United States Events Timeline

  • 1912

    1912
    Girl Scouts of The USA was started by Juliet Gordon Low
  • 1913

    1913
    Henry Ford establishes the modern assembly line.
  • 1914

    1914
    World War I Begins. Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia.
  • 1920

    1920
    19th Amendment is established. Women are granted the right to vote
  • 1920

    1920
    National Football League is established
  • 1928

    1928
    Amelia Earhart becomes the first women to fly across the Atlantic Ocean
  • 1928

    1928
    Disney's Steamboat Willie opens, first film featuring Mickey Mouse
  • 1931

    1931
    Francis Scott Key's "Star Spangled Banner" is officially named the United States' national anthem.
  • 1941

    1941
    Attack on Peral Harbor
  • 1955

    1955
    Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the bus to a white man.