US History Timeline 2 By LoisMae 1908 The invention of the model T 1917 The Zimmerman Telegram Nov 11, 1918 The WWI armistice Jun 4, 1919 The 19th amendment May 20, 1927 Charles Lindberghs flight Oct 24, 1929 Black Thursday 1933 The new deal Jan 30, 1933 Hitler becomes chancellor Sep 30, 1938 The Munich pact Sep 1, 1939 Hitler invades Poland Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki Oct 24, 1945 The formation of the United Nations 1946 The long telegram Apr 4, 1949 The formation of NATO Aug 29, 1949 The Russians acquire the atomic bomb Jun 25, 1950 The Korean War May 17, 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education Nov 1, 1955 The Vietnam war 1963 The Cuban missile crisis Nov 22, 1963 JFK’s assassination Aug 7, 1964 The gulf of Tonkin resolution Dec 1, 1965 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat Jul 16, 1969 The Apollo 11 moon landing Jun 17, 1972 The watergate breakins Aug 8, 1974 Nixon 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