Social Studies Event Timeline

WW I

Period: Jan 16, 1914 to Jan 16, 1918

NCSS is Founded

Jan 16, 1921

The Great Depression

Period: Jan 16, 1929 to Jan 16, 1932

WW I

Period: Jan 16, 1939 to Jan 16, 1945

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor Attack Educational Video

Korean War

Period: Jan 16, 1950 to Jan 16, 1953

Civil Rights

Period: Jan 16, 1955 to Jan 16, 1968

First Satellite Launched (Sputnik, Russia)

Jan 16, 1957

Vietnam

Period: Jan 16, 1960 to Jan 16, 1973

First Man in Space (Yuri Gagarin, Russia)

Jan 16, 1961

First Man on Moon (Neil Armstrong, USA)

Jan 16, 1969

Watergate

Jan 16, 1974

A political scandal leading to the resignation of President Richard Nixon

N.C.L.B. mandate in schools

Period: Jan 16, 2000 to Jan 16, 2013

World Trade Center Attacks

Sep 11, 2001

South Tower Attack An act of terrorism against the United States of America by the Al-Qaeda