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1861-1865
The American Civil War was fought between the US and the Confederate States of America, a group of eleven southern states that broke away from the Union in 1860 and 1861. The main cause of the conflict was a long-standing debate about the system of slavery. Nov -
On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, as the country entered its third year of deadly civil war. "All persons kept as slaves" within the insurgent states "are, and henceforth shall be free," the declaration said. -
The world's first successful flights of a powered heavier-than-air flying machine were made by the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903. -
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was established on March 3, 1915, by the United States government to conduct, encourage, and institutionalise aeronautical research. ( 1915 ) -
1939-1945
Between 1939 and 1945, all of the world's major countries were embroiled in World War II. Millions of people were killed in the most catastrophic conflict in history. It was fought between the Allies and the Axis (Germany, Japan, and Italy) (Britain, the US, and the Soviet Union among others). -
The D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944, brought together the allied armies' land, air, and sea forces in what became recognised as the world's biggest invasion force. Five naval assault divisions were transported to the beaches of Normandy, France, under the codename OVERLORD. -
Augist 14-15 1945
This is the day that Fascism finally dies, just as we predicted." The 14th of August was declared "Victory over Japan Day" by jubilant Americans. ( 1945 ) -
1947-1991
The Cold War was an open but limited competition that evolved between the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as their respective allies, following World War II. The Cold War was fought primarily on political, economic, and media fronts, with weapons used only as a last resort. -
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are killed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York, on June 19, 1953, after being convicted of conspiring to transmit US atomic secrets to the Soviets. ( 1951 ) -
1954-1968
The cival rights movment was a campain for social justic in the United States primarly in the 1950s and 1960s for black amaricans to acquire equal legal rights.