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Model T is built by Henry Ford
He creates the assembly line to mass produce cars -
The stock market crash
This was the beginning of the Great Depression -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the bus
Ushers in the Civil Rights movement, the 1964 Civil Rights Legislation is passed. 1968 Martin Luther King is assassinated -
Human on the moon
We put a human being on the moon!! This took a decade of dedicated effort There were six manned US landings between 1969 and 1972 A total of 12 individuals have stepped foot on the moon -
Cold war Ends with the Berlin walls destruction
The Berlin Wall is torn down, and the Cold War ends For forty years, we had been in a "Cold War" with the Soviet Union