History and Literature 2 The great War By Banapsicle Aug 12, 1908 The invention of the model T Feb 3, 1913 16 amendment ratified Apr 8, 1913 17 amendment ratified Jan 16, 1917 The Zimmerman telegram Nov 11, 1918 World War 1 armistice Aug 18, 1920 19 amendment ratified May 21, 1927 Charles Lindbergh’s Flight Oct 24, 1929 Black Thursday Jan 30, 1933 Hitler becomes chancellor 1935 The New Deal Sep 29, 1938 The Munich Pact Sep 17, 1939 Hitler Invades Poland Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima & Nagasaki Oct 24, 1945 The formation of the United Nations Feb 22, 1946 The Long Telegram Dec 25, 1946 Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb Apr 4, 1949 The formation of NATO Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953 The Korean War Period: Dec 9, 1952 to May 17, 1954 Brown v Board of Education Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975 The Vietnam War Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat Oct 16, 1962 The Cuban Missile Crisis Nov 22, 1963 JFK’s Assassination Jul 2, 1964 The 1964 Civil Rights Act Aug 2, 1964 The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Aug 6, 1965 The 1965 Voting Rights Act Jul 20, 1969 The Apollo 11 Moon Landing Jun 17, 1972 The Watergate Break-ins Aug 9, 1974 Nixon’s Resignation 1989 The invention of the Internet Nov 9, 1991 The Fall of the Berlin Wall Sep 11, 2001 The 9/11 Attacks