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The Cuban Missile Crisis
Was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union -
The invention of the Model T
Ford built 15 million Model T cars. It was the longest production run of any automobile model in history. -
The Zimmerman Telegram
An internal diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico -
The 19th Amendment
Granted women the right to vote. -
Charles Lindbergh’s Flight
An American aviator, made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean -
Black Thursday
A then-record number of shares were traded on the New York Stock Exchange by panicked investors, marking the onset of the stock market crash that precipitated the Great Depression. -
Hitler becomes chancellor
Hitler becomes chancellor -
The New Deal
Franklin Roosevelt delivered his first inaugural address before 100,000 people on Washington's Capitol Plaza. -
Hitler Invades Poland
Germany attacked Poland without the fear of Soviet intervention. Poland's army's were defeated. -
The Munich Pact
The agreement averted the outbreak of war but gave Czechoslovakia away to German conquest. -
Armistice Day
Armistice Day became Veterans Day, a holiday dedicated to American veterans of all wars. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor base in Hawaii. -
D-Day
The Allied invasion of Normandy lands in Operation Overlord during World War II. -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
The United States dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
The formation of United Nations
the formation of United Nations -
The Long Telegram
Being more than 8,000 words from Moscow to Secretary of State James Byrnes outlining a new strategy for diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. -
The formation of NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is formed. -
Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb
The Russians are able to build an Atomic Bomb. -
The Korean War
The Korean War began when North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations, with the United States as the principal force, came to the aid of South Korea. -
Brown v Board of Education
A landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
The Vietnam War
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
Parks refused to obey bus driver James F. Blake's order to give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger, after the white section was filled. Parks was not the first person to resist bus segregation. -
JFK’s Assassination
John F Kennedy was assassinated. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Was a joint resolution that the United States Congress passed. -
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
America lands on the moon for the first time in history. -
The Watergate Break-ins
Former Nixon aides G. Gordon Liddy and James W. McCord Jr. are convicted of conspiracy, burglary and wiretapping in the Watergate incident. -
Nixon’s Resignation
Nixon resigns. -
The invention of the Internet
Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
Citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country's borders. -
The 9/11 Attacks
The twin towers were bombed, as well as other terrorist attacks around the U.S.