US History B Timeline By A.Cramm Aug 12, 1908 Invention of the Model T Ford 1917 The Zimmerman Telegram Nov 11, 1918 World War One Armistice Aug 18, 1920 The 19th Amendment Period: May 20, 1927 to May 21, 1927 Charles Lindbergh's Cross Atlantic 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's Invasion of Poland Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Bombing Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima Bombing Aug 9, 1945 Nagasaki Bombing Oct 24, 1945 The Formation of the UN Feb 22, 1946 The Long Telegram Apr 4, 1949 The Formation of NATO Aug 29, 1949 Russia Acquired the Atomic Bomb Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953 The Korean War May 17, 1954 Brown vs. the Board of Education Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975 The Vietnam War Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat Period: Oct 16, 1962 to Oct 28, 1962 The Cuban Missile Crisis Nov 22, 1963 The Kennedy Assassination Aug 7, 1964 The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Jul 20, 1969 Apollo 11 Moon Landing Jun 17, 1972 Watergate Break-ins 1974 Invention of the Internet (I had some difficulty finding this one, so this is just when the term Internet came into use to describe, well, the Internet) Aug 8, 1974 Nixon's Resignation Sep 11, 2001 9/11 Attacks