| 1925: |
James Madison High School Opens |
| 1926: |
First Madison Graduating Class |
| 1927: |
Charles Lindbergh lands in Paris, completing the first nonstop
solo trans-Atlantic
flight, May 21.
Babe Ruth hits a record 60 home runs in a season.
The first talking movie, “The Jazz Singer”. |
| 1929: |
Great Depression begins after bank and stock
failures on October 24, Black Thursday.. |
| 1931: |
Empire State Building opens May 1. |
| 1932: |
Scientists split the atom. |
| 1935: |
The Social Security Act becomes law, August 14. |
| 1938: |
First G.O. elections. |
| 1939: |
Great crowd looks on as Madison Quintet wins City Championship.
Wonder Five 44 - Jamaica 32
Girls gym suits became required attire. |
| 1939: |
The New York World’s Fair opens on Flushing Meadows and
closes for the last
time on Oct. 21, 1940. |
| 1939: |
World War II begins |
| 1939: |
Madison’s Honor School is formed with Miss Kroeber
at the head. |
| 1939: |
Madison’s Dramatic Society presents “She Stoops
to Conquer” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. |
| 1940: |
Madison’s record-breaking string of basketball
wins is stopped at 37 by Erasmus team. |
| 1940: |
Madison students participate in a Democracy program over
C.B.S. network. |
| 1940: |
Madison debaters win division two championship. |
| 1940: |
We take our first regents examinations. |
| 1940: |
Madison defeats Erasmus gridders for first time in five
years under lights at Ebbets Field. |
| 1940: |
Franklin D. Roosevelt, breaking precedent, is elected president
for the third time. |
| 1941: |
We bid farewell to 1200 Madison students and many teachers
transfer to Midwood. The Annex is abolished at the same time. New
stub booklet with movie discounts replaces former G.O. card. |
| 1941: |
Pee Wee Reese throws out the first ball to open the Madison
baseball season. |
| 1941: |
Largest audience in Madison history attends the annual
spring concert. |
| 1941: |
The Brooklyn Dodgers clinch the National League Pennant and at
the same time become the first Brooklyn Team to win a hundred games.
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| 1941: |
The “Day of Infamy.” At 7:35 A.M., the Japanese make
a sneak attack on U.S. Pacific bases, Pearl Harbor taking the worst
of the attack. |
| 1941: |
President Roosevelt signs the declaration of war against Japan
and three days later, Congress votes similar action against Germany
and Italy. |
| 1941: |
We participate in Madison’s first air-raid drills. |
| 1942: |
New plan adopted at Madison to check cutting class with
the introduction of cutting slips. |
| 1942: |
Executive Order 9066 interns many thousands of Japanese for three
years. Times Square browns out for duration |
| 1943: |
In the United States, registration starts for War Ration Book
2. |
| 1944: |
D-Day at Normandie! The Longest Day begins, June 6.
Congress passes the GI Bill of Rights, which will finance college
educations and home bank mortgages for many World War II veterans.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt re-elected for a Fourth Term by American
voters. |
| 1945: |
U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Aug. 6 and Nagasaki on Aug.
9
World War II ends. |
| 1947: |
Jackie Robinson becomes the first black player in baseball’s
Major Leagues.
Marshall Plan helps rebuild Europe, June 5. |
| 1948: |
Sing was held at Madison for the first time and has continued
annually with the exception of 1993. |
| 1950: |
The Korean War begins. |
| 1951: |
The 22nd Amendment limits president to two terms. |
| 1952: |
The dedication of the JMHS War Memorials in the auditorium,
painted by Abraham Joel Tobias. |
| 1953: |
The “double helix” of DNA discovered.
First tie for the SGO Presidency in Madison History. |
| 1954: |
JMHS Baseball team becomes City Champs. |
| 1955: |
Salk vaccine against polio virus is proven safe.
JMHS city championship Math Team
JMHS becomes city champs in Basketball |
| 1957: |
Dodgers leave Brooklyn |
| 1960: |
John F. Kennedy elected President. |
| 1963: |
JFK assassinated; Martin Luther King gives “I Have a Dream”
speech. |
| 1964: |
The Beatles phenomenon |
| 1966: |
The National Organization for Women (NOW) is founded. |
| 1967: |
Thurgood Marshall is first black to become a justice on Supreme
Court. |
| 1968: |
Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King assassinated. |
| 1969: |
Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to walk on the moon.
The Woodstock music festival draws record-breaking crowds. |
| 1973: |
Roe et al v. Wade decision starts bitter abortion/anti-abortion
debates. |
| 1974: |
Richard Nixon becomes the first U.S. president to resign office. |
| 1975: |
Last American troops leave Vietnam. |
| 1979: |
Oil shortages create long lines at gas stations. |
| 1981: |
First female Supreme Court Justice is appointed. |
| 1989: |
The Berlin Wall falls |
| 1991: |
Persian Gulf War begins as The Dow Jones tops 3000 for the first
time
Madison Sing becomes a partnership; Senior-Sophomore, and
Junior-Freshman. |
| 1998: |
Rising online population |
| 2001: |
Terrorists’ attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon
U.S. invades Afghanistan |
| 2003: |
Iraq invaded |
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