Derek s. timeline

By stahlman

  • Civil War Ends

    Civil War Ends
    Lee and Grant met at a private home to arrange a confederate surrender.

  • First modern Olympic Games are held in Athens, Greece.

    First modern Olympic Games are held in Athens, Greece.
    The Games had the largest international participation of any sporting event to that date.

  • Henry Ford introduced the Model T.

    Henry Ford introduced the Model T.
    The car was very simple to drive, and easy and cheap to repair. It only costed $825 in 1908.

  • Panama Canal opens

    Panama Canal opens
    An old French crane boat, became the first ship to make a complete transit of the Panama Canal under its own steam.

  • First world war ends.

    First world war ends.
    Germany agreed to a cease fire on Armistice day.

  • Charles Lindbergh make the first nonstop solo transatlantic flight.

    Charles Lindbergh make the first nonstop solo transatlantic flight.
    From Roosevelt Field located in Garden City on New Yorks Long Island to Le Bourget Field in Paris, France, a distance of nearly 3,600 miles

  • Adolf Hitler takes power.

    Adolf Hitler takes power.
    Adolf Hitler begins his rise to power in Germany.

  • Hindenburg Disaster.

    Hindenburg Disaster.
    The accident served to shatter public confidence in the giant, passenger-carrying rigid airship, and marked the end of the airship era.

  • Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor.

    Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor.
    The next day the United States declared war on Japan resulting in our entry into World War II.

  • U.S. astronauts walk on the moon.

    U.S. astronauts walk on the moon.
    Neil Armstrong takes the first steps on the moon.