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The invention of the Model T
On October 1, 1908 -
The Zimmerman Telegram
January 1917 -
The WWI Armistice
The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice that ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War I between the Allies and their opponent, Germany. -
The 19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote, a right known as women's suffrage, and was ratified on August 18, 1920 -
Charles Lindbergh’s Flight
On May 21, 1927 -
Black Thursday
October 24, 1929 -
The New Deal
1933 -
Hitler becomes chancellor
30 January 1933 -
Hitler Invades Poland
Sep 1, 1939 – Oct 6, 1939 -
The Munich Pact
September 29, 1938 -
Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb
1940–49 -
Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941 -
D-Day
June 6, 1944 -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Aug 6, 1945 – Aug 9, 1945 -
The formation of United Nations
October 24, 1945 -
The Long Telegram
February 22, 1946 -
The formation of NATO
April 4, 1949 -
The Korean War
Jun 25, 1950 – Jul 27, 1953 -
Brown v Board of Education
Dec 9, 1952 – May 17, 1954 -
The Vietnam War
Nov 1, 1955 – Apr 30, 1975 -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
December 1, 1955 -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Oct 16, 1962 – Oct 28, 1962 -
JFK’s Assassination
November 22, 1963 -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
On August 7, 1964, -
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
July 20, 1969 -
The Watergate Break-ins
June 17, 1972 -
Nixon’s Resignation
August 9, 1974 -
The invention of the Internet
January 1, 1983 -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
On November 9, 1989 -
The 9/11 Attacks
September 11, 2001