{"slug": "colorado", "label": "Colorado", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1261", "qid": "Q1261", "description": "state of the United States of America", "entries": 17, "years": 17, "span": [1806, 1997], "span_label": ["1806 CE", "1997 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 4}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "new-mexico", "label": "New Mexico", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "oklahoma", "label": "Oklahoma", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "september", "label": "September", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "louisiana", "label": "Louisiana", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "arizona", "label": "Arizona", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-states-congress", "label": "United States Congress", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dwight-d-eisenhower", "label": "Dwight D. Eisenhower", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "u-s-state", "label": "U.S. state", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "human-cannibalism", "label": "Human cannibalism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "rocky-mountains", "label": "Rocky Mountains", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "american-indian-wars", "label": "American Indian Wars", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cheyenne", "label": "Cheyenne", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1806, "year_label": "1806 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "November 15", "text": "November 15 – Pike Expedition: During his second exploratory expedition, Lieutenant Zebulon Pike sees a distant mountain peak while near the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains (later named Pikes Peak in his honor).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368311144#October–December", "title": "1806", "revid": 1368311144, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1851, "year_label": "1851 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "April 9", "text": "April 9 – San Luis, the oldest permanent settlement in the state of Colorado, is founded by settlers from Taos, New Mexico.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358777790#April–June", "title": "1851", "revid": 1358777790, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1859, "year_label": "1859 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "July", "text": "July – Pike's Peak Gold Rush begins in the Colorado Territory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363808636#July–September", "title": "1859 in the United States", "revid": 1363808636, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1864, "year_label": "1864 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 29", "text": "November 29 – American Indian Wars: Sand Creek massacre – Colorado volunteers, led by Colonel John Chivington, massacre at least 400 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants at Sand Creek, Colorado (where they had been given permission to camp); many of the dead are subsequently mutilated.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369213895#November", "title": "1864", "revid": 1369213895, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1876, "year_label": "1876 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 1", "text": "August 1 – Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363589433#August", "title": "1876", "revid": 1363589433, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1879, "year_label": "1879 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 29", "text": "September 29 – Meeker Massacre: Nathan Meeker and others are killed in an uprising at the White River Ute Indian reservation in Colorado.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365404244#September", "title": "1879", "revid": 1365404244, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1883, "year_label": "1883 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "April 13", "text": "April 13 – In Colorado, prospector Alferd Packer convicted of manslaughter after being accused of cannibalism.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353069908#April–June", "title": "1883 in the United States", "revid": 1353069908, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1888, "year_label": "1888 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "December 18", "text": "December 18 – Richard Wetherill and his brother-in-law, Charlie Mason, discover the Indian ruins of Mesa Verde in southwestern Colorado.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372679419#December", "title": "1888", "revid": 1372679419, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1891, "year_label": "1891 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "October 16", "text": "October 16 – White River National Forest is established in Colorado.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367885504#Events", "title": "1891 in the United States", "revid": 1367885504, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1893, "year_label": "1893 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 7", "text": "November 7 – Colorado women are granted the right to vote.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369946190#November", "title": "1893", "revid": 1369946190, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1935, "year_label": "1935 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "April 14", "text": "April 14 – Dust Bowl: \"Black Sunday\", the great dust storm in the United States hits eastern New Mexico and Colorado, and western Oklahoma the hardest (it will be made famous by Woody Guthrie, in his \"dust bowl ballads\").", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370722923#April", "title": "1935", "revid": 1370722923, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1940, "year_label": "1940 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September", "text": "September – The U.S. Army 45th Infantry Division (previously a National Guard Division in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Oklahoma), is activated and ordered into federal service for one year, to engage in a training program in Ft. Sill and Louisiana, prior to serving in WWII.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818987#September", "title": "1940", "revid": 1368818987, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1954, "year_label": "1954 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 1", "text": "April 1 – The U.S. Congress and President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorize the founding of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369212684#April", "title": "1954", "revid": 1369212684, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1970, "year_label": "1970 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "October 2", "text": "October 2 – The Wichita State University football team's \"Gold\" plane crashes in Colorado, killing most of the players. They were on their way (along with administrators and fans) to a game with Utah State University.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370420699#October", "title": "1970", "revid": 1370420699, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1972, "year_label": "1972 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 4", "text": "July 4 – The first Rainbow Gathering is held in Colorado.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371514417#July", "title": "1972", "revid": 1371514417, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1991, "year_label": "1991 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "June 16", "text": "June 16 – Father's Day bank massacre: Four security guards are shot to death during a bank robbery at the United Bank Tower in Denver, Colorado, United States. The former police officer subsequently charged with the crime is acquitted, and the case remains unsolved.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371487470#June", "title": "1991", "revid": 1371487470, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1997, "year_label": "1997 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "June 2", "text": "June 2 – In Denver, Colorado, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367978156#June", "title": "1997", "revid": 1367978156, "section": "Events › June"}}]}