SDC US History II Timeline

May 27, 1794

Birth of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Robber Baron)

history.com nrrhof.org vanderbilt.edu
Apr 27, 1820

Birth of Herbert Spencer (Social Darwinism)

pbs.org history.com northwestern.edu
Nov 25, 1835

Birth of Andrew Carnegie (Robber Baron)

pbs.org history.com carnegie.org - Gospel of Wealth
Apr 17, 1837

Birth of JP Morgan (Robber Baron)

history.com guides.loc.gov/
Jul 8, 1839

Birth of JD Rockefeller (Robber Baron)

pbs.org history.com rockarch.org
Sep 28, 1850

Brigham Young Appointed as Governor of Utah (Mormonism)

archives.utah.gov pbs.org history.com
Nov 5, 1855

Birth of Eugene V. Debs (Socialist / Labor Unionist)

debsfoundation.org aflcio.org pbs.org
Apr 5, 1856

Birth of Booker T. Washington

history.com tuskegee.edu encyclopediavirginia.org
Period: Sep 7, 1857 to Sep 11, 1857

Mountain Meadows Massacre - Mormon Conflicts in Utah

pbs.org
Mar 19, 1860

Birth of William Jennings Bryan (Free Silver, Cross of Gold Speech, 1896 Election, Scopes Monkey Trial)

pbs.org history.com history.state.gov
Period: Apr 3, 1860 to Oct 26, 1861

Pony Express

nationalponyexpress.org nps.gov
Period: Mar 4, 1861 to Apr 15, 1865

Presidency of Abraham Lincoln

whitehouse.gov battlefields.org - 1860 battlefields.org - 1864
Apr 12, 1861

Battle of Fort Sumter - Beginning of the Civil War

senate.gov
Period: Apr 12, 1861 to Apr 9, 1865

American Civil War

history.com
May 20, 1862

Homestead Act

archives.gov
Jul 2, 1862

Morrill Land-Grant Act

archives.gov senate.gov
Jul 16, 1862

Birth of Ida B. Wells

womenshistory.org nps.gov
Period: Aug 17, 1862 to Dec 26, 1862

Dakota War (Indian Wars)

mnhs.org
Jan 1, 1863

Emancipation Proclamation

archives.gov loc.gov history.com
Period: 1863 to 1866

Navajo Long Walk (Native American Removal)

americanindian.si.edu
Nov 19, 1863

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

constitutioncenter.org loc.gov rmc.library.cornell.edu
Period: Dec 8, 1863 to Mar 31, 1877

Reconstruction Era in the American South

history.com loc.gov
Period: 1864 to 1867

Credit Mobilier Scandal

pbs.org history.com
Period: Nov 15, 1864 to Dec 21, 1864

Sherman's March to the Sea

battlefields.org history.com
Nov 29, 1864

Sand Creek Massacre (Indian Wars)

nps.gov
Period: 1865 to 1866

Black Codes in the American South

constitutioncenter.org
Apr 9, 1865

Robert E. Lee Surrenders - End of the Civil War

history.com
Apr 14, 1865

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

loc.gov
Period: Apr 15, 1865 to Mar 4, 1869

Presidency of Andrew Johnson

whitehouse.gov
Apr 26, 1865

Death of John Wilkes Booth

battlefields.org history.com nps.gov
Dec 6, 1865

Ratification of the 13th Amendment

archives.gov
Dec 24, 1865

Founding of the Ku Klux Klan

history.com
1866

Formation of "Buffalo Soldiers"

nps.gov nmaahc.si.edu history.com
Apr 9, 1866

Civil Rights Act of 1866

constitutioncenter.org
Mar 2, 1867

Reconstruction Act of 1867

senate.gov constitutioncenter.org
Oct 18, 1867

Purchase of Alaska - "Seward's Folly"

history.state.gov
Feb 23, 1868

Birth of W.E.B. Du Bois

history.com history.com britannica.com
Period: Feb 24, 1868 to May 16, 1868

Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson by House of Representatives

senate.gov pbs.org loc.gov
Jul 9, 1868

Ratification of the 14th Amendment

archives.gov
Period: Mar 4, 1869 to Mar 4, 1877

Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant

whitehouse.gov battlefields.org - 1868 britannica.com - 1872
May 10, 1869

Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad - 1862 - 1869

loc.gov
Period: 1870 to 1914

Second Industrial Revolution - United States

history.com richmondvale.org
Period: 1870 to 1900

The Gilded Age

pbs.org history.com rbhayes.org
Feb 3, 1870

Ratification of the 15th Amendment

archives.gov
May 31, 1870

Enforcement Acts (KKK Acts) of 1870-1871

senate.gov constitutioncenter.org
Period: 1871 to 1876

Grant's Whiskey Ring Scandal

history.com
Oct 27, 1871

William "Boss" Tweed Arrested (Tammany Hall)

doe.mass.edu billofrightsinstitute.org americanhistory.si.edu
Nov 5, 1872

Susan B. Anthony Arrested for Voting

archives.gov nationalgeographic.org archivesfoundation.org
Mar 7, 1876

Alexander Graham Bell Patents First Telephone

loc.gov history.com loc.gov
Period: Jun 25, 1876 to Jun 26, 1876

Battle of Little Bighorn - Death of Custer

nps.gov
1877

Compromise of 1877 - Tilden or Blood!

