Social Studies By ckwimmer Period: Jan 17, 1914 to Jan 17, 1918 WWI 1914 - 1918 Jan 17, 1921 NCSS is Founded Period: Jan 17, 1929 to Jan 17, 1932 Great Depression Period: Jan 17, 1939 to Jan 17, 1945 WWII Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Period: Jan 17, 1950 to Jan 17, 1953 Korean War Period: Jan 17, 1955 to Jan 17, 1968 Civil Rights Jan 17, 1957 First Satellite Launched (Sputnik, Russia) Period: Jan 17, 1960 to Jan 17, 1973 Vietnam Jan 17, 1961 First Man in Space (Yuri Gagarin, Russia) Jan 17, 1969 First Man on Moon (Neil Armstrong, USA) Jan 17, 1974 Watergate Period: Jan 17, 2000 to Jan 17, 2014 N.C.L.B. mandate in schools Sep 11, 2001 World Trade Center Attacks