Important Events from 1865-Present By Grantsouder116 Apr 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln Assasinated May 7, 1867 Dynamite invented Jul 1, 1870 US Department of Justice established May 20, 1873 Blue Jeans invented Mar 7, 1876 First practical telephone by Alexander Graham Bell May 21, 1881 American Red Cross established May 24, 1883 Brooklyn Bridge opened for use Mar 22, 1886 Automobile created (sometime in 1885-1886) May 14, 1888 Kodak Box Camera invented Nov 27, 1895 First Automobile Race Oct 27, 1904 New York Subway system opens Feb 12, 1909 NAACP Formed Apr 15, 1912 Titanic Sinks Jul 28, 1914 World War I Begins Jan 16, 1919 Prohibition Introduced Aug 18, 1920 Women are able to vote (19th Amendment) May 20, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes first Trans-Atlantic flight Sep 4, 1929 Great Depression Begins Aug 2, 1934 The Reign of Hitler Sep 1, 1939 World War II Begins May 26, 1941 Jeep invented Jun 25, 1950 Korean War begins Jan 1, 1955 Elvis Presley and rock music became popular Mar 31, 1960 The Hippy Movement (early 1960's) Nov 22, 1963 JFK Assasinated Apr 1, 1976 Apple Founded Jan 20, 1981 Ronald Reagan era (1981-1989) Mar 19, 1985 Brick Phones became popular Aug 1, 1991 World Wide Web introduced Apr 5, 1994 Kurt Kobain dies Nov 6, 1997 I was born Sep 11, 2001 Collapse of the World Trade Centers Sep 15, 2008 Recession of 2008 Jan 20, 2017 Donald J. Trump becomes President