history.com
1877

Formation of the Farmers' Alliance (pre-Populist Party)

okhistory.org encyclopediaofarkansas.net
Period: Mar 3, 1877 to Mar 3, 1881

Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes

whitehouse.gov battlefields.org - 1876
Period: Jul 14, 1877 to Sep 4, 1877

Great Railroad Strike of 1877

history.com digital.lib.niu.edu
1879

Carlisle Indian Industrial School Founded

nps.gov ou.edu
Sep 14, 1879

Birth of Margaret Sanger (Birth Control Activist / Planned Parenthood)

womenshistory.org pbs.org anb.org
1880

Thomas Edison Markets His Incandescent Lightbulb

energy.gov fi.edu
Period: Mar 4, 1881 to Sep 19, 1881

Presidency of James A. Garfield

whitehouse.gov rmc.library.cornell.edu - 1880
Jul 2, 1881

Shooting of President James A. Garfield

loc.gov
Jul 14, 1881

Death of Billy the Kid

usmarshals.gov history.com
Sep 19, 1881

Death of President James A. Garfield After Assassination Attempt

loc.gov
Period: Sep 20, 1881 to Mar 4, 1885

Presidency of Chester A. Arthur

whitehouse.gov
Oct 26, 1881

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

history.com ok-corral.com
May 6, 1882

Chinese Exclusion Act

archives.gov
Sep 4, 1882

Edison's First Commercial Power Station Opens (Electricity)

nationalmaglab.org historictownsofamerica.com si.edu
May 19, 1883

Buffalo Bill's First "Wild West Show"

centerofthewest.org pbs.org
Period: Mar 4, 1885 to Mar 4, 1889

First Term of President Grover Cleveland

presidency.ucsb.edu americanheritage.com - 1884
May 4, 1886

Haymarket Affair (Labor Riot)

history.com loc.gov
Feb 8, 1887

Dawes General Allotment Act (Dawes Act, 1887)

archives.gov
Jul 6, 1887

Bayonet Constitution - Hawaii

nationalgeographic.org nlm.nih.gov history.state.gov
1889

Jane Addams Founds Hull House - Chicago

nps.gov hullhousemuseum.org womenshistory.org
1889

Native American Prophet Wovoka Creates "Ghost Dance" Movement

okhistory.org blogs.loc.gov guides.loc.gov
Period: Mar 4, 1889 to Mar 3, 1893

Presidency of Benjamin Harrison

whitehouse.gov guides.loc.gov - 1888 smithsonianmag.com - 1888
Jan 1, 1890

How The Other Half Lives is Published

loc.gov
Jul 2, 1890

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

archives.gov
Dec 29, 1890

Wounded Knee Massacre - Indian Wars

history.com
Period: Jun 30, 1892 to Jul 6, 1892

Homestead Strike (Labor Dispute)

history.com loc.gov pbs.org
Jul 4, 1892

First Populist Party Convention and Platform

constitutioncenter.org gilderlehrman.org
Oct 5, 1892

Southern Horrors: Lynch Law In All Its Phases Published by Ida B. Wells

digitalhistory.uh.edu encyclopediavirginia.org
Jan 17, 1893

Overthrow of Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani

nea.org womenshistory.si.edu history.com
Period: Mar 4, 1893 to Mar 4, 1897

Second Term of President Grover Cleveland

presidency.ucsb.edu ucla.edu - 1892
Period: May 11, 1894 to Jul 20, 1894

Pullman Strike (Labor Dispute)

nps.gov history.com
Sep 18, 1895

Booker T. Washington's "Atlanta Compromise" Speech

loc.gov history.iowa.gov
May 18, 1896

Plessy v. Ferguson - Separate but equal

archives.gov loc.gov
Jul 9, 1896

William Jennings Bryan "Cross of Gold" Speech

teachingamericanhistory.org historymatters.gmu.edu
Period: 1897 to 1929

The Progressive Era

loc.gov loc.gov 2001-2009.state.gov
Period: Mar 4, 1897 to Sep 14, 1901

Presidency of William McKinley

whitehouse.gov ushistory.org - 1896 guides.loc.gov - 1896 britannica.com - 1900 loc.gov - 1900
Feb 15, 1898

Explosion of the USS Maine - Havana Harbor, Cuba

history.com
Period: Apr 21, 1898 to Dec 10, 1898

Spanish American War

history.state.gov
Jul 1, 1898

Battle of San Juan Hill - Charge of the Roughriders

history.com
Jul 7, 1898

US Annexation of Hawaii

archives.gov
Period: Feb 4, 1899 to Jul 4, 1902

Philippine American War

history.state.gov history.navy.mil
Sep 6, 1899

Open Door Policy (US Intervention in China)

history.state.gov
Period: Nov 2, 1899 to Sep 7, 1901

Boxer Rebellion (US Intervention in China)

history.com archives.gov
Dec 27, 1900

Carrie Nation Smashes Bar with Hatchet

history.com politico.com history.com
Mar 2, 1901

Carnegie Steel Sold -- Formation of US Steel

library.hbs.edu ussteel.com
Sep 14, 1901

Assassination of William McKinley

loc.gov
Period: Sep 14, 1901 to 1909

Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt

whitehouse.gov
Period: May 12, 1902 to Oct 23, 1902

Anthracite Coal Strike

dol.gov theodorerooseveltcenter.org hbs.edu
May 22, 1902

Theodore Roosevelt Establishes His 1st of 5 National Parks

nps.gov fws.gov pbs.org
May 22, 1903

Platt Amendment Signed - US & Cuba

archives.gov
Nov 3, 1903

US Supports Panama Independence from Colombia

history.com history.state.gov
Dec 17, 1903

Wright Brothers Successful Flight

airandspace.si.edu spacecenter.org
Nov 4, 1905

The Jungle is Published

history.com
1906

Theodore Roosevelt Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

nobelprize.org
Jun 8, 1906

Antiquities Act (Historic & Natural Preservation)

nps.gov doi.gov savingplaces.org
Jun 30, 1906

Meat Inspection Act

onlinesafetytrainer.com utbeef.tennessee.edu
Jun 30, 1906

Pure Food and Drug Act

fda.gov guides.loc.gov
Feb 15, 1907

Gentleman's Agreement of 1907

history.state.gov history.com
Period: Dec 16, 1907 to Feb 22, 1909

Roosevelt's Great White Fleet

history.navy.mil loc.gov theodorerooseveltcenter.org
Jul 26, 1908

Formation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

fbi.gov pbs.org
Feb 12, 1909

National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples (NAACP) Founded

naacp.org history.com
Period: Mar 4, 1909 to Mar 4, 1913

Presidency of William H. Taft

whitehouse.gov
Mar 25, 1911

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

history.com osha.gov
May 15, 1911

Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. U.S.

