US History Events 2020 By 13w2004 Oct 1, 1908 When the Model T Was Announced to the Public 1917 The Zimmerman 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 Period: 1933 to 1939 The New Deal Jan 30, 1933 Hitler becomes chancellor Sep 1, 1938 Hitler Invades Poland Sep 30, 1938 The Munich Pact Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Period: Aug 6, 1945 to Aug 9, 1945 Hiroshima & Nagasaki Jan 1, 1946 The formation of United Nations Feb 22, 1946 The Long Telegram 1949 The formation of NATO 1949 Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953 The Korean War 1954 Brown v 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 1963 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 1972 The Watergate Break-ins 1973 The invention of the Internet Aug 8, 1974 Nixon’s Resignation Nov 9, 1989 The Fall of the Berlin Wall Sep 11, 2001 9/11 attacks