U.S History Timeline By Berkeley Martineau Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Jan 26, 2017 U.S History Timeline Nov 9, 1889 The Fall of the Berlin Wall Oct 1, 1908 The invention of the Model T Jan 19, 1917 The Zimmerman Telegram Nov 11, 1918 The WWI Armistice Aug 18, 1920 The 19th Amendment May 21, 1927 Charles Lindbergh’s Flight Oct 29, 1929 Black Thursday Jan 30, 1933 Hitler becomes chancellor Mar 4, 1933 The New Deal Sep 30, 1938 The Munich Pact Sep 27, 1939 Hitler Invades Poland Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima & Nagasaki Oct 24, 1945 The formation of United Nations Oct 24, 1945 The formation of United Nations Feb 22, 1946 The Long Telegram Apr 4, 1949 The formation of NATO Aug 29, 1949 Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb Jun 25, 1950 The Korean War May 17, 1954 Brown v Board of Education Nov 1, 1955 The Vietnam War Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat Oct 16, 1962 The Cuban Missile Crisis Nov 22, 1963 JFK’s Assassination Aug 7, 1964 The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Jul 16, 1969 The Apollo 11 Moon Landing Jan 25, 1970 The Watergate Break-ins Aug 8, 1974 Nixon’s Resignation Jan 1, 1983 The invention of the Internet Sep 11, 2001 The 9/11 Attacks