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U.S History Timeline 1917-2020

By Sir W

  • The invention of the Model T

  • The Zimmerman Telegram

  • Period: to

    U.S History 1917-2020

    A timeline of notable events in U.S history, dating back to 1917, with the The Zimmerman Telegram, to 2020, with the beginning of the covid pandemic.

  • The WWI Armistice

  • The 19th Amendment

  • Charles Lindbergh’s Flight

  • Black Thursday

  • Hitler becomes chancellor

  • The New Deal

  • The Munich Pact

  • Pearl Harbor

  • D-Day

  • Hiroshima & Nagasaki

  • The formation of United Nations

  • The Long Telegram

  • The formation of NATO

  • Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb

  • The Korean War

  • Brown v Board of Education

  • The Vietnam War

  • Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis

  • JFK’s Assassination

  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

  • The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

  • The Watergate Break-ins

  • Nixon’s Resignation

  • The invention of the Internet

  • The Fall of the Berlin Wall

  • The 9/11 Attacks

  • Covid-19 Pandemic

    Ah yes, the infamous pandemic of 2020, lasted until May, 2023. I mid diffed it.

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