{"slug": "wisconsin", "label": "Wisconsin", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1537", "qid": "Q1537", "description": "state of the United States of America", "entries": 11, "years": 10, "span": [1634, 2013], "span_label": ["1634 CE", "2013 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 2}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "united-states-senate", "label": "United States Senate", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "august", "label": "August", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "michigan", "label": "Michigan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "united-states", "label": "United States", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "calvin-coolidge", "label": "Calvin Coolidge", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "u-s-state", "label": "U.S. state", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "indiana", "label": "Indiana", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "chicago", "label": "Chicago", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-mexico", "label": "New Mexico", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "montana", "label": "Montana", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1634, "year_label": "1634 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August", "text": "August (prob.) – Jean Nicolet becomes the first European to set foot in what becomes the U.S. state of Wisconsin. He is in search of a water-route to the Pacific, when he lands at Green Bay of Lake Michigan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353730997#July–September", "title": "1634", "revid": 1353730997, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1634, "year_label": "1634 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August", "text": "August (prob.) – Jean Nicolet becomes the first European to set foot in Wisconsin. He is in search of a water-route to the Pacific, when he lands at Green Bay (Lake Michigan).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737084#July–December", "title": "1634 in France", "revid": 1353737084, "section": "Events › July–December"}}, {"year": 1846, "year_label": "1846 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "January 30", "text": "January 30 – The City of Milwaukee is incorporated in Wisconsin, merging Juneautown, Kilbourntown and Walker's Point following the Milwaukee Bridge War of 1845. Solomon Juneau is elected first mayor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369806087#Events", "title": "1846 in the United States", "revid": 1369806087, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1871, "year_label": "1871 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "October 8", "text": "October 8 – Four major fires break out in the Upper Midwest in Chicago, Illinois, Peshtigo, Wisconsin, Holland, Michigan, and Manistee, Michigan. The Great Chicago Fire is the most infamous of these, killing 300 people, destroying 17,500 buildings and leaving nearly 100,000 people homeless, although the Peshtigo Fire in Wisconsin kills as many as 2,500 people, making it the deadliest fire in United States history.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358721675#October–December", "title": "1871 in the United States", "revid": 1358721675, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1903, "year_label": "1903 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "American motorcycle brand Harley-Davidson is founded in Wisconsin.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373319317#Date_unknown", "title": "1903", "revid": 1373319317, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1924, "year_label": "1924 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 4", "text": "November 4 – 1924 United States presidential election: Republican Calvin Coolidge defeats Democrat John W. Davis and Progressive Wisconsin Senator, Robert M. La Follette Sr.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372136634#November", "title": "1924", "revid": 1372136634, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1936, "year_label": "1936 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "July 13", "text": "July 13–14 – Peak of July 1936 heat wave: The U.S. states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana all set new state records for high temperature. At Mio in northern Michigan, it soars to 113 °F.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373956397#July–September", "title": "1936 in the United States", "revid": 1373956397, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1950, "year_label": "1950 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "February 9", "text": "February 9 – In Wheeling, West Virginia, Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin makes a speech that claims to have 205 communists in the U.S. State Department.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371638577#February", "title": "1950", "revid": 1371638577, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1954, "year_label": "1954 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 2", "text": "December 2 – Red Scare: The United States Senate votes 67–22 to censure Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy, for \"conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute.\"", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369212684#December", "title": "1954", "revid": 1369212684, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1969, "year_label": "1969 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "January 28", "text": "January 28 – 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill: A blowout on Union Oil's Platform A spills 80,000 to 100,000 barrels of crude oil into a channel and onto the beaches of Santa Barbara County in Southern California; on February 5 the oil spill closes Santa Barbara's harbor. The incident inspires Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson to organize the first Earth Day in 1970.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373164180#January", "title": "1969", "revid": 1373164180, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 2013, "year_label": "2013 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "February 11", "text": "February 11 – The Emergency Alert Systems of five different television stations across the U.S. states of Montana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and New Mexico are hijacked, airing a false \"Zombie apocalypse\" hoax. It is amongst one of the largest cybersecurity breaches in EAS history.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373160550#February", "title": "2013", "revid": 1373160550, "section": "Events › February"}}]}