The Color of Water By GloGang2 Period: Apr 1, 1921 to Dec 31, 1980 Major Events Oct 29, 1929 Stock Market crashes Mar 4, 1933 FDR is Elected Aug 2, 1934 Adolf Hitler is elected Chancellor of Germany Aug 1, 1936 1936 Berlin Olympics takes place in Nazi Germany Sep 1, 1939 Hitler invades Poland Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor is bombed Dec 11, 1941 America enters WWII Sep 2, 1945 WWII ends with the surrender of Japan Jul 26, 1948 President Truman desegregates the Military May 17, 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Period: Dec 5, 1955 to Dec 20, 1956 Montgomery bus boycott Sep 21, 1957 Little Rock Nine Feb 1, 1960 Greensboro sit-ins May 4, 1961 Freedom Riders Aug 23, 1963 MLK delivers "I have a dream speech" Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Aug 6, 1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965 Aug 11, 1965 Watts Riots Jul 20, 1969 America puts first Man on the Moon Jun 17, 1972 Watergate Scandal Aug 9, 1974 President Nixon resigns Nov 4, 1979 Iranian hostage crisis