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First Womens Olypics
The first womans olypics was held in 1900 in France. -
First Flight
Orville and Wilbur Wright flew the first successful plane -
Association for Colored People founded
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded -
Income Tax Amendment
Income Tax Amendment establishes a tax on amount of money people make -
Panama Canal
Panamal Canal was opened -
WW1
World War One begins in Europe -
WW1
World War One in Europe ends -
Alcohol
Alcoholic beverages become prohibited -
Voting Rights
Women given right to vote -
Empire State Building
The Empire State Building was completed as the tallest building in the world, climbing 102 stories tall -
New President!!
President Roosevelt was inaugurated and begins New Deal to end The Great Depression -
WWII
Germany invades Poland to begin World War II -
Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, and the U.S. enters World War II -
United Nations, UNITE!
U.S becomes a member of the United Nations -
Baseball players
Jackie Robinson becomes the first black major league baseball player -
Korean war
The U.S entered the Korean war. -
end or Korean war
Korean war ended -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refusesd to follow segregation rules on the Montgomery Bus -
MLKJ
Martin Luther King Jr. begins organizing protests against black discrimination -
Space
Alan Shepard becomes the first U.S. astronaut in space -
JFK
President John F. Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas -
Vietnam
U.S combat troops sent to Vietnam to stop communism -
MLKJ
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated -
Richard Nixon
President Richard Nixon Resigns -
Brelin Wall Torn Down
Berlin Wall, seperating East and West Germany, is torn down
