/* Events Database */

events = new Array();
events['us-easy'] = new Array();
events['us-easy']['labels'] = new Array();
events['us-easy']['event_dates'] = new Array();
events['us-hard'] = new Array();
events['us-hard']['labels'] = new Array();
events['us-hard']['event_dates'] = new Array();
events['world'] = new Array();
events['world']['labels'] = new Array();
events['world']['event_dates'] = new Array();

// US Easy Events

i=0;

events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'John Smith and English colonists arrive in Jamestown, Virginia';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 16070000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'Benjamin Franklin proved lightning is electricity when flying kite in thunderstorm.';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 17520000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'U.S. declares independence from Great Britain. ';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 17760000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'Paris Peace Treaty is signed. America becomes indepedent nation.';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 17830000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'George Washington becomes first U.S. president.';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 17890000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'President Jefferson makes Louisiana Purchase';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 18030000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'Lewis and Clark\'s voyage across the west begins.';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 18040000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'War of 1812 with Great Britain ends. ';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 18150000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'Abraham Lincoln is elected 16th president.';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 18600000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'Civil War begins at Fort Sumter, South Carolina';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 18610000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'President Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 18630000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'Civil War ends; Lincoln is assassinated.';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 18650000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone.';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 18760000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'Clara Barton founded the Red Cross';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 18810000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'Wilbur and Orville Wright make first successful flight in North Carolina.';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 19030000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'Henry Ford introduces Model T car.';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 19080000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'U.S. enters World War I.';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 19170000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'Stock market crashes propelling America into its worst depression. ';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 19290000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'Amelia Earhart and co-pilot Fred Noonan lost over Howland Island in Pacific Ocean. ';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 19370000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. America enters World War II.';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 19410000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'U.S. forces invade Europe at Normandy, France and repel Germans. ';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 19440000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. World War II ends.';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 19450000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'Alaska and Hawaii become 49th and 50th states.';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 19590000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'President John F. Kennedy assassinated.';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 19630000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated.';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 19680000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'Neil Armstrong becomes first person to set foot on the moon.';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 19690000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'Vietnam War ends. ';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 19730000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'President Richard Nixon resigns after Watergate scandal.';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 19740000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after take off. All aboard are killed.';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 19860000;
i++;
events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'Terrorists fly planes into World Trade Centers, the Pentagon, and into Pennsylvania field. 3,000 are killed.  ';
events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 20010000;
i++;



// US Hard Events

i=0;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Virginia Dare is first English child born in the New World.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 15870000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'John Smith and 105 people start first permanent English settlement at Jamestown.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 16070000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = '103 Puritan settlers land at Plymouth, Massachusetts and sign Mayflower Compact.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 16200000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Harvard College is founded as America\'s first college.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 16360000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Benjamin Franklin publishes Poor Richard\'s Almanac';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17320000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Benjamin Franklin discovers electricity';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17520000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'French and Indian War begins when French occupy Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh)';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17540000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Boston Tea Party; Boston citizens throw barrels of tea into Boston Harbor in protest of tea tax.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17730000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Patrick Henry proclaims "Give me Liberty or Give me Death!"';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17750000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Declaration of Independence is drafted. Revolutionary War begins. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17760000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'British surrender at Battle of Saratoga.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17770000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Articles of Confederation go into effect. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17810301;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'General Cornwallis surrenders British army at Yorktown.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17811019;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'First regular daily newspaper,  Pennsylvania Post went on sale in Philadelphia.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17830530;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Treaty of Paris is signed recognizing American independence.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17830903;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'U.S. Constitution is born. Delaware and Pennsylvania ratify, becoming the first two states.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17870000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'George Washington is chosen as 1st president.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17890430;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Treasury Department created. Alexander Hamilton is first Secretary of Treasury.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17890902;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Supreme Court is created. John Jay is first Supreme Court Justice.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17890924;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Bill of Rights goes into effect.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17910000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'U.S. Mint established at Philadelphia.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17920000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'George Washington dies.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17990000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Government moves to Washington.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18000000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Thomas Jefferson elected president. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18010000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Congress establishes U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18020000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Napoleon sells Louisiana Territory to U.S. U.S. doubles in size.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18030000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Lewis and Clark begin their exploration of American northwest.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18040514;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Alexander Hamilton killed in duel with Aaron Burr.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18040711;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Robert Fulton makes first trip in steamboat.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18070817;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'War of 1812 begins - due to British seizure of American ships and sailors, and arming of Indians.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18120000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'British burn Capital and White House. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18140824;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Francis Scott Key writes Star Spangled Banner while watching the Bombardment of Ft. McHenry.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18140913;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Treaty of Ghent signed ending War of 1812. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18141224;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'British suffer heavy casualties at Battle of New Orleans. They were unaware of peace treaty. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18150108;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'U.S. acquires Florida from Spain.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18190222;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Henry Clay\'s Missouri Compromise is passed, disallowing slavery north and west of Missouri. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18200303;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Erie Canal is opened. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18251026;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson die. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18260704;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Massachusetts becomes the first state to provide tax-supported public schools.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18270000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'First passenger railroad is opened. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18280704;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'South Carolina declares the right to nullify federal law.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18281219;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'President Jackson signs Indian Removal Act providing land and some pay for Indians to resettle in west.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18300528;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Nat Turner leads Virginia slaves in rebellion.  57 whites are killed. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18310821;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Gold is discovered on Cherokee land in Georgia. Cherokees are forced to surrender land.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18351220;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Mexicans and Texans battle at The Alamo. Mexicans are defeated and Texas claims indepedence. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18360000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Cherokee Indians walk "Trail of Tears" from Georgia to Oklahoma. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18380000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Samuel Morse sends first message via telegraph from Washington to Baltimore. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18440000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Texas is admitted to Union. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18451229;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Mexican War begins due to land disputes. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18460513;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'First U.S. postage stamps are issued. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18470701;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Gold found in California. 80,000 prospectors "head for the hills". ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18480124;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Mexican War ends. U.S. acquires parts of Texas, California, and much of current southwest. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18480202;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Hnery Clay\'s Compromise of 1850 admits California to Union and forbids slavery there. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18500909;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Herman Melville\'s Moby Dick published.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18510000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Harriet Beecher Stowe\'s Uncle Tom\'s Cabin is published. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18520000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Republican Party formed in Ripon, Wisconsin.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18540228;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Kansas-Nebraska Act is passed leaving issue of slavery to vote of settlers. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18540530;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Walt Whitman publishes Leaves of Grass.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18550000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Dred Scott decision by Supreme Court held that slaves did not become free in a free state. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18570000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Lincoln-Douglas debates in Illinois. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18580000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'John Brown seizes U.S. Armory at Harper\'s Ferry.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18590000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'First Pony Express between Sacramento and St. Joseph, Missouri.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18600403;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Abraham Lincoln elected president.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18601106;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Seven states set up Confederate States of America.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18610208;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Civil War begins at Fort Sumter, South Carolina';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18610412;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Confederates push back Union forces at Bull Run (Manassas), Virginia';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18610721;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Heavy casualties for Union and Confederacy at Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg), Maryland';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18620917;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation liberating slaves.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18630101;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Union forces score major victory at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18630703;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'President Lincoln issues Gettysburg Address. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18631119;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Union General William T. Sherman completes "Sherman\'s March to the Sea", burning much of Georgia.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18641222;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Robert E. Lee surrenders Confederate army at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, ending Civil War.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18650409;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'President Lincoln dies after being shot by John Wilkes Booth';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18650415;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery, ratified.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18651206;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'William Seward purchases Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million dollars. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18670330;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Louisa May Alcott publishes Little Women.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18680000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Transcontinental Railroad completed. Golden spike driven at Promontory, Utah';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18690310;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = '15th amendment passed, allowing all races to vote. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18700000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Great fire destroys Chicago, Illinois';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18710811;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Congress establishes Yellowstone as America\'s first national park.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18720000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Jim Crow segregation law enacted in Tennessee.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18750000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18760307;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'General Custer and men massacred by Sioux Indians at Little Big Horn, Montana.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18760625;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Thomas Edison founded Edison Electric Light Company';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18781015;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18810521;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Brooklyn Bridge opens.