Social Studies Event Timeline By efyoung Period: Jan 16, 1914 to Jan 16, 1918 WW I Jan 16, 1921 NCSS is Founded Period: Jan 16, 1929 to Jan 16, 1932 The Great Depression Period: Jan 16, 1939 to Jan 16, 1945 WW I Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor Attack Educational Video Period: Jan 16, 1950 to Jan 16, 1953 Korean War Period: Jan 16, 1955 to Jan 16, 1968 Civil Rights Jan 16, 1957 First Satellite Launched (Sputnik, Russia) Period: Jan 16, 1960 to Jan 16, 1973 Vietnam Jan 16, 1961 First Man in Space (Yuri Gagarin, Russia) Jan 16, 1969 First Man on Moon (Neil Armstrong, USA) Jan 16, 1974 Watergate A political scandal leading to the resignation of President Richard Nixon Period: Jan 16, 2000 to Jan 16, 2013 N.C.L.B. mandate in schools Sep 11, 2001 World Trade Center Attacks South Tower Attack An act of terrorism against the United States of America by the Al-Qaeda