Timeline Assignment

By kkayjade

  • 1900

    1900
    The Bayer company in Germany sells aspirin in the form of water-soluble tablets, the first medication of its kind

  • 1910

    1910
    D.W. Griffith directs "In Old California", which was the first film shot in the California village of Hollywood

  • 1920

    1920
    Women are granted the right to vote with the 19th Amendment in the United States

  • 1940

    1940
    Germany takes control of Russia in order to secure the country's oil fields

  • 1950

    1950
    In response to the Soviet atom bomb, President Truman announces developing a hydrogen bomb

  • 1960

    1960
    Birth control pill gets FDA approval in the US and goes on sale

  • 1970

    1970
    President Nixon sends US troops into Cambodia to destroy Vietminh bases

  • 1980

    1980
    Republican Ronald Reagan wins the US presidential election against Jimmy Carter

  • 1990

    1990
    Julia Roberts and Richard Gere star in the movie, "Pretty Woman"

  • 1999

    1999
    The US Senate begins an impeachment trial of President Clinton for perjury and obstruction