Iowa History Timeline: Text Version

 

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Before 1 C.E. | 1 C.E. - 1779 | 1780 | 1790 |
1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 |1980 | 1990 | 2000
B.C.E. = Before Common Era
C.E. = Common Era
2000:
Iowa Event

Iowa's population: 2,926,324

Federal Census of Iowa's population: 2,926,324

Find out more about the people of Iowa.

2001:
U.S. Event

America Under Attack on 9/11

Members of a terrorist group, Al Qaeda, crashed two planes into the World Trade Center towers in New York City. Over 3,000 people died in the attack.


2003:
U.S. Event

War in Iraq

U.S. forces attacked Iraq. Dictator Saddam Hussein was captured. Fighting continued between rival factions within the country. American troops remained in Iraq and were targets of insurgents.


2003:
U.S. Event

Columbia Shuttle Crashes

The Columbia space shuttle crashes, killing all seven astronauts aboard.


2004:
World Event

Tsunami Hits Indonesia

On December 24 an underwater earthquake caused several tsumanis to make landfall. The disaster caused over 220,000 deaths.

Find out more about natural disasters in Iowa.

2005:
U.S. Event

Woman Make Up Majority

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) reported for the first time that women made up the majority of medical school applicants in the United States.

Find out more about Iowa women in medicine.

2006:
Iowa Event

Basketball at Wells Fargo Arena

For the first time, the state high school basketball tournaments were not held at Veteran's Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines. The events moved to a new facility--Wells Fargo Arena.

Find out more about basketball in Iowa.

2006:
Iowa Event

Wrestling at Wells Fargo Arena

From 1970-2005 there was only one year when the state high school wrestling tournaments were not held at Veteran's Memorial Auditorium. In 2006, the state tournament was moved to the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Find out more about wrestling in Iowa.

2006:
Iowa Event

Culver Becomes Governor of Iowa

Democract, Chet Culver, becomes Governor of Iowa.

Find out more about government in Iowa.

2007:
Iowa Event

Democrats Hold a Majority in the Iowa Legislature

For the first time since 1965 Democrats hold the majority in the Iowa Legislature.

Find out more about government in Iowa.

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2007:
Iowa Event

Iowa Native Wins the Masters

Cedar Rapids native and graduate of Drake University, Zach Johnson, wins the 2007 Masters Golf Tournament

Find out more about recreation in Iowa.


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Before 1 C.E. | 1 C.E. - 1779 | 1780 | 1790 |
1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 |1980 | 1990 | 2000

Questions to Consider:
When viewing information in the timeline, consider the following questions:

  • What time in history did this event occur? What else was happening at that time?
  • What events led to this event? What events followed it? Does this event begin or end something? Is this event part of a sequence of other events?
  • How did this event influence the present? How might it influence our future?


 

Sources:
Several entries for this timeline were adapted from Prairie Voices Iowa Heritage Curriculum, Annotated Iowa History Timeline, State Historical Society of Iowa, 1995. Used with permission.

Additional Sources:

  • Agriculture in the Classroom: Growing a Nation: The Story of American Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture.
  • Discovering Historic Iowa Transportation Milestones, Iowa Department of Transportation, 2000.
  • Downey, Mathew T. American History 1 and 2. Chicago: McGraw-Hill, 2006.
  • History and Life: The World and Its People. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1980.
  • Keenan, Sheila. Scholastic Encyclopedia of Women in the United States. New York: Scholastic Reference, 1996.
  • National Standards for History, UCLA National Center for History in the Schools, 1996.
  • Randy Lyon, This Month In Iowa History, State Historical Society of Iowa.
  • The Challenge of Freedom. River Forest, Illinois: Laidlaw Brothers, 1982.
  • William Kovarik, Ph.D., Environmental History Timeline, Radford University,
  • World Adventures in Time and Place. New York: Macmillan McGraw-Hill, 1997.

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