US History B Timeline | Timetoast Timelines

Aug 12, 1908

The invention of the Model T

https://www.britannica.com/technology/Model-T
Jan 19, 1917

The Zimmerman Telegram

https://www.history.com/news/what-was-the-zimmermann-telegram
Nov 11, 1918

The WWI Armistice

https://www.history.com/news/world-war-i-armistice-germany-allies
Jun 4, 1919

The 19th Amendment

https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=63
May 21, 1927

Charles Lindbergh's Flight

https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/may-21-1927-charles-lindbergh-flies-solo-across-the-atlantic/
Oct 24, 1929

Black Thursday

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-Thursday
Period: 1933 to 1939

The New Deal

https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/new-deal
Jan 30, 1933

Hitler becomes chancellor

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-is-named-chancellor-of-germany
Sep 30, 1938

The Munich Pact

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/munich-pact-signed
Sep 1, 1939

Hitler invades Poland

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-invade-poland
Dec 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
Jun 6, 1944

D-Day

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day
Period: Aug 5, 1945 to Aug 9, 1945

Hiroshima & Nagasaki

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
Oct 24, 1945

The formation of the United Nations

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/un
Feb 22, 1946

The Long Telegram

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-kennan-sends-long-telegram-to-state-department
Apr 4, 1949

The formation of NATO

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/nato
Aug 29, 1949

Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb

https://www.ctbto.org/specials/testing-times/29-august-1949-first-soviet-nuclear-test
Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953

The Korean War

https://www.history.com/topics/korea/korean-war
Period: Dec 9, 1952 to May 17, 1954

Brown v. Board of Education

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka
Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975

The Vietnam War

https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-history
Dec 1, 1955

Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nerdwatch/video/60-years-ago-rosa-parks-refused-to-give-up-her-seat-577171011884
Period: Oct 16, 1962 to Oct 28, 1962

The Cuban Missile Crisis

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/cuban-missile-crisis
Nov 22, 1963

JFK's Assassination

https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/jfk-assassination
Aug 7, 1964

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/gulf-of-tonkin
Jul 24, 1969

The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

https://www.history.com/topics/space-exploration/moon-landing-1969
Jun 17, 1972

The Watergate Break-ins

https://www.history.com/topics/1970s/watergate
Aug 8, 1974

Nixon's Resignation

https://www.archivesfoundation.org/documents/richard-nixon-resignation-letter-gerald-ford-pardon/
Jan 1, 1983

The invention of the Internet

https://www.history.com/news/who-invented-the-internet
Nov 11, 1991

The Fall of the Berlin Wall

https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/fall-of-the-berlin-wall-video
Sep 11, 2001

The 9/11 Attacks

https://www.history.com/topics/21st-century/9-11-attacks