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WWI

Period: Jan 16, 1914 to Jan 16, 1918

NCSS Founded

Jan 16, 1921

Great Depression

Period: Jan 16, 1929 to Jan 16, 1932

At the start of the Great Depression the stock market crashed and there was a run on the banks.

WWII

Period: Jan 16, 1939 to Jan 16, 1945

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Presidential Address

Korean War

Period: Jan 16, 1950 to Jan 16, 1953

Civil Rights

Period: Jan 16, 1955 to Jan 16, 1968

First Satellite Launched (Sputnik, Russia)

Jan 16, 1957

Vietnam

Period: Jan 16, 1960 to Jan 16, 1973

First Man in Space (Yuri Gagarin, Russia)

Jan 16, 1961

First Man on Moon (Neil Armstrong, USA)

Jan 16, 1969

Moon Landing

Watergate

Jan 16, 1974

NCLB Mandate in Schools

Period: Jan 16, 2000 to Jan 16, 2013

NCLB put into place national standardized tests in language arts and mathematics that result in school performance reports and financial incentives.

World Trade Center Attacks

Sep 11, 2001