connecticuthistory.org law.cornell.edu
Apr 15, 1912

Sinking of the Titanic

History.com
Period: Aug 4, 1912 to Jan 2, 1933

US Occupation of Nicaragua

state.gov teachingamericanhistory.org oregoned.org
Oct 14, 1912

Attempted Assassination of President Roosevelt

trlibrary.com history.com theodoreroosevelt.org
Feb 4, 1913

Birth of Rosa Parks

rosaparks.org
Mar 3, 1913

National Woman Suffrage Parade (Women's Suffrage movement)

nps.gov womenshistory.si.edu loc.gov
Period: Mar 4, 1913 to Mar 4, 1921

Presidency of Woodrow Wilson

whitehouse.gov
Dec 1, 1913

Henry Ford's First Moving Assembly Line (Mass Production)

history.com thehenryford.org pbs.org
Apr 9, 1914

Tampico Affair (US & Mexico)

CFR.org
Period: Apr 21, 1914 to Nov 23, 1914

US Occupation of Veracruz (US & Mexico)

history.navy.mil loc.gov
Jun 28, 1914

Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

History.com
Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

World War One

History.com
Aug 15, 1914

Completion of the Panama Canal

History.com pbs.org
Oct 15, 1914

Clayton Anti-Trust Act

loc.gov law.cornell.edu
Feb 8, 1915

Release of "The Birth of a Nation" (Rebirth of KKK)

pbs.org civilwar.vt.edu loc.gov
May 7, 1915

Sinking of the Lusitania

loc.gov
Period: Jul 28, 1915 to Aug 1, 1934

US Occupation of Haiti

History.state.gov state.gov Navy history
Aug 17, 1915

Lynching of Leo Frank (Rebirth of KKK)

georgiaencyclopedia.org guides.loc.gov
Dec 8, 1915

Rebirth of the KKK (Second Klan)

History.com dp.la
Mar 9, 1916

Pancho Villa Attacks Columbus, New Mexico

nationalmuseum.af.mil laits.utexas.edu history.com
Period: Mar 14, 1916 to Feb 7, 1917

Punitive Expedition to Mexico

nps.gov
Period: May 13, 1916 to Sep 18, 1924

US Occupation of the Dominican Republic

State.gov usni.org
Oct 16, 1916

Founding of Planned Parenthood

embryo.asu.edu
Jan 17, 1917

Zimmermann Telegram Intercepted

Archives.gov
Apr 6, 1917

US Joins World War One

State.gov
Jun 15, 1917

Espionage Act of 1917

Iowa.gov Intelligence.gov
Period: Oct 25, 1917 to 1922

Bolshevik Revolution and Russian Civil War

History.com Army Heritage
Period: 1918 to 1920

US Intervention in Russian Civil War

armyhistory.org smithsonianmag.com
Period: 1918 to 1920

"Spanish" Influenza Pandemic

kumc.edu Archives.gov
Jan 8, 1918

Wilson's "14 Points" Speech to Congress

Archives.gov theworldwar.org
May 16, 1918

Sedition Act of 1918

loc.gov digitalhistory.uh.edu
Jun 30, 1918

Eugene V. Debs Arrested for Violating Sedition Act

archives.gov smithsonianmag.com
Nov 11, 1918

Armistice - World War One Ends

theworldwar.org
1919

Woodrow Wilson Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

nobelprize.org
Jan 16, 1919

Ratification of the 18th Amendment

constitution.congress.gov constitutioncenter.org
Period: Jan 18, 1919 to Jan 21, 1919

Paris Peace Conference

state.gov
Period: Apr 13, 1919 to Nov 13, 1919

Red Summer of 1919

theworldwar.org history.com
Jun 28, 1919

Treaty of Versailles

history.com
Period: Jan 17, 1920 to Dec 5, 1933

Prohibition Era

history.com atf.gov pbs.org pbs.org
Aug 18, 1920

Ratification of the 19th Amendment

archives.gov constitution.congress.gov
Period: 1921 to 1923

Harding's Teapot Dome Scandal

senate.gov history.com
Period: Mar 4, 1921 to Aug 2, 1923

Presidency of Warren G. Harding

whitehouse.gov
May 31, 1921

Sacco-Vanzetti Case Begins

famous-trials.com
Period: May 31, 1921 to Jun 1, 1921

Tulsa Race Massacre

history.com tulsahistory.org
Sep 21, 1922

Fordney-McCumber Tariff

State.gov
Aug 2, 1923

Death of President Warren G. Harding

PBS
Period: Sep 2, 1923 to Mar 4, 1929

Presidency of Calvin Coolidge

whitehouse.gov
May 24, 1924

Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson-Reed Act)

State.gov Miller Center
Jul 10, 1925

Scopes Monkey Trial Begins

History.com History.com NPR
Mar 31, 1927

Birth of Cesar Chavez (Labor/Civil Rights)

chavezfoundation.org ufw.org diversity.sonoma.edu
May 20, 1927

Charles Lindbergh's Solo Flight Across the Atlantic

PBS pioneersofflight.si.edu mnhs.org
Dec 1, 1927

Deportation of Marcus Garvey

PBS neworleanshistorical.org Archives.gov
Jan 15, 1929

Birth of Martin Luther King Jr.

