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This makes car ownership accessible to the average American. -
A secret German message to Mexico that was intercepted. The message was asking Mexico to attack the US. This was one of the leading factors for the U.S. joining WWI -
Fighting on the Western Front ends when Germany signs an agreement with the Allies -
This allows the right to vote regardless of gender -
The first solo, nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean -
Stock market beings its big crash, this is the start of the Great Depression -
Hitler is appointed to lead German government -
A series of programs and reforms designed to combat the Great Depression through Relief, Recovery, and Reform -
Britain and France agree to let Germany annex the Sudetenland -
Germany launches a blitzkrieg on Poland starting WWII -
Japan launches a surprise attack on the U.S. Naval Base in Hawaii causing the U.S. to enter the war -
Allied forces land on the beaches of France -
The U.S. drops atomic bombs on Japan, leading to the end of WWII -
The international organization is established to maintain world peace and security -
George Kennan sends a message from Moscow defining the Cold War policy of containment -
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is created as a mutual defense alliance against the USSR -
The Soviet Union successfully tests its first nuclear weapon -
Conflict begins as North Korean troops cross the 38th parallel into South Korea -
The Supreme Court rules that separate but equal schools are unconstitutional -
Parks refuses to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama which sparks the Civil Rights Movement -
A 13 day standoff beings between the U.S. and USSR over Soviet missiles in Cuba -
John F. Kennedy is shot and killed in Dallas, Texas -
Congress authorizes the president to take "all necessary measures" in Vietnam -
The war escalates significantly as the first U.S combat troops arrive on the ground -
American astronauts become the first humans on the moon -
Five men are arrested for breaking into the DNC headquarters -
Richard Nixon becomes the first U.S. president to resign to avoid impeachment -
ARPANET officially adopts TCP/IP, creating the technical foundation for the modern internet. -
The wall separating East and West Berlin is opened, symbolizing the end of the Cold War -
Terrorists hijack four planes, attacking the World Trade Center and the Pentagon -
The WHO officially declares a global pandemic due to the spread of the coronavirus