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Deaf History Timeline
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Deaf
History
1900-1950
1901
The National Fraternal Society of the Deaf was formed as an insurance carrier for Deaf men.
1902
Helen Keller earned a BA degree cum laude at Radcliffe College.
1905
NFSD grew their members to 200 but in 8 divisons.
1905
1906
Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind opened in Gooding.
1906
1910
February 6 there was a big fire in the College Hall causing $25,000 in damages and losses. Students, faculty, and fire department worked hard to put out the fire. It was bitter cold and the water turned into ice, encasing the entire building in ice.
1910
1910
From 1910-1920, The Deaf people preserved Sign Language film series, poems, lectures, and stories in Sign Language on film. Funds for the projects were raised by George Veditz.
1910
1922
Rolf Harmsen became first deaf athlete to run 100-yard dash in 9.8 seconds.
1924
The International Committee of Silent Sports (ICSS) was founded on August 16 by E. Rubens Alcais of France and Antoine Dresse of Belgium following the first International Games for the Deaf which were held in Pershing Stadium in Paris.
1924
1926
Edith Fitzgerald published Straight Language for the Deaf.
1928
Nellie Zabel Willhite (deaf) was licensed to fly in South Dakota. She is believed to be the first solo deaf pilot in the world.
1929
Francis P. Gibson is a prisdent of NFSA but he died in 1929.
1929
1933
Everett “Silent” Rattan won 109 straight wrestling matches as a professional deaf wrestler.
1943
Image 5 of Heart Mountain sentinel (Cody, Wyoming) Newspaper relase about deaf people
1943
1947
Rhulin Thomas of D.C became the first deaf aviator to fly coast to coast.
1947
1949
Carter Bearden (deaf) was first deaf Southern Baptist Missionary in Waco, Texas