US History Timeline 1917-2020 By edmundpevensie17 1908 The Invention of the Model T Jan 17, 1917 The Zimmermann Telegram Nov 11, 1918 The WWI Armistice Jun 4, 1919 The 19th Amendment May 21, 1927 Charles Lindbergh's Flight Oct 24, 1929 Black Thursday 1933 The New Deal Jan 20, 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor Sep 30, 1938 The Munich Pact Sep 1, 1939 Hitler Invades Poland Dec 7, 1941 The Attack on Pearl Harbor Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki Oct 24, 1945 The Formation of United Nations 1946 The Long Telegram Apr 4, 1949 The Formation of NATO Aug 29, 1949 Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953 The Korean War May 17, 1954 Brown vs 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 Oct 16, 1962 The Cuban Missile Crisis Nov 22, 1963 JFK's Assassination Aug 7, 1964 The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Jul 16, 1969 The Apollo 11 Moon Landing Jun 17, 1972 The Watergate Break-ins Aug 8, 1974 Nixon's Resignation Jan 1, 1983 The Invention of the Internet Nov 9, 1989 The Fall of the Berlin Wall Sep 11, 2001 The 9/11 Attacks 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic