(as in "a unit of time equal to 365 days")
YEAR (as in "a unit of time equal to 365 days")
In 1947, Rhulin Thomas became the first deaf pilot to fly from coast-to-coast in the U.S. alone.
YEAR 1947 R-H-U-L-I-N T-H-O-M-A-S HE FIRST DEAF PILOT ALONE UNITED STATES C-O-A-S-T FLY-ACROSS C-O-A-S-T.
American Sign Language was recognized as a true language in 1965.
YEAR 1965 ASL RECOGNIZED TRUE LANGUAGE.
United States of America became independent from Great Britain in 1784 after the ratification of the Treaty of Paris.
YEAR 1784 AMERICA BECAME INDEPENDENT FROM BRITAIN FINISH RATIFICATION T-R-E-A-T-Y O-F P-A-R-I-S.
Heather Whitestone was the first deaf person to be crowned as Miss America in 1995.
YEAR 1995 H-E-A-T-H-E-R W-H-I-T-E-S-T-O-N-E SHE FIRST DEAF PERSON CROWN M-I-S-S AMERICA.
Sir Charles Scott Sherrington was a hard of hearing scientist who received the Nobel Prize in 1932 for helping shape our understanding of the central nervous system.
S-I-R C-H-A-R-L-E-S S-C-O-T-T S-H-E-R-R-I-N-G-T-O-N HIMSELF HARD-OF-HEARING SCIENTIST. YEAR 1932 HE RECEIVED N-O-B-E-L P-R-I-Z-E MEDAL WHY? HE HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND C-E-N-T-R-A-L N-E-R-V-O-U-S S-Y-S-T-E-M.
There was a famous protest at Gallaudet University in 1988 called Deaf President Now.
BACK YEAR 1988 GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY HAPPEN WHAT? FAMOUS PROTEST CALLED DEAF PRESIDENT NOW.
As a young girl, Alice Cogswell, inspired her neighbor, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, to devote his life to educating the deaf and to create the American School for the Deaf. She and six other deaf children were the first students to attend the American School for the Deaf in 1817.
LITTLE DEAF GIRL NAME A-L-I-C-E C-O-G-S-W-E-L-L MET NEIGHBOR HIS NAME T-H-O-M-A-S H. G-A-L-L-A-U-D-E-T. HE FASCINATED HER. YEAR 1871 HE ESTABLISHED AMERICAN SCHOOL FOR DEAF. SHE AND SIX OTHER STUDENTS FIRST ENTER A-S-D
Robert Davila served as the ninth president of Gallaudet University from 2007 to 2009. Prior to becoming the president of Gallaudet University, he was the first Deaf CEO of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
R-O-B-E-R-T D-A-V-I-L-A HE NINTH PRESIDENT GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY YEAR 2007 RANGE 2009 BEFORE THAT HE FIRST DEAF C-E-O ADMINISTRATOR N-T-I-D
The best time of year to buy peaches is during the summer.
BEST TIME YEAR BUY PEACHES WHEN? SUMMER.
MERRY CHRISTMAS HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Sir John Cornforth was a deaf chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1975.
S-I-R J-O-H-N C-O-R-N-F-O-R-T-H HIMSELF DEAF CHEMIST YEAR 1975 HE WON N-O-B-E-L P-R-I-Z-E SPECIALIZED CHEMISTRY.
Thomas H. Gallaudet was a minister, educator, and co-founded the first school for the deaf called the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut. Gallaudet University was named in honor of him in 1894.
T-H-O-M-A-S H. G-A-L-L-A-U-D-E-T HIMSELF MINISTER TEACHER HE CO- FOUNDED FIRST RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL U-S CALLED AMERICAN SCHOOL DEAF A-S-D WHERE? HARTFORD C-O-N-N. YEAR 1894 GALLAUDET COLLEGE NAMED AFTER HIM.
Derrick Coleman was the first deaf football player to participate in the Super Bowl in 2014.
YEAR 2014 D-E-R-R-I-C-K C-O-L-E-M-A-N HE FIRST DEAF FOOTBALL PLAYER INVOLVED SUPER BOWL.
In 1864 Abraham Lincoln approved Gallaudet College to award degrees.
YEAR 1864 ABRAHAM LINCOLN APPROVED GALLAUDET COLLEGE AWARDED DEGREES.