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US History Timeline 1908-2020

  • The Invention of the Model T

    The Invention of the Model T

    The beginning of the production of the Model T car by the Ford company.
  • The Zimmerman Telegram

    The Zimmerman Telegram

    Sent by German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmermann to the German minister in Mexico and caused outrage in America.
  • The WW1 Armistice

    The WW1 Armistice

    The first step for ending the war between Germany and the Allies.
  • The 19th Amendment

    The 19th Amendment

    The amendment that prohibits denying people's vote based on gender.
  • Charles Lindbergh's Flight

    Charles Lindbergh's Flight

    The record for the fastest transcontinental flight.
  • Black Thursday

    Black Thursday

    Panicked sellers traded nearly 13 million shares and as a result, the great depression starts.
  • Hitler becomes chancellor

    Hitler becomes chancellor

    Hitler gets appointed following a series of political victories by the Nazi Party.
  • The New Deal

    The New Deal

    A series of programs, public work, financial reforms, and regulations published by President Franklin Roosevelt.
  • The Munich Pact

    The Munich Pact

    Known as the Munich Betrayal, the agreement allowed Germany to have the German territory of Czechoslovakia.
  • Hitler Invades Poland

    Hitler Invades Poland

    This marked the beginning of WW2.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    A Japanese surprise attack that destroyed the US Pacific fleet. Thrust America into the war.
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    160,000 Ally troops land on the French Coastline fighting Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy.
  • Hiroshima & Nagasaki

    Hiroshima & Nagasaki

    The United States blew up two nuclear bombs on August 6th and 9th, killing up to 226,000 civilians.
  • The formation of United Nations

  • The Long Telegram

    The Long Telegram

    5,500-word telegram sent to the Soviet Union outlining diplomatic relations with the US.
  • The Formation of NATO

  • Russians Acquire The Atomic Bomb

  • Korean War

  • Brown v Board of Education

  • The Vietnam War

  • Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis

  • JFK’s Assassination

  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

  • The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

  • The Watergate Break-ins

  • Nixon’s Resignation

  • The invention of the Internet

  • The Fall of the Berlin Wall

  • The 9/11 Attacks

  • Covid-19 Pandemic