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The invention of the Model T
The first production Model T Ford. -
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History
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The Zimmerman Telegram
"The message came in the form of a coded telegram dispatched by the Foreign Secretary of the German Empire, Arthur Zimmermann, on 11 January 1917." -
The WWI Armistice
"Armistice Day is commemorated every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning." -
The 19th Amendment
The 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. -
Black Thursday
"Black Thursday is the name given to Thursday, Oct. 24, 1929, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 11% at the open in very heavy volume, precipitating the Wall Street crash of 1929 and the subsequent Great Depression of the 1930s." -
Hitler becomes Chancellor
Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. -
The New Deal
Great Depression Leads to a New Deal for the American People. -
The Munich Pact
Adolf Hitler, Neville Chamberlain, Benito Mussolini and Édouard Daladier signed the Munich Agreement. -
Hitler Invades Poland
The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. -
Pearl Harbor
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D-Day
The Normandy landings in WW2. -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
"The United States dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively, during the final stage of World War II." -
The Formation of United Nations
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The Long Telegram
"Kennan responded on February 22, 1946, by sending a lengthy 5,500-word telegram (sometimes cited as being more than 8,000 words) from Moscow to Secretary of State James Byrnes outlining a new strategy for diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union." -
The formation of NATO
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Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb
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The Korean War Begins
The beginning of a three year war. -
The Korean War Ends
The three years war ends. -
Brown v Board of Education
"United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional." -
The Vietnam War Starts
This is the beginning of a 20 year war between America, France, and North Vietnam (who were joined by South Vietnam eventually). -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
She took a stand when the bus driver ordered her to move for a white man. She was one of the few who stood up to the racism. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
She took a stand when the bus driver ordered her to move for a white man. She was one of the few who stood up to the racism. -
The Sputnick Scare
The soviet union made and launched the first man made satellite. (invention of internet) -
Invention of Internet
"In 1962, a scientist from M.I.T. and ARPA named J.C.R. Licklider proposed a solution to this problem: a “galactic network” of computers that could talk to one another." -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
It lasted until the 18th but began on the 14th. -
JFK’s Assassination
12:30 p.m. on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
This was the day it was passed. -
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Mission commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldri landed on the moon. -
The Watergate Break-ins
"Nixon aides G. Gordon Liddy and James W. McCord Jr. are convicted of conspiracy, burglary and wiretapping in the Watergate incident." -
Nixon’s Resignation
Richard M. Nixon resigned the right after the Watergate scandal. -
The Vietnam War Ends
End of the war. -
The Vietnam War Ends
End of the war. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
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The 9/11 Attacks
Four coordinated terrorist attacks. -
Charles Lindbergh’s Flight
May 20-21. Lindbergh was the first person to cross the atlantic alone nonstop.