US History B Timeline By jillpole 1908 The invention of the Model T Jan 16, 1917 The Zimmerman Telegram Nov 11, 1918 The WWI Armistice Jun 4, 1919 The 19th Amendment approved Aug 18, 1920 The 19th Amendment ratified Period: May 20, 1927 to May 21, 1927 Charles Lindbergh's Flight Oct 24, 1929 Black Thursday Period: 1933 to 1939 The New Deal Jan 30, 1933 Hilter becomes chancellor Sep 30, 1938 The Munich Pact Sep 1, 1939 Hitler invades Poland Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attack Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Jun 26, 1945 The United Nations Charter is signed Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Bombing of Nagasaki Oct 24, 1945 The United Nations is officially established Feb 22, 1946 George Kennan sends the Long Telegram Apr 4, 1949 NATO established Aug 29, 1949 The Soviet Union test detonates its first atomic bomb Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953 The Korean War May 17, 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975 The Vietnam War Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat Period: Oct 16, 1962 to Oct 29, 1962 The Cuban Missile Crisis Nov 22, 1963 JFK's Assasination Aug 7, 1964 The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Jul 20, 1969 The Apollo 11 Moon Landing Jun 17, 1972 The Watergate Break-In Aug 8, 1974 Nixon's Resignation Jan 1, 1983 The invention of the internet Nov 9, 1989 The Fall of the Berlin Wall Sep 11, 2001 The 9/11 Attacks Period: Dec 12, 2019 to 2022 Covid-19 Pandemic