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The first affordable, mass produced car in history, designed by Henry Ford. -
A telegram from Germany encouraging the Mexican government to wage war with them against the U.S.
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A agreement that halted fighting on the western front in WW1 on 11/11/1918, effective at 11AM. -
The 19th amendment was passed, and allowed woman to vote. -
The first continuous, solo flight across the Atlantic ocean. -
The start of the worst stock market crash in history, and the start of the great depression. -
The day Hitler was appointed chancellor and rose to power. -
A group of government programs that provided jobs and support to the people of the U.S, aimed to combat the great depression. -
A pact that allowed Nazi Germany to annex part of Czechoslovakia. -
The beginning of Hitler's invasion of Poland. -
A surprise attack on the Pearl Harbor naval base by the Japanese. -
A series of Allied military landings and invasions across the beaches of normandy. -
Between the 6th and 9th of August, 1945, two nuclear bombs were detonated on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima Nagasaki. -
The formation of a global organization aimed at bettering the world and dismantling dangerous nations. -
A large telegram detailing soviet policy that would help the U.S counter them. -
The creation of an international military alliance. -
The Soviets successfully test their first version of a nuclear bomb. -
A war fought between the split nations of North and South Korea. -
A government decision that banned racial segregation in public schools. -
Rosa Parks, while riding a bus, refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. This ended in her being arrested, which sparked the Montgomery bus boycott, a year plus long protest that ended with segregation being removed from public buses. -
A week plus long nuclear standoff between the U.S and communist bombs stationed in Cuba. -
The day JFK was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald, while JFK was riding in a presidential motorcade. -
A order that gave president Lyndon B. Johnson the power to use any forces necessary to keep peace in southeast Asia. -
The crew of the Apollo 11 become the first people to walk on the moon. -
A break-in to the DMC in Washington D.C, where the perpetrators aimed to steal documents and plant bugs linked with Richard Nixon's re-election campaign. -
A televised Speech given by Nixon, announcing his retirement, due to his involvement in the watergate scandel. -
A 20 year long conflict between north and south Vietnam, heavily involving the U.S. -
The destruction of the wall separating east and west Berlin, signaling the end of the cold war. -
The internet becomes accessible to the public for the first time -
A series of terrorist attacks against the U.S, most infamously against the world trade center. -
A widespread outbreak of the Covid-19 virus, which caused a major lockdown across the world for several years.