U.S. History Timeline 2

By Jae38

  • The invention of the Model T

  • The Zimmerman Telegram

    Discovered in January of 1917, but technically published on March 1, 1917.

  • The WWI Armistice

  • The 19th Amendment

    Passed by Congress June 4, 1919 and ratified on August 18, 1920.

  • Charles Lindbergh's Flight

    Technically May 20-21, 1927.

  • Black Thursday

    Wall Street Crash of 1929 on October 29th (Called black Tuesday)

  • Hitler becomes chancellor

  • The New Deal

  • The Munich Pact

  • Hitler invades Poland

  • Pearl Harbor

  • D-Day

    Technically every June 6th.

  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Nagasaki happened on August 9th, 1945

  • The Formation of the United Nations

  • The Long Telegram

  • The formation of NATO

  • Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb

    Not so fun fact: My birthday is the 29th of August O_O

  • The Korean War

    June 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953.

  • Brown v Board of Education

    Date decided.

  • The Vietnam War

    November 1, 1955 - April 30, 1975.

  • Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat

    An incredible woman.

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis

    October 14, 1962 - October 28, 1962. Probably a very stressful two weeks.

  • John F. Kennedy's Assassination

  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Enacted August 10, 1964 and passed on August 7, 1964.

  • The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

    Launched on July 16, 1969. "One small step.." on July 20, 1969.

  • The Watergate Break-ins

  • Nixon's Resignation

  • The Invention of the Internet

    ARPANET adopted TCP/IP on January 1, 1983.

  • The Fall of the Berlin Wall

  • The 9/11 Attacks

    I was about 13 days old. I can't imagine how everyone was feeling when it happened.