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The invention of the Model T
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The Zimmerman Telegram
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The WWI Armistice
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The 19th Amendment
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Charles Lindbergh’s Flight
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Black Thursday
"Panicked investors sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunging 11% at the open in very heavy volume." https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/blackthursday.asp -
Hitler becomes chancellor
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The New Deal
A series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations made by President FDR. Lasted until 1939. -
The Munich Pact
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Hitler Invades Poland
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Pearl Harbor
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D-Day
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Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Atomic bombings on the Japanese towns of Hiroshima & Nagasaki. -
The formation of United Nations
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The Long Telegram
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The formation of NATO
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Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb
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The Korean War
Lasted until July 27, 1953 -
Brown v Board of Education
Brown won the case that ended with the unanimous decision that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. -
The Vietnam War
Lasted until April 30, 1975. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
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The Cuban Missile Crisis
Lasted until October 28 of the same year. -
JFK’s Assassination
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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
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The invention of the Internet
This was when the first message ("LOGIN") was delivered over ARPAnet. -
The Watergate Break-ins
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Nixon’s Resignation
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The Fall of the Berlin Wall
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The 9/11 Attacks
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Covid-19 Pandemic
It was first declared a global pandemic on this date.