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18830524;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18840000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Statue of Liberty is dedicated';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18861028;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'American Federation of Labor(AFL) is formed. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18861208;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Johnstown, Pennsylvania flood kills 2,200.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18890531;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Sherman Antitrust Act passed in an effort to deter business monopolies.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18900702;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Ellis Island, New York opened to receive foreign immigrants. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18920101;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Milton Hershey starts Hershey Chocolate Company';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18940000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Supreme Court, in Plessy vs Ferguson, approved racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18960518;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'U.S. declares war on Spain.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18980424 ;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'U.S. acquires Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam from Spain. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18980812;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'President McKinley signs treaty ending Spanish-American war. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 18990210;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'President McKinley dies after being shot eight days before. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19010000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'U.S. and Panama agree to dig Panama Canal.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19030122;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Wright Brothers make first successful flight near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19031217;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'San Francisco earthquake leaves 350 dead.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19060419;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Henry Ford introduces Model T car.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19081001;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Congress authorizes federal income tax.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19130000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Federal Reserve System established.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19131223;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Panama Canal is opened.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19140815;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Lusitana sunk by German submarine. 128 soldiers are killed.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19150507;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Germany declares war. World War I begins.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19170406;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Conscription law passed. U.S. troops arrive in Europe in June.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19170518;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'World War I ends with signing of armistace. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19181111;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Congress passes prohibition Amendment barring the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19190106;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = '19th amendment passed giving women the right to vote. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19200818;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes The Great Gatsby.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19250000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Charles Lindbergh maks first solo, nonstop flight from New York to Paris.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19270521;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Amelia Earhart became first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19280617;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Stock Market crashes. Worst American depression begins.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19291029;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Franklin Delano Roosevelt elected president.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19321108;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'President Roosevelt orders all banks to close.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19330306;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Tennessee Valley Authority created by Congress.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19330518;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Congress passes Roosevelt\'s "New Deal", which features bank regulation, job creation, and price standards.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19330616;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Prohibiton ends.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19331205;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Social Security Act passed by Congress.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19350814;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Margaret Mitchell publishes Gone With the Wind.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19360000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Hindenburg explodes in New Jersey.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19370506;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan lost near Howland Island in the Pacific Ocean.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19370702;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'U.S. declares its neutrality in European War.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19390905;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'First peacetime military draft in American history. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19400914;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Land-Lease Act provided $7 billion in military aid for Britain. Land-Lease Act approved for Russia in Nov.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19410311;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, Hawaii';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19411207;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'U.S. declares war on Japan. World War II ensues. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19411208;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Federal government forcibly moved 110,000 Japanese Americans to detention camps. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19420000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Japan is defeated at Battle of Midway.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19420607;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'U.S. forces land at Guadalcanal.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19420807;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'U.S. forces invade Europe at Normandy on "D" Day. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19440606;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = '500,000 American soldiers repel Nazis at Battle of the Bulge. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19450128;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Yalta Conference results in plans for after the war. USSR agress to enter war against Japan.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19450211;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'President Roosevelt dies in office.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19450412;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Germany surrenders.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19450507;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. 75,000 people are killed. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19450806;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Japan surrenders ending World War II';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19450902;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Jackie Robinson becomes first African-American major league baseball player.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19470411;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'NATO established by U.S., Canada and 10 European nations. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19490824;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'President Truman ordered miliary action against North Korea';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19500630;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'U.S. forces take Pyonyang, North Korea';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19501020;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Peace treaty signed by Germany, U.S., Great Britain and France. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19520526;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Korean War ends.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19530627;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Racial segregation of public schools ruled unconstitutional in Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19540517;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'SEATO formed by defense pact signed in Philippines by U.S. and seven other nations. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19540908;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Rosa Parks refusal to relinquish seat to a white person results in Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19551201;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'President Eisenhower sends troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to enforce desegregation laws. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19570904;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Alaska and Hawaii become 49th and 50th state.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19590000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Invasion of Cuba\'s Bay of Pigs is unsuccessful in attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19610417;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Peace Corps created.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19610301;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'John Glenn becomes first American in orbit.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19620220;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'President Kennedy reveals Soviet offensive missile buildup in Cuba . War is averted when Soviets agree to dismantle missiles. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19621022;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Martin Luther King Jr. delivers "I have a Dream" speech during March on Washington. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19630828;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Baptist church in Birmingham Alabama bombed. 4 black girls are killed. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19630915;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19631122;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'The Beatles appear on Ed Sullivan Show. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19640209;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution authorizing presidential action in Vietnam. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19640807;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'President Johnson orders continuous bombing of Vietnam.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19650000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'U.S. forces bomb Hanoi, North Vietnam. By December, 385,000 troops in south Vietnam.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19660629;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'First Super Bowl.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19670115;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Thurgood Marhsall sworn in as first African American Supreme Court Justice.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19671002;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19680404;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Robert F. Kennedy assassinated in Los Angeles, California';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19680605;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to set foot on moon.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19690720;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Americans celebrate the first Earth Day.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19700422;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'U.S. resumes bombing of Hanoi after North Vietnamese attacks demilitarized zone.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19720415;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Vietnam Peace Pacts signed in Paris. Last troops leave Vietnam in May. End of Military draft announced.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19730127;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Skylab, the first U.S. space station is launched.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19730514;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'President Richard Nixon announces resignation of presidency after Watergate scandal. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19740808;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'First Star Wars movie appears.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19770000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Partial meltdown released radioactive material at Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19790328;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'U.S. hockey team defeats Russia in Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York. Dubbed "Miracle on Ice"';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19800222;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington. 57 are killed.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19800612;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'John Lennon is shot and killed in New York City.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19801208;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Sally Ride becomes first woman to ride in space.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19830618;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = '241 U.S. Marines and sailors are killed by suicide bombing in Beirut, Lebanon International Airport.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19830823;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'The space shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after takeoff. Six astronauts and a teacher on board are killed.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19860128;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Exxon Valdez stuck Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound Alaska. Millions of animals are killed. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19890324;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'U.S. armed forces defeat Iraq and liberate Kuwait in Persian Gulf War.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19910000;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) took effect. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19940101;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Truck Bomb explodes outside a federal office building in Oklahoma City. 168 people are killed.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 19950419;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Terrorist attacks on World Trade Centers,  Pentagon, and on downed airplane in Pennsylvania leave 3,000 dead. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 20010911;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'U.S. and Britain launch sustained air-strike campaigns against Afghan-based terrorist organization Al-Qaeda.';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 20011007;
i++;
events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Enron becomes the largest corporation to file for bankruptcy. Scandal follows. ';
events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 20011203;
i++;



// World Events

i=0;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Minoan Civilization emerged on Crete.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -25000000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Olmecs settled on Gulf Coast and formed first known civilization in western hemisphere.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -15000000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'God reveals himself to Moses at Mt. Sinai. ';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -12500000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Approximate date of Trojan War.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -12450000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Romulus founds Rome.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -7530000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Siddarta Guatama, founder of Buddhism dies.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -4830000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Chinese philosopher Confucius dies.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -4790000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Peloponnesian War ended with Sparta\'s victory over Athens.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -4040000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Greek Philosopher Plato dies.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -3470000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Alexander inherits the kingdom of Macedon.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -3360000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Alexander the Great, conqueror of Persia, dies. ';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -3230000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'The first sections of The Great Wall of China are built.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -2210000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Hannibal invades Italy.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -2180000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'The Punic Wars end, as Rome defeats Carthage.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -1460000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Julius Caesar conquers Gaul.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -510000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Mark Antony and Cleopatra are defeated by Romans. ';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -300000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'After many Civil Wars, Roman Empire comes under the rule of Augustus.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -270000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Mary gives birth to Jesus.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -40000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'The execution of Jesus Christ leads to Christianity.