Modern America Timeline

Color TV Introduced

Jun 25, 1951

Invention

First Playboy Magazine (LoLsauce)

Dec 25, 1953

Invention

Sputnik I

Oct 25, 1957

Invention/Conflict (Space Race)

NASA Formed

Jul 29, 1958

Invention

Berlin Wall Built

Aug 12, 1961

Conflict/Invention

JFK Assassinated

Nov 22, 1963

Conflict

Beatles Become Popular in the U.S.

Feb 9, 1964

Other- Fads

First Heart Transplant

Dec 3, 1967

Invention

Moon Landing (Apollo 11)

Jul 20, 1969

Invention

M*A*S*H TV Show Premired in America

Sep 17, 1972

Economics

Abortion is Legalized in America

Jan 1, 1973

Other- Controlversial

Tangshan Earthquake

Jul 28, 1976

Other - Tragedy

Elvis Found Dead

Aug 16, 1977

Other - Tragedy

Mt. St. Helens Erupts

May 18, 1980

Other - Tragedy

Pacman Videogame Released

May 22, 1980

Other - Entertainment

"ET" Movie Released

Jun 11, 1982

Other - Entertainment

Challenger Space Shuttle Explodes

Jan 28, 1986

Other - Tragedy

Operation Desert Storm

Jan 17, 1991

Conflict

Oklahoma City Bombing

Apr 19, 1995

Other - Tragedy

Princess Diana Dies in Car Crash

Aug 31, 1997

Other - Tragedy

Hubble Telescope Launched into Space

Jan 1, 1999

Inventions

9/11 (Attack on the Twin Towers)

Sep 11, 2001

Conflict

Iraq War Begins

Mar 19, 2003

Conflict

First Black President

Jan 20, 2009

Politics

Earthquake in Haiti

Jan 12, 2010

Other - Crisis