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The invention of the Model T
The first automobile created by Ford Motor Company -
The Zimmerman Telegram
An alliance proposed by Germany to Mexico -
The WWI Armistice
An Armstice which ended fighting between the Allies and Germany -
The 19th Amendment
The prohbition of the denial of voting rights by state or federal government based of gender. -
Charles Lindbergh’s Flight
The first successful flight across the Atlantic -
Black Thursday
Share prices on the New York Stock Exchange collapse. -
The New Deal
Financial reforms and regulations pushed into motion by President Roosevelt. -
Hitler becomes chancellor
Hitler is sworn in as chancelor -
The Munich Pact
France and Germany agree that France will not provide any military assistance to Czechoslovakia -
Hitler Invades Poland
Germany attacks Poland marking the beginning of World War II -
Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb
Soviet Atomic Bomb Project started with the authorization of Joseph Stalin -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is attacked by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service -
D-Day
Allied forces invade Normandy -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
The United States detonates nuclear weapons over Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
The formation of United Nations
Intergovernmental orginization tasked with keeping national peac is created. -
The Long Telegram
George Kennan sends 8000 word telegram -
The formation of NATO
Military alliance between American and European governments. -
The Korean War
War between North and South Korea -
Brown v Board of Education
Supreme court declares segregated schools unconstitutional -
The Vietnam War
Resistance war against America -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
Rosa parks refuses to give up her seat to a white passenger. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
13 day confrontation between the United States and the Soviets -
JFK’s Assassination
President John F. Kennedy is assasinated -
The Gulf of Ton-kin Resolution
Johnson asks Congress to increase military presence in IndoChina -
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Apollo 11 lands on the moon with Astronauts -
The Watergate Break-ins
Political Scandal -
Nixon’s Resignation
Nixon resigns -
The invention of the Internet
Internet is created -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
Berlin wall destroyed -
The 9/11 Attacks
Terrorist attacks against the United States