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The invention of the Model T
"The vehicle was one of the first mass production vehicles, allowing Ford to achieve his aim of manufacturing the universal car" (corporate.ford.com) -
The Zimmerman Telegram
"a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917" (Wikipedia) -
The WW1 Armistice
"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 last remaining opponent, Germany" (Wikipedia) -
19th Amendment
Guaranteed woman's rights to vote (www.archives.gov) -
Charles Lindenbergh's Flight
"Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight in history" (pioneersofflight.si.edu) -
Black Thursday
"Black Thursday is considered the first day of the Stock Market Crash of 1929, which lasted until Oct" (www.investopedia.com). -
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The New Deal
"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" (Wikipedia). -
Hitler becomes chancellor
"Hitler attained power in March 1933 after the Reichstag adopted the Enabling Act of 1933, granting him expanded authority" (Wikipedia). -
The Munich Pact
"British and French prime ministers Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier sign the Munich Pact with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. The agreement averted the outbreak of war but gave Czechoslovakia away to German conquest" (history.com) -
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Hitler Invades Poland
"The invasion of Poland, also known as the September campaign, 1939 defensive war and Poland campaign, was an attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union which marked the beginning of World War II" (Wikipedia) -
Pearl Harbor
"The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 08:00, on Sunday, December 7, 1941" (Wikipedia) -
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Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb
"The Soviet atomic bomb project was the classified research and development program that was authorized by Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union to develop nuclear weapons during World War II" (Wikipedia) -
D-Day
"The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history." (Wikipedia) -
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Hiroshima & Nagasaki
"The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945, respectively. The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in armed conflict" (Wikipedia) -
The formation of United Nations
"The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization aiming to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. It is the world's largest and most familiar international organization" (Wikipedia) -
The Long Telegram
"Ambassador George F. Kennan writes to the Secretary of State with a lengthy analysis of Soviet policy in an attempt to explain their recent uncooperative behavior. This message would later become famous as the 'long telegram.'" (digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org) -
The formation of NATO
"The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 27 European countries, 2 North American countries, and 1 Eurasian country. The organization implements the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949" (Wikipedia) -
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The Korean War
"The Korean War was a war fought between North Korea and South Korea from 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following clashes along the border and rebellions in South Korea" (Wikipedia) -
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Brown v Board of Education
"Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483, was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality" (Wikipedia) -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
"Rosa Parks (1913—2005) helped initiate the civil rights movement in the United States when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955. Her actions inspired the leaders of the local Black community to organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott" (www.history.com). -
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The Vietnam War
"The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam" (Wikipedia) -
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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 1-month, 4 day (16 October – 20 November 1962) confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union which escalated into an international crisis when American deployments of missiles in Italy and Turkey were matched by Soviet deployments of similar ballistic missiles in Cuba" (Wikipedia). -
JFK'S Assassination
"John Fitzgerald Kennedy, often referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination near the end of his third year in office" (Wikipedia). -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
"The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution or the Southeast Asia Resolution, Pub.L. 88–408, 78 Stat. 384, enacted August 10, 1964, was a joint resolution that the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964, in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident" (Wikipedia). -
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
"Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin formed the American crew that landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC" (Wikipedia). -
The Watergate Break-ins
"On June 17, 1972, police arrested burglars in the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. Evidence linked the break-in to President Richard Nixon's re-election campaign" (www.visitthecapitol.gov). -
Nixon's Resignation
"President Richard Nixon made an address to the American public from the Oval Office on August 8, 1974, to announce his resignation from the presidency due to the Watergate scandal" (Wikipedia). -
The invention of the Internet
"January 1, 1983 is considered the official birthday of the Internet. Prior to this, the various computer networks did not have a standard way to communicate with each other. A new communications protocol was established called Transfer Control Protocol/Internetwork Protocol (TCP/IP)" (www.usg.edu). -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
"The Berlin Wall: The Fall of the Wall
On November 9, 1989, as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, 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" (www.history.com). -
The 9/11 Attacks
"The September 11 attacks, also commonly referred to as 9/11, were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the militant Islamist terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001" (Wikipedia). -
COVID-19 Pandemic (Start Date - Now)
"December 12, 2019 A cluster of patients in Wuhan, Hubei Providence, China begin to experience shortness of breath and fever" (www.cdc.gov).