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WWI

Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

NCSS is Founded

Jan 15, 1921

Great Depression

Period: Oct 29, 1929 to Aug 15, 1932

"Black Tuesday" was the day the stock market crashed.

WWII

Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Aug 15, 1945

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor

Korean War

Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953

Civil Rights

Period: Dec 1, 1955 to Apr 11, 1968

First Satellite Launched (Sputnik, Russia)

Oct 4, 1957

Vietnam War

Period: Jan 15, 1960 to Aug 15, 1973

First Man in Space (Yuri Gagarin, Russia)

Apr 12, 1961

First Man on Moon (Neil Armstrong, USA)

Jul 21, 1969

Armstrong set his left boot on the surface at 2:56 UTC.

Watergate

Aug 9, 1974

This is the day President Nixon resigned the presidency.

N.C.L.B. mandate in schools

Period: May 23, 2001 to Jan 15, 2013

World Trade Center Attacks

Sep 11, 2001

Video of Attack