history.com
Period: Mar 4, 1929 to Mar 4, 1933

Presidency of Herbert Hoover

whitehouse.gov
Oct 29, 1929

Stock Market Crash

History.com
Period: Oct 29, 1929 to 1939

Great Depression

History.com
Jun 13, 1930

Smoot-Hawley Tariff

Senate corporatefinanceinstitute.com
Period: 1931 to 1939

Dust Bowl

History.com drought.unl.edu PBS
Jul 28, 1932

"Bonus Army" Attacked by US Army / DC Police

nps.gov department.va.gov
Period: 1933 to 1939

FDR's New Deal Programs

britannica.com history.com loc.gov
Period: Mar 4, 1933 to Apr 12, 1945

Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

White House
Mar 12, 1933

FDR's First Fireside Chat - Banking

LOC
Mar 31, 1933

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

nps.gov history.com archives.gov
May 12, 1933

Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)

teachingamericanhistory.org britannica.com
May 18, 1933

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

archives.gov history.com tva.com
Jun 16, 1933

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

fdic.gov history.com guides.loc.gov
Sep 26, 1933

Machine Gun Kelly Arrested by FBI

fbi.gov
Dec 5, 1933

Ratification of the 21st Amendment

constitutioncenter
May 23, 1934

Death of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow

fbi.gov heartoflouisiana.com
Jul 22, 1934

Death of John Dillinger

fbi.gov themobmuseum.org
Oct 22, 1934

Death of Pretty Boy Floyd

history.com fbi.gov
Nov 27, 1934

Death of Baby Face Nelson

fbi.gov fbi.gov
May 6, 1935

Works Progress Administration (WPA)

history.com pbs.org npr.org
Aug 14, 1935

Social Security Act

archives.gov history.com history.com
Aug 31, 1935

Neutrality Acts, 1930s

history.state.gov
May 6, 1937

Hindenburg Disaster

history.com
Jul 2, 1937

Amelia Earhart Disappears in the Pacific

pioneersofflight.si.edu usni.org
Dec 12, 1937

USS Panay Incident

.history.navy.mil history.navy.mil
Jun 25, 1938

Fair Labor Standards Act (Minimum Wage)

guides.loc.gov dol.gov
Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945

World War Two

history.com
Mar 11, 1941

Lend-Lease Act

archives.gov
Mar 22, 1941

Formation of the Tuskegee Airmen

pbs.org nationalww2museum.org tuskegee.edu
Dec 7, 1941

Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

nationalww2museum.org
Dec 8, 1941

FDR's "Day of Infamy" Speech

loc.gov
Period: Dec 8, 1941 to May 6, 1942

Japanese Invasion of the Philippines - WWII

history.navy.mil
1942

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) - early Civil Rights

kinginstitute.stanford.edu history.com
Feb 19, 1942

Executive Order 9066 - Japanese-American Internment Camps

archives.gov fdrlibrary.org
Period: Apr 9, 1942 to Apr 17, 1942

Bataan Death March

nationalww2museum.org
Apr 18, 1942

Doolittle Raid

history.navy.mil
Period: May 4, 1942 to May 8, 1942

Battle of the Coral Sea

history.navy.mil
Period: Jun 3, 1942 to Aug 15, 1943

Aleutian Islands Campaign (American Campaign)

loc.gov nps.gov history.navy.mil
Period: Jun 4, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942

Battle of Midway

history.navy.mil
Period: Aug 7, 1942 to Feb 9, 1943

Battle of Guadalcanal - Solomon Islands Campaign

nationalww2museum.org
Period: Oct 23, 1942 to Nov 4, 1942

Second Battle of El Alamein

nam.ac.uk
Period: Nov 8, 1942 to Nov 16, 1942

Operation Torch - Allied Invasion of North Africa

history.navy.mil
Apr 30, 1943

Operation Mincemeat

history.com
Period: Jul 9, 1943 to Aug 17, 1943

Allied Invasion of Sicily

history.navy.mil
Jul 25, 1943

Overthrow of Benito Mussolini

history.com
Aug 1, 1943

JFK & PT-109 Incident (WWII)

jfklibrary.org archives.gov
Period: Sep 3, 1943 to May 7, 1945

Allied Invasion of Italy

nationalww2museum.org1 nationalww2museum.org2 nationalww2museum.org3
Sep 8, 1943

Surrender of Italy

history.com
Period: Nov 28, 1943 to Dec 1, 1943

Tehran Conference

history.state.gov
Jun 6, 1944

Operation Overlord - D-Day Landings, Normandy Beach

eisenhowerlibrary.gov
Jun 22, 1944

Servicemen's Readjustment Act (G.I. Bill)

history.com archives.gov nationalww2museum.org
Period: Jul 21, 1944 to Aug 10, 1944

Battle of Guam

defense.gov history.navy.mil nps.gov
Period: Sep 17, 1944 to Sep 25, 1944

Operation Market Garden

nam.ac.uk
Oct 20, 1944

General MacArthur's "I Have Returned" Speech

teachingamericanhistory.org fdr.blogs.archives.gov
Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945

Battle of the Bulge

army.mil
Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 11, 1945

Yalta Conference

history.state.gov
Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945

Battle of Iwo Jima

history.navy.mil nationalww2museum.org usmcmuseum
Period: Mar 26, 1945 to Sep 7, 1945

