Kasner Timeline Project By DanielSey3278 Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Dec 31, 1999 19th Century Apr 11, 1900 US Navy's 1st submarine made its debut Apr 30, 1900 USA annexes Hawaii May 31, 1900 US troops arrive in Beijing, help put down Boxer Rebellion Jan 19, 1910 Germany & Bolivia ends commerce/friendship treaty Mar 10, 1910 China ends slavery Mar 5, 1912 Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes Feb 12, 1921 Winston Churchill becomes British, minister of Colonies May 4, 1926 General strike hits Britain Sep 19, 1928 Mickey Mouse's screen debut Aug 24, 1932 1st transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman, Amelia Earhart Apr 1, 1933 Nazis begin descriminating Jews Mar 7, 1936 Hitler sends troops to Rhineland Dec 7, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor. May 9, 1942 Bataan death march begins May 8, 1945 V-E Day Jun 25, 1950 Korean War begins Sep 27, 1954 Desegragation of public schools Feb 16, 1959 Fidel Castro leads communist revolution in Cuba Aug 13, 1961 Berlin wall built Oct 16, 1962 Cuban missile crisis Aug 1, 1964 Vietnam War starts http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/videos <VIDEO HERE! ^^^^^^^ Apr 22, 1970 First Earthday Mar 2, 1972 Pioneer shuttle lanuched Nov 22, 1972 Opening of china Apr 12, 1981 First reuseable space craft launched. May 16, 1986 "Top Gun" Premieres Nov 10, 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall. http://history1900s.about.com/od/coldwa1/a/berlinwall.htm <More info at link HERE^^^ Aug 2, 1990 Gulf War Begins Jun 11, 1993 "Jurassic Park" Premieres Oct 29, 1998 John Glenn returns to space.