Francis Scott Key, and he died in 1843.
The Star Spangled Banner
1931
Francis Scott Key wrote it when he saw the British attack at Fort McHenry in War of 1812. He died on January 11, 1843.
It was made official in 1931.
It never has been. It was and is only the anthem of the USA.
the Star Spangled Banner was composed during the War of 1812. It was recognized for official use by the Navy in 1889, and finally became America's National Anthem in 1931.
Singer and songwriter, Mariah Carey sang the Star Spangled Banner at the 2002 Super Bowl. Her performance of the National Anthem received good reviews overall.
"Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing", also known as the black national anthem, was first performed in public in 1900. That was long after the words for the Star Spangled Banner were written in 1814 and set to music later in that same year. "The Star Spangled Banner" became the national anthem in 1931, but had been used as such since 1889 or earlier.
1918
1814 - After the battle at Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.
It was in the year 1814, during a particularly sharp battle between the United States and Great Britain, that Francis Scott Key composed "The Star-Spangled Banner". Coming out of a poem originally titled "Defense of Fort McHenry", this composition by Key would go on to become the national anthem of the U.S.