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The US declares war on Germany and Austria
from 1914-1918 -
League of Nations meets for the first time/ the 19th Amendment to the constitiution is ratified granting women the right to vote -
The U.S. declared war on Japan.
Germany and Italy declared war on the U.S.
1939- 1945 -
The Philippines, which had been ceded to the U.S. by Spain at the end of the Spanish-American War, becomes an independent republic -
Cold War conflicts between communists and non-communists. President Truman commits American troops to battle 1950-1953 -
Prolonged conflict between Communist forces of North Vietnam, backed by China and the USSR,
and non-Communist forces of South Vietnam, backed by the United States. 1950-1975 -
the first American satellite was launched -
Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Jr.,
become the first men to land on the Moon -
Space shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew
members -
U.S. leads international coalition in military operation (code named ―Desert Storm‖) to drive Iraqis out
of Kuwai