Technology Project #3 By ElijahWeller Period: 1941 to 1945 Franklin Roosevelt presidency 1942 Battle of Midway Period: 1942 to 1953 Timeline 1 (1942-1953) Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Period: 1945 to 1953 Harry S. Truman presidency Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference Aug 6, 1945 bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Period: 1947 to 1991 Cold War Mar 12, 1947 Truman Doctrine established Jul 26, 1948 Executive Order 9981 signed Jun 29, 1949 US withdraws troops from Korea Period: 1953 to 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower presidency Apr 25, 1953 First description of DNA molecules May 17, 1954 Racial segregation is schools banned Period: 1955 to 1975 Timeline 2 (1955-1975) Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat Sep 25, 1956 First transatlantic telephone cable Oct 1, 1958 NASA is founded Jan 3, 1959 Alaska Becomes the 49th state Jul 4, 1960 the fifty star flag is debuted Period: 1961 to 1963 John F. Kennedy presidency Oct 16, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Period: 1963 to 1969 Lyndon B. Johnson presidency Feb 20, 1963 First US astronaut in space - John Glenn Aug 28, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. gives his famous speech "I Have a Dream" Nov 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy assasination Jan 9, 1964 The Panama Canal Incident Aug 7, 1964 Tonkin Resolution passed Aug 6, 1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965 Jul 1, 1966 Medicare Begins Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated Period: 1969 to 1974 Richard M. Nixon presidency Jan 2, 1971 television advertisements for cigarettes banned Oct 1, 1971 Disney World opens Jun 17, 1972 Watergate crisis Jan 22, 1973 Roe v. Wade rules in favor of abortion Period: 1974 to 1977 Gerald Ford presidency Period: 1977 to 1981 Jimmy Carter presidency Sep 17, 1978 Camp David Peace Accords Period: 1980 to 2001 Timeline 3 (1980-2001) May 18, 1980 Mt. St. Helens erupts Period: 1981 to 1989 Ronald Reagan presidency Aug 12, 1981 first PC produced Nov 13, 1982 Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated Jun 18, 1983 First Woman in Space Oct 25, 1983 US invasion of Grenada Oct 19, 1987 Black Monday crash Period: 1989 to 1993 George Bush presidency May 7, 1992 27th amendment passed Period: 1993 to 2001 Bill Clinton presidency Feb 26, 1993 Trade Center is bombed Nov 30, 1993 The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act is signed Jan 1, 1994 NAFTA is put in place Jan 1, 1995 WTO established Jul 27, 1995 Korean War Memorial dedicated Oct 29, 1998 John Glenn becomes the oldest person in space Sep 11, 2001 suicide bombers fly into twin towers