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The invention of the Model T
Henry Ford Mass produces the model T. This makes it more affordable for people to purchase cars. -
The Zimmerman Telegram
This telegram, written by German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann, was a coded message sent to Mexico, proposing a military alliance against the United States -
The WWI Armistice
After more than four years of horrific fighting and the loss of millions of lives, the guns on the Western Front fell silent. Although fighting continued elsewhere, the armistice between Germany and the Allies was the first step to ending World War I. -
The 19th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. -
Charles Lindbergh’s Flight
Charles Lindbergh made the first trans A flight across New York to Paris. -
Black Thursday
The stock market collapsed investors began selling overpriced shares in mass. Which led to many going broke. -
Hitler becomes chancellor
following a series of electoral victories by the Nazi Party. He ruled absolutely until his death by suicide in April 1945. -
The New Deal
The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt -
The Munich Pact
Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement, by which Czechoslovakia must surrender its border regions and defenses the so-called Sudeten region to Nazi Germany. -
Hitler Invades Poland
The invasion of Poland was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union which marked the beginning of World War II. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor. -
D-Day
D-Day Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
The United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people. -
The formation of United Nations
The United Nations was established after World War II in an attempt to maintain international peace and security and to achieve cooperation among nations on economic, social, and humanitarian problems. -
The Long Telegram
George Kennan, the American charge d'affaires in Moscow, sent an 8,000-word telegram to the Department of State detailing his views on the Soviet Union, and U.S. policy toward the communist state. -
The formation of NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two North American. -
Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb
The Soviets successfully tested their first nuclear device, called RDS-1 or “First Lightning” -
The Korean War
The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea from 1950 to 1953. -
Brown v Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483, was a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. -
The Vietnam War
At the heart of the conflict was the desire of North Vietnam, which had defeated the French colonial administration of Vietnam in 1954, to unify the entire country under a single communist regime modeled after those of the Soviet Union and China. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
Rosa Parks decided to stay in her seat and not get up. She later got arrested. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 35-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union -
JFK’s Assassination
JFK was in a parade and then was shot in the head and killed. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution authorized President Lyndon Johnson to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression” by the communist government of North Vietnam. -
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Apollo 11 was the American spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. -
The Watergate Break-ins
The scandal stemmed from the Nixon administration's continual attempts to cover up its involvement. -
Nixon’s Resignation
President Richard Nixon made an address to the American public from the Oval Office to announce his resignation from the presidency due to the Watergate scandal. -
The invention of the Internet
Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf who developed a “communications model,” standardizing how data was transmitted in multiple networks. Arpanet adopted this and the internet was born. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
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. -
The 9/11 Attacks
The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States. -
Covid-19 Pandemic
The Coronavirus communly known as covid was a virus that killed thousands across the world.