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Invention of the Model T
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The Zimmerman Telegram
The Zimmerman Telegram was intercepted and deciphered in January, 1917, by British intelligence. -
The WW1 Armistice
This agreement was between the Allies and Germany. It ended fighting on the Western Front. -
The 19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment allowed women to vote. It was passed by congress on June 4, 1919, but ratified on August 18, 1920. -
Charles Lindbergh's Flight
He took off at 7:52 am to begin his transatlantic flight. -
Black Thursday
The Wall Street crash started on October 24th, known as Black Thursday at the New York Stock Exchange. -
Hitler Becomes Chancellor of Germany
President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler the Chancellor of Germany. -
The New Deal
"The New Deal was a series of federal programs, public work projects, financial reforms and regulations enacted in the United States during the 1930s in response to the Great Depression."
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The Munich Pact
This was an agreement signed by France, Italy, Nazi Germany and Britain. -
Hitler Invades Poland
In the early morning on this day, Germany invades Poland, which aided in the initiation of WW2. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
This attack was a a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor. -
D-Day
"The United States and allied troops invaded at Normandy. This was the largest air, land, and sea invasion in history. The goal was to surprise Germany, but Germany was ready to fight. It was the beginning of the end of World War II." http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/d-day -
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Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
Formation of the United Nations
The United Nations was an intergovernmental organization to help in maintaining international order and promote international cooperation. -
The Long Telegram
A telegram sent by Kennan, consisting of 5,500 words to the Secretary of State, James Byrnes. -
Founding of NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was an alliance between the militaries of several North American and European states based on the North Atlantic Treaty. -
Soviet Atomic Bomb Project
The Russians acquired and detonated their first test bomb in 1949. -
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The Korean War
A war between North and South Korea. -
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Brown v. Board of Education
A case in which the Supreme Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
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The Vietnam War
This was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. -
Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Seat
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in the colored section to a white person after the whites-only part of the bus had been filled. -
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The Cuban Missile Crisis
This crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey with consequent Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. -
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
JFK was assassinated in Dallas, TX while riding in a presidential motorcade in Dealy Plaza. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The resolution was enacted on Aug. 10, and it was a joint resolution that the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964, in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident. -
Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Apollo 11 was the space flight that landed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon. -
The Watergate Scandal
The Watergate Scandal started when several burglars were arrested in the office of the Democratic National Committee, located in the Watergate complex of buildings in Washington, D.C. -
Resignation of Richard Nixon
The Watergate Scandal caused Nixon to lose much, if not all of his political support, and he faced almost certain impeachment, and so he resigned from office. -
Invention of the Internet
ARPANET adopted TCP/IP on January 1, 1983, and from there researchers began to assemble the “network of networks” that became the modern Internet. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
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9/11 Attacks
"The September 11 attacks (also referred to as 9/11) were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The attacks killed 2,996 people, injured over 6,000 others, and caused at least $10 billion in infrastructure and property damage." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks