Timeline 1918 JULY 14, 1913 Gerald Ford is born in Omaha Willa Cather’s “My Ántonia” is published HERITAgE NEBRASKA 1954 JUNE 28, 1904 The Kinkaid Act of 1904 amends the Homestead Act of 1862, granting homesteaders up to 640 acres of land in western Nebraska Valmont Industries licenses patent for center-pivot irrigation from inventor Frank Zybach, revolutionizing agriculture MAY 19, 1925 Malcolm X is born in Omaha 1927 Kool-Aid is invented in central Nebraska 1935 Mari Sandoz’s “Old Jules” is published 1961 OCTOBER 1, 1962 Nebraskan and famed comedian Johnny Carson begins his 30-year run as host of “The Tonight Show” Cabela’s Inc. forms in Chappell 1970 HISTORICAL PHOTOS COURTESY OF: N E B RAS KA STAT E HISTORICAL SOCIETY KOOL-AID MAN COURTESY OF: KRAFT FOODS GROUP BRANDS LLC ILLUSTRATIONS BY: BELLA THOMPSON AND ADOBE STOCK The “Oracle of Omaha,” Warren Buffet, becomes chairman of Berkshire Hathaway JUNE 8, 2007 Clayton Anderson, the only Nebraska-born astronaut, launches to the International Space Station The Official 2026 Nebraska State Travel Guide 41
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