Social Studies Education

WWI

Period: Jan 1, 1914 to Jan 16, 1918

The Great Depression

Period: Jan 16, 1929 to Jan 16, 1932

NCSS Founded

Jan 17, 1929

WWII

Period: Jan 17, 1939 to Jan 17, 1945

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

President Roosevelt's Speech

Korean War

Period: Jan 17, 1950 to Jan 17, 1953

Civil Rights

Period: Jan 17, 1955 to Jan 17, 1968

First Satellite Launched

Jan 17, 1957

Sputnik, Russia

Vietnam

Period: Jan 16, 1960 to Jan 16, 1973

First Man in Space

Jan 16, 1961

Yuri Gragarin, Russia

First Man on Moon

Jan 17, 1969

Neil Armstrong, USA

Watergate

Jan 16, 1974

Richard Nixon was accused of perjury and later resigned as president before he could be impeached.

NCLB Mandate in Schools

Period: Jan 17, 2000 to Jan 17, 2013

World Trade Center Attacks

Sep 11, 2001

On September 11, 2011 terrorists boarded airplanes and hijacked them using box cutters and other weapons. The hijackers crashed two planes into the twin towers, collapsing the buildings and killing nearly 3,000 people.

First Black President Elected in USA

Jan 17, 2008

Barrack Obama