Battle of Okinawa

nationalww2museum.org history.navy.mil history.com
Apr 11, 1945

US Army Liberates Buchenwald Concentration Camp

ushmm.org nationalww2museum.org
Apr 12, 1945

Death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

roosevelthouse.hunter.cuny.edu
Period: Apr 12, 1945 to Jan 20, 1953

Presidency of Harry S. Truman

whitehouse.gov
Apr 23, 1945

US Army Liberates Flossenburg Concentration Camp

ushmm.org
Apr 28, 1945

Death of Benito Mussolini

nationalww2museum.org
Apr 29, 1945

US Army Liberates Dachau Concentration Camp

ushmm.org history.com
Apr 30, 1945

Death of Adolf Hitler

nationalww2museum.org
May 7, 1945

Surrender of Nazi Germany

history.com
May 8, 1945

V-E Day (Victory in Europe)

defense.gov
Jul 16, 1945

Trinity Test

afnwc.af.mil
Period: Jul 17, 1945 to Aug 2, 1945

Potsdam Conference

history.state.gov
Jul 26, 1945

Potsdam Declaration

ahf.nuclearmuseum.org
Jul 30, 1945

Sinking of the USS Indianapolis

nationalww2museum.org navy.mil
Aug 6, 1945

Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

nationalww2museum.org
Aug 9, 1945

Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki

nationalww2museum.org
Sep 2, 1945

Surrender of the Empire of Japan

archives.gov
Sep 2, 1945

V-J Day (Victory over Japan)

nationalww2museum.org defense.gov
Oct 24, 1945

Formation of the United Nations

history.state.gov
Period: Nov 20, 1945 to Oct 1, 1946

Nuremberg Trials

nationalww2museum.org
Feb 22, 1946

Long Telegram (Cold War)

trumanlibraryinstitute.org nsarchive2.gwu.edu
Period: Apr 29, 1946 to Nov 12, 1948

Tokyo War Crimes Trials

nationalww2museum.org
Jan 25, 1947

Death of Al Capone

archives.fbi.gov pbs.org themobmuseum.org
Mar 12, 1947

Truman Doctrine

history.state.gov archives.gov
Apr 15, 1947

Jackie Robinson and Desegregation in Baseball

mlb.com loc.gov baseballhall.org
Sep 18, 1947

Formation of the Central Intelligence Agency

trumanlibrary.gov
Oct 1, 1947

Founding of Levittown (Racially-Integrated Suburb)

levittownpl.org philadelphiaencyclopedia.org ushistoryscene.com
Nov 24, 1947

"Hollywood 10" Trial (accused Communism)

history.com archives.gov archivesfoundation.org
Apr 3, 1948

Marshall Plan (European Recovery Plan)

archives.gov history.state.gov
Period: Jun 24, 1948 to May 12, 1949

Berlin Airlift

history.state.gov
Jul 26, 1948

Executive Order 9981 - Desegregation of the Military

nps.gov
Apr 4, 1949

Formation of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

history.state.gov
Aug 29, 1949

Soviets Test Atomic Weapon

history.com ahf.nuclearmuseum.org
Oct 1, 1949

Formation of People's Republic of China (Communist)

nationalarchives.gov.uk history.state.gov
Period: 1950 to 1954

Red Scare (McCarthyism)

millercenter.org history.com eisenhowerlibrary.gov history.com
Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953

Korean War

army.mil history.com nam.ac.uk
Period: Sep 15, 1950 to Sep 19, 1950

Battle of Inchon (Inchon Landing)

history.navy.mil usni.org
Period: Nov 27, 1950 to Dec 24, 1950

Battle of Chosin Reservoir

armyhistory.org history.navy.mil
Period: Jan 20, 1953 to Jan 20, 1961

Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower

whitehouse.gov
Jun 19, 1953

Execution of the Rosenbergs (Atomic Spies)

eisenhowerlibrary.gov jwa.org npg.si.edu americanjewisharchives.org
Jul 27, 1953

Korean War Armistice - End of Fighting

archives.gov defense.gov
Aug 19, 1953

US-backed Revolution in Iran (Operation Ajax)

npr.org pbs.org
May 14, 1954

Formation of the Warsaw Pact

history.state.gov history.com nato.int
May 17, 1954

Brown v. Board of Education

archives.gov history.com
Period: Aug 2, 1955 to Jul 17, 1975

Space Race

rmg.co.uk history.com
Aug 28, 1955

Murder of Emmett Till

history.com fbi.gov loc.gov
Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975

Vietnam War

history.com history.navy.mil
Dec 1, 1955

Rosa Parks Arrested For Not Moving Seats on Bus

loc.gov archives.gov history.com
Period: Dec 5, 1955 to Dec 20, 1953

Montgomery Bus Boycott

kinginstitute.stanford.edu history.com
Dec 17, 1956

Browder v. Gayle

kinginstitute.stanford.edu loc.gov
Jan 10, 1957

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

kinginstitute.stanford.edu nps.gov
Oct 4, 1957

Launch of Sputnik I (First Manmade Satellite in Space)

nationalgeographic.org nasa.gov
Jul 29, 1958

Formation of NASA

nasa.gov history.com
Jan 1, 1959

Castro Takes Over Cuba / Batista Flees (Cuban Revolution)

history.com history.com
Feb 1, 1960

Greensboro Sit In (Civil Rights movement)

history.com
Apr 15, 1960

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

kinginstitute.stanford.edu archives.gov
May 1, 1960

U-2 Spy Plane Shot Down / Capture of Francis Gary Powers

history.state.gov eisenhowerlibrary.gov
Period: Jan 20, 1961 to Nov 22, 1963

Presidency of John F. Kennedy

whitehouse.gov
Apr 12, 1961

First Man in Space - Soviet Yuri Gagarin

nasa.gov esa.int
Period: Apr 17, 1961 to Apr 20, 1961

Bay of Pigs Invasion (US Intervention in Cuba)

