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President Harris Truman assassination attempt
President Truman was living in Blair House while the White House was unddergoing construction and two guys attempt to assassinate him. -
USA in Korean War
January 14 1950 : USA recalled all consular officials in China because of the seizure of American consul general in Peking.
June 25 1950 : Korean War begins after North Korea and Soviet Union invades South Korea. USA is involved in the War by air strikes and Navy against North Korea with order of President Truman. -
US bombing Vietnam
US planes beginning bombing raids of North Vietnam -
Presidential terms ratified
22nd Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified, limiting the president to 2 terms -
Porto Rico
Porto Rico becomes a US commonwealth -
Detonation of 1st hydrogen bomb
1st hydrogen bomb is detonated by US on Eniwetok an atoll in the Marsha Islands -
Korean Conflict ending
November 29 1952 : President Eisenhower tries to end the Korea Conflict.
July 27 1953 : USA, China, South Korea signed an Armistice Agreement. -
Mutual Defense Pact signed
September 8 1954 : USA, Great Britain, Australia, New Zeeland, France, Philippines, Pakistan, and Thailand formed in Bankock, Thailand, a Southeastern Asia Treaty Organization and created a mutual defence pact. -
Bus Boycott leading to bus desegragation
December 1955 : Rosa Park, an African American seamstress refuses to give up her seat on the bus to a white male. This leads to boycott and desegregation of busses.
1956 : congresmen from Southern states call for massive resistance ruling on desegragation.
1957 : Akansas' Governor Orval Faubus called on National Guard to bar nine black students to attend previously all-white high school. -
Space discovery
1957 : 1st attempt by US to launch a satellite in space fails. It exploded on launchpad.
1958 : Explorer, 1st US Space satellite is launched by Army at Cape Canaval. -
Alaska and Hawaii joined the USA
1959 : Alaska and Hawaii become respectively the 49th and 50th states that formed the USA -
Up, up, and away.
Lt. Col. John Glenn becomes first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth. Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth and returned to space in 1998 aboard a Space Shuttle flight. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
President Kennedy denounces Soviet Union for secretly installing missile bases on Cuba and initiates a naval blockade of the island (Oct. 22–Nov. 20). -
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
Martin Luther King delivers his "I have a Dream" speech before a crowd of 200,000 people during the Civil Rights march. -
35th president
John Fitzgerald Kennedy the 35th president was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald. In office since Jan. 20 1961 to til the time of his death. -
The Civil Rights Act
Is a landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. This was the day President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. -
This means war !
In response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident of August 2 and 4, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, per the authority given to him by Congress in the subsequent Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, decided to escalate the Vietnam Conflict by sending U.S. ground troops to Vietnam. On March 8, 1965, 3,500 U.S. Marines landed near Da Nang in South Vietnam; they are the first U.S. troops arrive in Vietnam. -
Massacre arises
Voting Rights Act, which prohibits discriminatory voting practices (Aug. 6). In six days of rioting in Watts, a black section of Los Angeles, 35 people are killed and 883 injured (Aug. 11–16). -
The Black Panthers
The Black Panthers were a party in Oakland, California created by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. Their main purpose was to patrol and to protect the black public of police brutality. -
Amends
Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, outlining the procedures for filling vacancies in the presidency and vice presidency. -
MLK
Martin Luther King is assasinated. Just one day before Robert F. Kennedy is assasinated as well. -
Election Day
Richard Nixon is elected 37th President of America. -
Race to Space
Jul. 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the moon. Winning America the race to space. -
Antiwar Protest
Four students are shot to death by National Guardsmen during an antiwar protest at Kent State University. -
Home Sweet Home
U.S. Troops leave Vietnam. -
Fourth of July
200th Birthday of America. A holiday til present day to celebrate the Declaration of Independence. -
1980 CD, VCR, & Cable become common
1980s and 1990s, until the VCR was superseded by the DVD player and PVR, prerecorded videotapes were widely available for purchase and rental, and blank tapes were sold to make recordings. -
Social Security Act 1983
President Ronald Reagan proposed the development of the technology to intercept enemy nuclear missiles. The plan was called" strategy Defense Initiative" or S.D.I. was dubbed "Star Wars " -
1983 President Reagan make a proposal
Mr. Reagan proposed to make obsolete the current United States policy of relying on massive retaliation by its ballistic missiles to counter the threat of a Soviet nuclear attack.” -
1988 The indian Gaming Regulatory act
To provide a statutory basis for the regulation of gaming by the indian tribu adecuate to shield it from organized crime and other corrupting influences -
1990 NAFTA formed
NAFTA is the North American Free Trade Agreement. It was envisioned at least 30 years ago to reduce trading costs, to increase business investment, and to help North America be more competitive in the global marketplace. -
President Clinton signed a law.
President Clinton signed a law " The personal responsability and work opportunity reconciliation act" the controversial legislation which repeals the 60 year old social safety net for the poor and requires welfare recipients to work. -
1997 Nasa lands on Mars
First time Nasa lands Mars -
2001 Attacks
The september 11 of 2001 attacks were held by terrorists from Afganistan. -
2008 GLobal Financial Crisis and Recess
In 2008 the world economy faced its most dangerous crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. -
2010 Web Social Network Facilities Revolution
New sites such as facebook, Instagram, Tweeter become more popular in the web
