20th Century

By smitha@aaps.k12.mi.us

  • First Manned Airplane Flight

    Wilbur and Orville Wright

  • Chinese Revolution

    Emperor abdicates; Sun Yat-sen becomes president

  • WW1 Begins

    After the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

  • Russian Revolution (Part 1)

  • Russian Revolution (Part 2)

  • WW1 Ends

  • Harding Elected President

  • Lindbergh Flight

    First manned solo transatlantic flight

  • Japan sinks U.S.S. Panay

  • Japan Attacks USA

    Surprise attack at Pearl Harbor

  • VE Day

    Victory in Europe

  • VJ Day

    Victory over Japan

  • Long Telegram

    George Kennan send "long telegram"

  • Truman Doctrine

    President Harry Truman gives speech to Congress

  • Communist Takeover of China

  • Korean War Begins

    Backed by China and the Soviet Socialists, North Korea attacks and invades South Korea

  • Eisenhower Elected President

  • East German Uprising

    People protest against harsh socialist dictatorship

  • Korean War Ceasefire

    An armistice was signed

  • First Human in Space

  • First American in Space

    Alan Shepard

  • Nixon Elected President

  • First Lunar Landing

  • Gerald Ford becomes President

  • Ronald Reagan Elected President