jfklibrary.org history.state.gov
Period: May 4, 1961 to Dec 16, 1961

Freedom Rides (Civil Rights movement)

kinginstitute.stanford.edu history.com civilrightsmuseum.org
May 5, 1961

First American in Space - Alan Shepard

nasa.gov airandspace.si.edu
May 11, 1961

JFK Authorizes Sending More Troops to South Vietnam

history.com jfklibrary.org
Aug 13, 1961

Construction of Berlin Wall Begins

nato.int history.com stiftung-berliner-mauer.de
Jun 30, 1962

Publication of Silent Spring (Environmentalism)

rachelcarson.org acs.org
Sep 30, 1962

National Farm Workers Association (NFWA)-- Becomes United Farm Workers (UFW) - Led by Cesar Chavez

snccdigital.org guides.loc.gov californiahistoricalsociety.org nfwm.org
Period: Oct 16, 1962 to Oct 29, 1962

Cuban Missile Crisis

history.state.gov jfklibrary.org history.com
Oct 27, 1962

Shootdown of U-2 Spy Plane Over Cuba (Cuban Missile Crisis)

history.com iwm.org.uk nationalmuseum.af.mil
Feb 19, 1963

Publication of Feminine Mystique (Second-Wave Feminism)

history.com jwa.org
Apr 16, 1963

Letter From a Birmingham Jail (MLK Jr)

upenn.edu
Jun 12, 1963

Murder of Medgar Evers (Civil Rights Movement)

fbi.gov nps.gov
Aug 28, 1963

MLK Jr's March on Washington

naacp.org nps.gov wesleyan.edu
Aug 28, 1963

MLK Jr's "I Have A Dream" Speech

npr.org history.com
Sep 15, 1963

16th Street Baptist Church Bombing

fbi.gov nps.gov
Nov 22, 1963

Assassination of John F. Kennedy

jfklibrary.org fbi.gov archives.gov
Period: Nov 22, 1963 to Jan 20, 1969

Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson

whitehouse.gov
Nov 24, 1963

Jack Ruby Kills Lee Harvey Oswald

history.com loc.gov history.com
Jul 2, 1964

Civil Rights Act of 1964

dol.gov archives.gov
Aug 2, 1964

Gulf of Tonkin Incident

history.state.gov usni.org millercenter.org
Feb 21, 1965

Assassination of Malcolm X

history.com history.com eji.org
Period: Mar 2, 1965 to Nov 2, 1968

Operation Rolling Thunder

afhistory.af.mil history.com nationalmuseum.af.mil
Mar 7, 1965

Bloody Sunday (Civil Rights movement violence)

nationalgeographic.org history.com
Mar 8, 1965

US Marines Land in Da Nang, South Vietnam

vietnamwar50th.com
Period: Mar 21, 1965 to Mar 25, 1965

Selma to Montgomery March (Civil Rights movement)

history.com kinginstitute.stanford.edu archives.gov
Aug 6, 1965

Voting Rights Act of 1965

archives.gov naacp.org
Period: Aug 11, 1965 to Aug 17, 1965

Watts Riots

history.com kinginstitute.stanford.edu
Oct 15, 1966

Black Panther Party Founded

archives.gov history.com nmaahc.si.edu
Jan 27, 1967

Apollo I Disaster

astronomy.com nasa.gov
Apr 28, 1967

Muhammad Ali Refuses US Military Draft

history.com si.com
Jun 8, 1967

USS Liberty Incident

history.state.gov cia.gov
Period: Jan 21, 1968 to Jul 9, 1968

Siege of Khe Sanh

marines.mil vietnamwar50th.com vietnam.ttu.edu
Period: Jan 30, 1968 to Mar 28, 1968

Tet Offensive

history.state.gov defense.gov history.com
Mar 16, 1968

My Lai Massacre

history.com pbs.org armyhistory.org
Apr 3, 1968

MLK Jr's Last Speech - "I've Been to the Mountaintop"

kinginstitute.stanford.edu americanrhetoric.com
Apr 4, 1968

Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr

kinginstitute.stanford.edu history.com archives.gov
Jun 5, 1968

Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy Sr. (Bobby)

loc.gov historytoday.com
Oct 16, 1968

Black Power Salute at 1968 Mexico City Olympics

history.com si.com nmaahc.si.edu
Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Aug 4, 1974

Presidency of Richard M. Nixon

whitehouse.gov
Period: Jul 16, 1969 to Jul 24, 1969

Apollo 11 Mission - Moon Landing

history.com nasa.gov airandspace.si.edu
Apr 28, 1970

US Troops Sent To Cambodia

history.com politico.com nixonfoundation.org
May 4, 1970

Kent State Shooting (Vietnam War Protest)

kent.edu apnews.com
Apr 6, 1971

Ping-Pong Diplomacy

pbs.org
Period: May 9, 1972 to Oct 23, 1972

Operation Linebacker - Bombing of North Vietnam

afhistory.af.mil nationalmuseum.af.mil vietnamwar50th.com
Period: Jun 17, 1972 to Aug 9, 1974

Watergate Scandal

history.com fbi.gov senate.gov
Jan 22, 1973

Roe v. Wade

supreme.justia.com
Mar 29, 1973

US Troops Leave Vietnam

teachingamericanhistory.org history.com
Aug 8, 1974

Resignation of President Nixon

archivesfoundation.org archives.gov
Period: Aug 9, 1974 to Jan 20, 1977

Presidency of Gerald Ford

whitehouse.gov
Apr 30, 1975

Fall of Saigon - End of Vietnam War

diplomacy.state.gov airandspaceforces.com vietnamwar50th.com
Period: Jan 20, 1977 to Jan 20, 1981

