Nevada
state of the United States of America
13 dated entries naming Nevada, drawn from 11 separate years between 1857 CE and 1987 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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19th century
- 1857The Mormons abandon the Las Vegas Valley of Nevada.source
- 1859June 8 – The discovery of the Comstock Lode in the western Utah Territory (present-day Nevada) sets off a rush of prospectors to the area.source
- 1864October 31 – Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.source
- 1889January 1 – The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada.source
- 1889January 1 – A total solar eclipse is seen over parts of California and Nevada.source
20th century
- 1905May–June – John C. Merriam leads the Saurian Expedition, a paleontological research mission in northern Nevada.source
- 1905May 15 – Las Vegas, Nevada, is founded when 110 acres of land adjacent to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks are auctioned to form what becomes Downtown Las Vegas.source
- 1915October 2 – The 6.8 Mw Pleasant Valley earthquake shook north-central Nevada with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), causing limited damage and pronounced fault scarps along the base of the Tobin Range.source
- 1951November 1 – Desert Rock exercises, the first military exercises for nuclear war, with infantry troops included, are held in the Nevada desert.source
- 1953March 17 – The first nuclear test of Operation Upshot–Knothole is conducted in Nevada, with 1,620 spectators at 3.4 km.source
- 1976The New Jersey Legislature passes legislation legalizing casinos in the shore town of Atlantic City commencing in 1978. After signing the bill into law, Governor Brendan Byrne declares "The mob is not welcome in New Jersey!" referring to the Mafia's influence at casinos in Nevada.source
- 1983October 4 – British entrepreneur Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 mph (1,019.468 km/h), driving Thrust2 at the Black Rock Desert, Nevada.source
- 1987August 15 – Great Basin National Park is dedicated; it is the 49th national park in the United States and the first in the state of Nevada.source