US history timeline 2 By SpeZab Oct 1, 1908 The model T is invented Jan 19, 1917 Zimmerman telegram Nov 11, 1918 World War 1 armistice declared Aug 18, 1920 The 19th amendment is passed May 21, 1927 Charles Lindbergh's flight Oct 29, 1929 Black Thursday (Stock markets crash) Jan 30, 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor Mar 4, 1933 The new deal Sep 30, 1938 Signing of the Munich pact Sep 1, 1939 Hitler invades Poland, and begins World War 2 Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor is attacked Jun 6, 1944 The invasion of Normandy (D-Day) begins Aug 6, 1945 The Atomic Bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Oct 24, 1945 The formation of the United Nations Feb 22, 1946 The Long telegram Apr 4, 1949 The formation of NATO Jul 29, 1949 The Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb Jun 25, 1950 The beginning of the Korean War May 17, 1954 Brown V Board of education Nov 1, 1955 The Vietnam War begins Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat Oct 16, 1962 The Cuban missile crisis starts Nov 22, 1963 JFK's assassination Aug 10, 1964 The gulf of Tonkin resolution Jul 20, 1969 The Apollo 11 landing on the Moon Jun 17, 1972 The Watergate scandel Aug 8, 1974 President 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 on the world trade center