Presidency of Jimmy Carter

whitehouse.gov
Period: Nov 4, 1979 to Jan 20, 1981

Iranian Hostage Crisis

history.state.gov archives.gov pbs.org
Jan 23, 1980

"Argo" Rescue of American Diplomats

cia.gov diplomacy.state.gov
Apr 24, 1980

Operation Eagle Claw

asomf.org britannica.com cbsnews.com
Period: Nov 22, 1980 to Aug 20, 1988

Iran-Iraq War (US Involvement)

history.com yris.yira.org
Period: Jan 20, 1981 to Jan 20, 1989

Presidency of Ronald Reagan

whitehouse.gov
Mar 30, 1981

Attempted Assassination of President Reagan

millercenter.org reaganlibrary.gov
Aug 13, 1981

Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 (Reaganomics)

congress.gov reagan.blogs.archives.gov
Sep 21, 1981

Sandra Day O'Connor Becomes First Woman on Supreme Court

supremecourt.gov archives.gov
Jan 4, 1982

Reagan Support of Contras in Nicaragua

history.com oig.justice.gov
Oct 23, 1983

Bombing of US Marine Barracks - Beirut, Lebanon

state.gov marines.mil dia.mil
Period: Oct 25, 1983 to Oct 20, 1983

US Invasion of Grenada - Operation Urgent Fury

history.com armyupress.army.mil
Period: Aug 20, 1985 to Mar 4, 1987

Iran-Contra Affair

pbs.org history.com brown.edu
Jan 28, 1986

Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion

nasa.gov nasa.gov aps.org
Apr 15, 1986

Operation El Dorado Canyon

history.com afhistory.af.mil britannica.com
Oct 22, 1986

Tax Reform Act of 1986 (Reaganomics)

congress.gov reaganfoundation.org brookings.edu
May 17, 1987

USS Stark Incident

history.navy.mil usni.org
Jun 12, 1987

Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall!" Speech

archives.gov gilderlehrman.org history.com
Period: Jan 20, 1989 to Jan 20, 1993

Presidency of George H. W. Bush

whitehouse.gov
Mar 24, 1989

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

history.com apps-afsc.fisheries.noaa.gov
Nov 9, 1989

Fall of the Berlin Wall

iwm.org.uk
Period: Dec 20, 1989 to Jan 31, 1990

US Invasion of Panama - Operation Just Cause

history.com millercenter.org bbc.com
Period: Aug 7, 1990 to Jan 16, 1991

Operation Desert Shield

history.army.mil history.navy.mil
Period: Jan 17, 1991 to Feb 28, 1991

Operation Desert Storm

history.army.mil me.ng.mil
Period: Apr 29, 1992 to May 4, 1992

1992 Los Angeles Riots

history.com npr.org
Jun 29, 1992

Planned Parenthood of Southeast PA v. Casey

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/505/833/
Period: Jan 20, 1993 to Jan 20, 2001

Presidency of Bill Clinton

https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/william-j-clinton/
Feb 26, 1993

1993 World Trade Center Bombing

fbi.gov state.gov pbs.org
Period: Aug 22, 1993 to Oct 13, 1993

Operation Gothic Serpent - Black Hawk Down Incident

asomf.org armyupress.army.mil
Jan 1, 1994

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

ustr.gov cbp.gov history.com
Period: Jan 24, 1995 to Oct 3, 1995

OJ Simpson Murder Trial

famous-trials.com britannica.com
Apr 19, 1995

Oklahoma City Bombing

fbi.gov okhistory.org
Dec 19, 1998

Impeachment of President Bill Clinton

loc.gov history.com millercenter.org
Period: Mar 24, 1999 to Jun 10, 1999

US-NATO Airstrikes in Yugoslavia

history.com nato.int wilsoncenter.org
Oct 12, 2000

USS Cole Bombing

fbi.gov history.navy.mil airforcemedicine.af.mil
Period: Jan 20, 2001 to Jan 20, 2009

Presidency of George W. Bush

whitehouse.gov
Sep 11, 2001

September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks

history.com iwm.org.uk history.navy.mil dc.ng.mil
Oct 7, 2001

US Invasion of Afghanistan

georgewbushlibrary.gov iwm.org.uk cfr.org
Period: Oct 7, 2001 to Aug 30, 2021

War in Afghanistan (Global War on Terror)

britannica.com nam.ac.uk
Period: Oct 7, 2001 to Dec 28, 2014

Operation Enduring Freedom

history.navy.mil dcas.dmdc.osd.mil
Oct 26, 2001

PATRIOT Act

justice.gov georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov
Period: Dec 3, 2001 to Dec 17, 2001

First Battle of Tora Bora

pbs.org britannica.com cove.army.gov.au
2002

Jimmy Carter Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

nobelprize.org
Jan 8, 2002

No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)

edweek.org britannica.com
Feb 1, 2003

Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster

space.com npr.org
Mar 19, 2003

US Invasion of Iraq

georgewbushlibrary.gov pbs.org cfr.org
Period: Mar 20, 2003 to Dec 15, 2011

Operation Iraqi Freedom

history.navy.mil army.mil
Dec 13, 2003

Saddam Hussein Captured by US Military

history.com army.mil
Period: Nov 4, 2004 to Dec 23, 2004

Second Battle of Fallujah

mwi.westpoint.edu marines.mil dav.org
Aug 29, 2005

Hurricane Katrina Makes Landfall

georgewbushlibrary.gov weather.gov ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Dec 30, 2006

Execution of Saddam Hussein by Iraqi Government

cnn.com georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov
Period: 2007 to 2009

