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Invention of the Model T
First production of the Model T Ford. -
Zimmerman Telegram
Telegram sent by Germany to Mexico that, "proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the prior event of the United States entering World War I against Germany."
Wikipedia contributors. "Zimmermann Telegram." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 8 Jan. 2018. Web. 10 Jan. 2018. -
The WW1 Armistice
WW1 came to an end with Germany by the signing of an armistice (agreement to stop fighting) by Allies and Germany. -
19th Amendment
This amendment granted women the right to vote. -
Charles Lindbergh's Flight
First airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean. -
Black Thursday
Stock market crash of 1929. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor
Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. -
The New Deal
"The New Deal was a series of federal programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted in the United States during the 1930s in response to the Great Depression." Wikipedia contributors. "New Deal." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 30 Dec. 2017. Web. 10 Jan. 2018. -
The Munich Pact
"The Munich Agreement was an agreement between France, Italy, Nazi Germany and Britain. After Germany invaded the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia, the British and French prime ministers tried to get Hitler to agree not to use his military in the future in return for the land he had taken." "Munich Agreement." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 26 Jul 2017, 03:41 UTC. 10 Jan 2018, 14:42 -
Hitler invades Poland
Nazi Germany invades Poland under Adolf Hitler. -
Pearl Harbor
"The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941" Wikipedia contributors. "Attack on Pearl Harbor." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 27 Dec. 2017. Web. 10 Jan. 2018. -
D - Day
"In the military, D-Day is the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. The best known D-Day is during World War II, on June 6, 1944—the day of the Normandy landings—initiating the Western Allied effort to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi Germany." Wikipedia contributors. "D-Day (military term)." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 26 Aug. 2017. Web. 10 Jan. 2018. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
"During the final stage of World War II, the United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945." Wikipedia contributors. "Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 6 Jan. 2018. Web. 10 Jan. 2018. -
The formation of United Nations
"The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international cooperation and to create and maintain international order." Wikipedia contributors. "United Nations." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 8 Jan. 2018. Web. 10 Jan. 2018. -
The Long Telegram
8,000 word telegram from George Kennan that became known as the long telegram. -
The formation of NATO
"The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between several North American and European states based on the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949." Wikipedia contributors. "NATO." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 7 Jan. 2018. Web. 10 Jan. 2018. -
Russians aquire the Atomic Bomb
"The Soviet atomic bomb project was the classified research and development program that was authorized by Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union to develop nuclear weapons during World War II." Wikipedia contributors. "Soviet atomic bomb project." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 5 Jan. 2018. Web. 10 Jan. 2018. -
The Korean War
"The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border." (Lasted 1950 - 1953) Wikipedia contributors. "Korean War." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 10 Jan. 2018. Web. 10 Jan. 2018. -
Brown vs Board of Education
"Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka... was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional." Wikipedia contributors. "Brown v. Board of Education." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 8 Jan. 2018. Web. 10 Jan. 2018. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the bus to a white man. Her actions contributed to the civil rights movement. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
13 day political/military standoff over "the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores." Many people feared we were on the brink of nuclear war. History, Cuban Missile Crisis. -
JFK's Assassination
John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, was assassinated. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
"The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution or the Southeast Asia Resolution... enacted August 10, 1964, was a joint resolution that the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964, in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident." Wikipedia contributors. "Gulf of Tonkin Resolution." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 5 Dec. 2017. Web. 10 Jan. 2018. -
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
First man on the moon. -
The Watergate Break-in
"The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States during the early 1970s, following a break-in by five men at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. on June 17, 1972." Wikipedia contributors. "Watergate scandal." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2 Jan. 2018.Web. 10 Jan. 2018. -
Nixon's Regestration
"The presidency of Richard Nixon began on January 20, 1969, when Nixon was inaugurated, and ended on August 9, 1974, when he resigned in the face of almost certain impeachment and removal from office, the first U.S. president ever to do so." Wikipedia contributors. "Presidency of Richard Nixon." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 22 Dec. 2017. Web. 10 Jan. 2018. -
The Vietnam War
From 1955 - 1975. Fought between North and South Vietnam -
The Invention of the Internet
"ARPANET adopted TCP/IP on January 1, 1983, and from there researchers began to assemble the “network of networks” that became the modern Internet." History.com, Who Invented the Internet. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
"On November 9, 1989, as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West. Starting at midnight that day, he said, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country's borders." History.com, Berlin Wall - Cold War. -
The 9/11 Attacks
"The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001." Wikipedia contributors. "September 11 attacks." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 6 Jan. 2018. Web. 10 Jan. 2018.
