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The Invention of the Model T
The first production of the Ford Model T is released. Ford sold over 15 million between 1908 and 1927. -
The Zimmerman Telegram
Britain intercepted a telegram from Berlin that they knew would bring America to the aid of the allies. -
The WWI Armistice
This ended WWI with a signing of the armistice calling for a ceasefire . -
The 19th Amendment
This granted women the right to vote. -
Charles Lindbergh's Flight
Charles Lindbergh flew the first solo flight across the entire Atlantic ocean. -
Black Thursday
This the day when the stock market crashed as the most devastating stock market crash in history. -
The New Deal
The New Deal was a series of financial reforms in the 1930s following the great depression. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor
Hitler was elected the Chancellor of the National Socialist German Workers Party. -
The Munich Pact
This was the settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's border mainly inhabited by German speakers. -
Hitler invades Poland
Hitler and the german army invade Poland at the start of WWII -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl harbor was a naval base near Honolulu, Hawai'i. It was destroyed in a surprise air assault by Japan and brought america into WWII. -
D-Day
D-Day was the day that Allies launched a successful invasion on the beaches of Normandy to retake eastern Europe. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
These were the two cities that the allies dropped atomic bombs on in Japan during WWII -
The Formation of the United Nations
The United Nations was formed to promote international cooperation and to create and maintain international order. -
The Long Telegram
An 8000 word telegram from George Kennan, and Embassy official. It stated exactly what the American Government wanted it to. Kennan hated communism and the Soviet government. -
The Formation of NATO
The North Atlantic Alliance is an intergovernmental military alliance between several North American and European States. -
Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb
The USSR successfully detonates its first atomic bomb, nicknamed, "First Lightning". -
The Korean War
A war between North and South Korea after several clashes at the border. -
Brown V Board of Education
When the supreme court ruled that separate schools for whites and blacks was unconstitutional. -
The Vietnam War
A conflict that occurred throughout Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia until 1975. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13 day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American Ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey and subsequent soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. -
JFK's assassination
35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy was assassinated during a presidential motorcade in Texas around Dealey Plaza. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
It was a joint resolution the the United States congress passed in response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. -
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
The first manned mission to the surface of the moon. -
The Watergate Break-ins
Part of a major political Scandal following the break in by five men at the Watergate Complex in Washington D.C. -
Nixon's Resignation
Nixon resigned in the face of near impeachment after the Watergate Scandal had cost him much of his presidential power. -
The Invention of the internet.
Scientists pulled together a "network of networks" successfully creating the internet as we know it. -
The fall of the Berlin Wall
The wall that had been Separating Eastern and Western Germany was taken down to allow people to cross between the border freely. -
Rosa Parks Refuses to give up her seat
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in the "colored" section of the bus when the "whites" section was filled. -
The 9/11 Attacks
Two planes were taken over by terrorists and flown into the World Trade Center marking it as the first terrorist attack on American Soil.