Key Events in Deaf History

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First Deaf School in the U.S.

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American School for the Deaf, 1817

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Founder of American Sign Language (ASL)

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Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

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First Deaf President of Gallaudet University

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I. King Jordan, 1988

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Deaf President Now Movement

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1988 protest at Gallaudet University

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First Deaf Miss America

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Heather Whitestone, 1995

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National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Founded

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1880

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Famous Deaf Painter

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Chuck Baird

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First Deaf Actor to Win an Oscar

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Marlee Matlin, 1986

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Milan Conference Impact

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1880, discouraged sign language

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Deaflympics First Held

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1924