USHB Timeline By REDGIRL Oct 1, 1908 The invention of the Model T Jan 16, 1917 The Zimmerman Telegram Nov 11, 1918 The WWI Armistice Aug 18, 1920 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 30, 1938 The Munich Pact Sep 1, 1939 Hitler Invades Poland Dec 7, 1941 The attack on Pearl Harbor Jun 6, 1944 D-Day 1945 Hiroshima & Nagasaki Oct 24, 1945 The formation of United Nations Feb 22, 1946 The Long Telegram 1949 The formation of NATO Period: 1950 to 1953 The Korean War May 17, 1954 Brown v Board of Education 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat Period: 1955 to 1975 The Vietnam War 1962 The Cuban Missile Crisis 1963 JFK’s Assassination 1964 The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 1969 The Apollo 11 Moon Landing Period: 1972 to 1974 The Watergate Break-ins 1974 Nixon’s Resignation 1983 The invention of the Internet 1989 The Fall of the Berlin Wall 2001 The 9/11 Attacks 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic