
1940	1944 Jack is sponsored by Lucky Strike Cigarettes 1948 Jack makes the move to CBS	1940 Harry James hires unknown Frank Sinatra as lead singer 1948 Ed Sullivan Show debuts 1948 Babe Ruth dies	1941 Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, FDR announces Declaration of War 1944 Normandy Invasion, D Day 1945 Truman orders the atomic bomb dropped	1946 First digital computer introduced 1947 31 million radios in America, Television begins to become popular
1950	1950 Benny moves from radio to television	1950 Three Stooges make TV Debut 1952 I Love Lucy is America's favorite TV Show 1959 Rockers Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Richie Valens die	1950 North Korea invades South Korea 1953 Korean War ends	1954 Dr. Jonas Salk begins testing his polio vaccine 1955 A. Einstein dies 1957 Russia launches the Sputnik Satellite - The Space Age begins
1960	1965 The last regular episode of the Jack Benny Show is aired	1961 Ernest Hemingway dies 1962 Marilyn Monroe dies 1963 Capitol Records releases I Want to Hold Your Hand by the Beatles	1960 JFK elected President 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington, MLK delivers "I Have A Dream" speech 1963 Kennedy Assassinated, Johnson succeeds as president 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated 1968 Robert Kennedy is assassinated	1962 John Glenn becomes first American to orbit earth 1965 America accomplishes first space walk 1969 Neil Armstron and Buzz Aldrin become first humans to walk on the moon
1970	1974 Jack Benny dies	1970 Mary Tyler Moore show debuts 1970 CBS cancels the Ed Sullivan Show 1972 Grease is top Broadway attraction	1972 Nixon visits People's Republic of China 1972 Watergate Scandal begins 1973 Last US Troops leave South Vietnam 1973 Nixon resigns and is succeeded by Gerald Ford 1974 Ford grants Nixon a Pardon	1973 US Supreme Court makes Roe v. Wade Decision