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 330000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Mount Vesuvius erupts and buries Pompeii, Italy in a world of volcanic ashes. ';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 790000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Constantine founds Constantinople as a fully Christian city. ';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 3300000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Huns invade Europe.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 3720000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Atilla the Hun raids Gaul, Italy and the Balkans.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 4530000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'St. Patrick, leader of the conversion of Ireland, dies. ';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 4920000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Muhammad emerges as a prophet.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 6100000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Age of China\'s Tang Dynasty begins.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 6180000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Muhammad conquers Mecca';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 6290000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Charlemagne is crowned emperor in Italy by Pope Leo III';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 8000000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Viking explorers reach North America. ';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 10000000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'William of Normandy conquers England.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 10660000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Pope Urban II called for a crusade to restore Asia Minor to Byzantium and to regain holy lands from Turks.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 10950000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 12040000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'The Magna Carta is created. King John guaranteed privileges of nobles and church against monarchy and assured jury trials.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 12150000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Kublai Khan rules China.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 12640000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Marco Polo explores China and sets the stage for the Age of Exploration.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 12710000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Genghis Khan unites Mongol tribes and creates the largest land empire in history.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 12790000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Crusades end.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 12910000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Bubonic Plague reaches Europe, killing half the population within two years.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 13480000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'China\'s Ming Dynasty begins 276 year reign.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 13680000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'English translation of The Bible begins.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 13800000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'The Hundred Years War between England and France ends as England gives up dynastic claims in France.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 14530000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'The Sistine Chapel is completed.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 14830000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Wars of the Roses end.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 14850000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Christopher Columbus reaches the island of Hispaniola in the New World.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 14920000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Leonardo Da Vinci completes the Mona Lisa.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 15060000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Ponce de Leon explores the coast of Florida.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 15130000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Martin Luther is excommunicated from Catholic church for his 95 Theses which condemn several Catholic traditions.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 15210000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = ' 18 of Ferdinand Magellan\'s original crew returns to Spain from first ever circumnavigation.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 15220000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Henry VIII breaks away from English Catholic church. ';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 15340000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Pizarro conquers the Incas and claims most of South America for Spain.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 15350000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Hernando de Soto crosses Mississippi River.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 15410000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Nicolaus Copernicus, astronomer and heliocentric theorist, dies. ';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 15430000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'John Smith and 105 cavaliers establish first English settlement in New World at Jamestown.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 16070000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'English playwright William Shakespeare dies.  ';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 16160000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = '25 women are executed for withcraft in Salem, Massachusetts in what came to be known as the Salem Witch Trials.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 16920000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Isaac Newton - the man credited with discovering gravity dies.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 17270000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'James Watt patents the steam engine.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 17690000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'America claims independence from England.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 17760000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'British surrender at Yorktown and recognize American independence.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 17830000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Napoleon Bonaparte becomes dictator of France. ';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 17990000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Napoleon\'s armies are defeated at Waterloo by British and Prussian troops.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 18150000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Spanish colonies of South America win independence from Spain under leaders such as Simon Bolivar.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 18240000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Ludwig Van Beethoven dies.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 18270000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Opium War ends as Britain forces China to expand trade opportunities and relinquish Hong Kong. ';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 18420000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Charles Darwin publishes Origin of Species.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 18590000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'U.S. Civil War ends and slavery is abolished. ';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 18650000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'The first commercial telephone goes into use.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 18780000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'First airplane flights begin.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 19030000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Construction of the Panama Canal begins.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 19040000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Albert Einstein posits Theory of Relativity.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 19150000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'World War I ends in Paris with Treaty of Versailles';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 19190000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'China\'s Huang He River floods, leading to the worst natural disaster in recorded world history. 3,700,000 people died.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 19310000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'U.S. uses atom bombs to destroy Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in World War II';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 19440000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'World War II ends as Germany surrenders.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 19450000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'UNIVAC I, the first commerically viable computer is built and sold.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 19510000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Jonas Salk produces Polio vaccine.';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 19520000;
i++;
events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Neil Armstrong becomes first person to walk on the moon. ';
events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 19690000;
i++;