Great Recession

history.com federalreservehistory.org
Jun 30, 2008

Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act (Post-9/11 G.I. Bill)

va.gov militaryonesource.mil
Dec 14, 2008

Iraqi Journalist Throws Shoes at President Bush

reuters.com nymag.com
2009

Barack Obama Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

nobelprize.org
Period: Jan 20, 2009 to Jan 20, 2017

Presidency of Barack Obama

whitehouse.gov
Oct 3, 2009

Battle of Kamdesh (COP Keating)

mohmuseum.org legion.org
Mar 23, 2010

Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare)

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov hhs.gov
Period: Mar 19, 2011 to Oct 31, 2011

US-NATO Intervention in Libya

nato.int brookings.edu
May 2, 2011

Osama bin Laden Killed by US Navy SEALs

history.com 911memorial.org fbi.gov
Sep 20, 2011

"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy Repealed

history.com obamawhitehouse.archives.gov hrc.org
Dec 10, 2015

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

everystudentsucceedsact.org ed.gov
Nov 4, 2016

Paris Climate Agreement Takes Effect

unfccc.int
Period: Jan 20, 2017 to Jan 20, 2021

First Term of President Donald Trump

whitehouse.gov
Dec 22, 2017

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (2017)

cbpp.org irs.gov
Oct 26, 2019

Assassination of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

defense.gov trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov 2017-2021.state.gov
Nov 4, 2019

President Trump Withdraws From Paris Climate Agreement

state.gov climate.law.columbia.edu
Dec 12, 2019

COVID-19 Pandemic Begins

cdc.gov
Dec 18, 2019

First Impeachment of President Donald Trump

hsdl.org history.com loc.gov
Jan 3, 2020

Killing of Iranian General Soleimani

jagreporter.af.mil trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov
May 25, 2020

Death of George Floyd (followed by protests)

history.com brookings.edu amnesty.org
Jan 6, 2021

J6 2021 Capitol Riot

nsarchive.gwu.edu americanoversight.org npr.org
Jan 13, 2021

Second Impeachment of President Donald Trump

pbs.org hsdl.org loc.gov
Jan 20, 2021

President Biden Rejoins Paris Agreement

state.gov npr.org
Period: Jan 20, 2021 to Jan 20, 2025

Presidency of Joe Biden

whitehouse.gov
Aug 30, 2021

Last US Troops Leave Afghanistan

factcheck.org pewresearch.org britannica.com
Feb 24, 2022

Russian Invasion of Ukraine

usnews.com cfr.org state.gov
Jun 24, 2022

Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization

law.cornell.edu
Jul 13, 2024

Attempted Assassination of Former Pres. Donald Trump

fbi.gov abcnews.go.com

Birth of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Robber Baron)

Birth of Herbert Spencer (Social Darwinism)

Birth of Andrew Carnegie (Robber Baron)

Birth of JP Morgan (Robber Baron)

Birth of JD Rockefeller (Robber Baron)

Brigham Young Appointed as Governor of Utah (Mormonism)

Birth of Eugene V. Debs (Socialist / Labor Unionist)

Birth of Booker T. Washington

Mountain Meadows Massacre - Mormon Conflicts in Utah

Birth of William Jennings Bryan (Free Silver, Cross of Gold Speech, 1896 Election, Scopes Monkey Trial)

Pony Express

Presidency of Abraham Lincoln

Battle of Fort Sumter - Beginning of the Civil War

American Civil War

Homestead Act

Morrill Land-Grant Act

Birth of Ida B. Wells

Dakota War (Indian Wars)

Emancipation Proclamation

Navajo Long Walk (Native American Removal)

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

Reconstruction Era in the American South

Credit Mobilier Scandal

Sherman's March to the Sea

Sand Creek Massacre (Indian Wars)

Black Codes in the American South

Robert E. Lee Surrenders - End of the Civil War

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Presidency of Andrew Johnson

Death of John Wilkes Booth

Ratification of the 13th Amendment

Founding of the Ku Klux Klan

Formation of "Buffalo Soldiers"

Civil Rights Act of 1866

Reconstruction Act of 1867

Purchase of Alaska - "Seward's Folly"

Birth of W.E.B. Du Bois

Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson by House of Representatives

Ratification of the 14th Amendment

Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant

Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad - 1862 - 1869

Second Industrial Revolution - United States

The Gilded Age

Ratification of the 15th Amendment

Enforcement Acts (KKK Acts) of 1870-1871

Grant's Whiskey Ring Scandal

William "Boss" Tweed Arrested (Tammany Hall)

Susan B. Anthony Arrested for Voting

Alexander Graham Bell Patents First Telephone

Battle of Little Bighorn - Death of Custer

Compromise of 1877 - Tilden or Blood!

Formation of the Farmers' Alliance (pre-Populist Party)

Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes

Great Railroad Strike of 1877

Carlisle Indian Industrial School Founded

Birth of Margaret Sanger (Birth Control Activist / Planned Parenthood)

Thomas Edison Markets His Incandescent Lightbulb

Presidency of James A. Garfield

Shooting of President James A. Garfield

Death of Billy the Kid

Death of President James A. Garfield After Assassination Attempt

Presidency of Chester A. Arthur

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Chinese Exclusion Act

Edison's First Commercial Power Station Opens (Electricity)

Buffalo Bill's First "Wild West Show"

First Term of President Grover Cleveland

Haymarket Affair (Labor Riot)

Dawes General Allotment Act (Dawes Act, 1887)

Bayonet Constitution - Hawaii

Jane Addams Founds Hull House - Chicago

Native American Prophet Wovoka Creates "Ghost Dance" Movement

Presidency of Benjamin Harrison

How The Other Half Lives is Published

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Wounded Knee Massacre - Indian Wars

Homestead Strike (Labor Dispute)

First Populist Party Convention and Platform

Southern Horrors: Lynch Law In All Its Phases Published by Ida B. Wells

Overthrow of Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani