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The invention of the Model T
This as the first production Model T. (A car.) -
The Zimmerman Telegram
Germany proposed a military alliance with Mexico against the United States. -
The WWI Armistice
This was the armistice signed at Le Francport near Compiègne that ended fighting on land, sea, and air in World War I between the Allies and their opponent, Germany. -
The 19th Amendment
The 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. -
Charles Lindbergh’s Flight
"Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean." -
Black Thursday
Also known as the Great Crash was a major stock market crash that occurred in 1929. -
The New Deal
Was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939. -
Hitler becomes chancellor
Hitler became the chancellor. -
The Munich Pact
The Munich Agreement or Munich Betrayal was an agreement concluded -
Hitler Invades Poland
"He German army under Adolf Hitler launched an invasion of Poland that triggered the start of World War II (though by 1939 Japan and China were already at war)." -
Pearl Harbor
"The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise, preemptive military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, just before 08:00, on Sunday morning." -
D-Day
Codenamed Operation Overlord, the battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day. -
The formation of United Nations
"The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization responsible for maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, achieving international cooperation, and being a center for harmonizing the actions of nations." -
The Long Telegram
"In reply, Kennan wrote the Long Telegram outlining his opinions and views of the Soviets; "According to Kennan, the Soviets' view of the world came from a traditional 'Russian sense of insecurity...'" -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
"The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively, with the consent of the United Kingdom, as required by the Quebec Agreement." -
The formation of NATO
"The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries." -
Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb
It would only be a matter of months before the U.S.S.R. exploded its own atomic bomb. -
The Korean War
"The Korean War began when North Korean troops pushed into South Korea on June 25, 1950, and it lasted until 1953" -
Brown v Board of Education
"On May 17, 1954, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas" -
The Vietnam War
"The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War" -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
"Alabama, Parks rejected bus driver James F. Blake's order to relinquish her seat in the "colored section" to a white passenger, after the whites-only section was filled" -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
"The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis of 1962, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union initiated by the American discovery of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba." -
JFK’s Assassination
John Fitzgerald Kennedy often referred to by the initials JFK and Jack. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
"The Gulf of Tonkin incident, also known as the USS Maddox incident, was an international confrontation that led to the United States engaging more directly in the Vietnam War." -
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. -
The Watergate Break-ins
"The scandal stemmed from the June 17, 1972, break-in of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate Office Building in Washington, D.C., by five men and the Nixon administration's subsequent attempts to cover up its involvement in the crime." -
Nixon’s Resignation
"The Watergate scandal escalated, costing Nixon much of his political support.' -
The invention of the Internet
“network of networks” that became the modern Internet. The online world then took on a more recognizable." -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin -
The 9/11 Attacks
Planes crashed into the twin towers.