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The first Ford model automobile created/completed.
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States that Congress shall have power to lay and collect income tax.
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Allows US voters to cast direct votes for senators.
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Called for a ceasefire. Ended the war.
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Gives women the right to vote.
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Charles A. Lindbergh landed his plane near Paris, being the first to complete a solo flight across the atlantic
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Ended October 29th, 1929. The New York Times stock exchange collapsed and they lost nearly $5 billion.
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President Paul von Hindenburg elects Hitler as Chancellor.
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Franklin Roosevelt's acts to restore prosperity to American's. 1933-1936.
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When British and French ministers, Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier, sign the "Munich Pact" with Hitler.
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Hitler seeks out to take back "lost territory" and rule Poland. He does this by air attacks. Ends October 6th, 1939.
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Japan did a surprise attack and destroyed/damaged 20 American Vessels, and 300+ airplanes. 2,400 were killed and 1,000+ were wounded. A day after the attack, Franklin Roosevelt declared war. This was America's entry on WWII.
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Allied forces launched a combined assault on France, which was currently being overrun by Nazi's. It's the largest seaborn invasion in History.
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When the United States launched two nuclear weapons over Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6th and August 9th, 1945.
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The United Nations officially formed.
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George Kennan sends the US an 8,000 word Telegram, now known as "The Long Telegram".
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A military alliance between North America and Europe.
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There was an atomic bomb project, organized by Joseph Stalin in the soviet union. It's purpose was to develop new nuclear weapons.
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A war between South and North Korea. Started when North Korea invaded South Korea, which was followed by a series of attacks at the border. Ended July 27th, 1953.
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The court declared that having separate public schools for Black and White kids was unconstitutional. Ended May 17th 1954.
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Japan took over North Vietnam and started the war with South Vietnam and the US. Ended April 30th, 1975.
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Rosa Park's decided to fight for her rights and sat down on a crowded bus, she refused to give up her seat to a white person. She was arrested soon after.
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When leaders of the US and the Soviet Union started a tense, military, and political standoff. It was over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles in Cuba. The US wasn't having any of it. Ended October 28th, 1962.
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President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode through Dealey Plaza (Downtown Dallas, Texas).
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Gives equal rights and outlaws discrimination no matter the differences.
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Two unprovoked attacks by the North Vietnamese on the US caused the "The Gulf of Tonkin". A joint resolution was passed by the US in response.
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Prohibits racial discrimination while voting. Allows "colored" people to vote.
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The first manned mission to the moon. Niel Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first to step onto the moons surface.
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When the Watergate headquarters were broken into by Nixon's committees. Top-secret documents were stolen and the office phones were bugged.
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Nixon lost a lot of political support and was at the face of almost certain impeachment and removal from office. So he resigned.
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Wide area networking, computers, and what we know as "the modern internet" was invented by Tim Berners-Lee.
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Restrictions were lifted and people were granted freedom to cross. East and West German's started climbing across.
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An encrypted message from Arthur Zimmermann originally sent to Heinrich von Eckardt.
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Four coordinated terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in New York City. Over 2,996 deaths (including the hijackers). Coordinated by the Islamic terrorist group "al Qaeda".