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Henry Ford invented the first of fifteen million Model T cars produced in Detroit, Michigan. It made automobile transportation affordable and accessible.
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A secret communication between Germany and Mexico, proposing an alliance in January 1917.
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The armistice ended fighting in the air and on land and sea between Germany and the Allies.
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The nineteenth amendment gave women the right to vote, which ended womens suffrage protests that had lasted almost a century.
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The first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean was completed by Lindbergh in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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13 Million share on the NY Stock Exchange and investors lost 5 Billion dollars making for a very frightful day that lead to the Great Depression.
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Programs and projects enacted by prsident Franklin Delano Roosevelt with the goal of restoring prosperity to Americans after the Great Depression
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Hitler became the new chancellor of Germany after parliamentary electrions.
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British and French Prime Ministers signed with Germany that they would not support Czechloslovakia.
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The German invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, marks the beginning of WW2 since France and England had guaranteed Poland's border.
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A navy port was bombed by Japanese fighter jets, killing thousands and damaging U.S. ships.
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Allied invasion of Normandy, France which had been taken over by the Germans. The largest seaborn invasion in history ended in a great allied victory.
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The United States dropped the first nuclear bombs on two cities in Japan, which ended WW2 in asia but was definitely a pyrrhic victory.
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The United Nations was organize by world leaders at a meeting in San Francisco as "an intergovernmental organization that was tasked to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international co-operation and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations."
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An American Embassy in Moscow sent a letter back to the U.S. detailing the works of communism and his hatred for it.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance between 29 countries in North America and Europe
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Klaus Fauch passed secrets on to the Soviet Union, and they worked for nine years on developing their own atomic bomb
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Civil war between North and South Korea lasted from 1950 to 1953.
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Overruling the precedents, this case made segregational schooling unconstitutional. The case lasted from Dec 1952 to May 1954.
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The arrest of Rosa Parks, who refused to move from the "white section" of a bus, sparked the Montgomery bus boycott and inspired others to fight for civil rights.
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The U.S. and Soviet Union engaged in political pressure over communism in Cuba.
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John F Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a procession through Texas.
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Resolved a naval confrontation with Vietnam.
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Fighting in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 55 - 75 makes it the longest U.S. combat participation.
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USA won the Space Race by landing on the moon. Neil Armstrong's famous words are. "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
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Nixon's administration had tapped into the Democratic party's building. He resigned before impeachment.
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World Wide Web!
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A guarded concrete border in Germany was torn down, reuniting families.
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A terrorist attack tragically aimed at the World Trade Center buildings.
