US History B Timeline By idinman Oct 1, 1908 The invention of the Model T Jan 16, 1917 The Zimmerman Telegram 1918 The WWI Armistice 11 Aug 26, 1920 The 19th Amendment May 20, 1927 Charles Lindbergh’s Flight Oct 24, 1929 Black Thursday Period: 1933 to 1939 The New Deal Jan 30, 1933 Hitler becomes chancellor Sep 30, 1938 The Munich Pact Sep 1, 1939 Hitler Invades Poland Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Jan 1, 1942 The formation of United Nations Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Aug 9, 1945 Hiroshima & Nagasaki 1946 The Long Telegram Dec 25, 1946 Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb 1949 The formation of NATO Jul 25, 1950 The Korean War Period: 1954 to 1975 The Vietnam War May 17, 1954 Brown v Board of Education Jan 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat 1960 The invention of the Internet Period: Aug 16, 1962 to Aug 20, 1962 The Cuban Missile Crisis Nov 22, 1963 JFK’s Assassination Aug 7, 1964 The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Jul 20, 1969 The Apollo 11 Moon Landing Period: 1972 to 1974 The Watergate Break-ins 1974 Nixon’s Resignation Jun 13, 1990 The Fall of the Berlin Wall Sep 11, 2001 The 9/11 Attacks 2019 Covid-19 Pandemic