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In December 6th, 1865, Thirteenth Amendment was ratified into the United States Constitution to abolished slavery and involuntary servitude except when it comes as punishment for a crime that exist within the United States or any place subject to the jurisdiction. -
On May 10th, 1869, the first railroad to connected to both East and West coasts of the United States, linking to established rail lines in the eastern part of the country and the Midwest to the western territories. The railroad reduced the time it took to travel to the western states from six months to just two weeks. -
On February 3rd, 1870, The Constitution of the United States that guaranteed that the right to vote could not be denied based upon “race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
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On March 1st, 1875, The Civil Rights Act of 1875 make sure that African Americans equal treatment in public transportation and public accommodations and service on juries. -
On Mar 7th, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell, an inventor, scientist, and teacher invented the first ever telephone. -
Oct 21st, 1879, Inventor Thomas Edison invited the first ever Light Bulb -
On Dec 17th, 1903, The Wright Brothers achieved the first ever aircraft with their Invention, The Wright Flyer, which led them into the moment's history. -
Due to the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, on Jul 28th, 1914, World War I began with the Central Powers and the Allied Powers, with major participants including Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire on one side, and France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, and the United States on the other. In four the four years of the war, On Nov 11, 1918, The Central Powers lost the war. -
October 29th, 1929, The Stock Market crashed due to the prolonged periods of speculation where millions invested either their savings and/or borrowed money to buy stocks, driving the prices to unsustainable levels.
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On March 25th, 1931, Nine African American teenagers were falsely accused of sexual assault two white women aboard a train near Scottsboro, Alabama. The trials and repeated retrials of the Scottsboro Boys sparked an international uproar and produced two landmark U.S. Supreme Court verdicts, even as the defendants were forced to spend years battling the courts and enduring the harsh conditions of the Alabama prison system. Yet on July 24, 1937, the charges were dropped, declaring them not guilty. -
On Sep 1st, 1939, World War II when Nazi Germany invaded Poland, causing Britain and France to declare war on Germany two days later to in order to protect free and independent nations.
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On December 7th, 1941, Japan attack U.S Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor due to their desire to take the oil supply by force because of lack the natural resources and wanting to build and wanted to build an empire. This attack on the harbor had to the U.S get involve World War II. -
On May 17th, 1954, Brown v. Board of Education law was declared that racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional, fundamentally changing the landscape of both American education and civil rights. -
On December 5th, 1955, Rosas Parks, an African American woman, was arrested for disobeying an Alabama law requiring black passengers to relinquish seats to white passengers when the bus was full. Blacks also were required to sit at the back of the bus. Her arrest has led to a 381-day - December 20, 1956 - boycott of the Montgomery bus system and led to a 1956 Supreme Court decision banning segregation on public transportation. -
On Nov 14th, 1960, Six-Year-Old Ruby Bridges attends William Frantz Elementary School at the very first time. However, she was escorted by National Guard due to the hostile discrimination and immaturity of the people against the idea and also who took their kids out of the school. -
Aug 28th, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King delivered "I Have a Dream" speech to advocate both the Civil Rights movement and the equality as well. -
On August 6th, 1965, Voting Rights Act of 1965 overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. -
On April 4th, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee by James Earl Ray. The Civil Right Movement's Leader died at the age of 39-years-old. -
On April 11th, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability, family status, and origin. -
On July 16th, 1969, Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong was the first ever person to land on the moon.