U.S. History Timeline

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  • The invention (first production) of the Model T

    The first production Ford Model T was built on October 1, 1908.

  • The Zimmerman Telegram

    Sent on January 17, 1917, and released to the public on March 1, 1917.

  • The WWI Armistice

    Signed on:

  • The 19th Amendment

  • Charles Lindbergh’s Flight

    May 20-21, 1927, the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight from New York to Paris.

  • Black Thursday

    October 24, 1929, the start of the Wall Street Crash.

  • Hitler becomes chancellor

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    The New Deal

    A series of programs and policies associated with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, running from roughly 1933 to 1939.

  • Hitler Invades Poland

  • The Munich Pact

  • Pearl Harbor

  • The formation of United Nations

    The UN Charter was signed on June 26, 1945, and officially came into existence on October 24, 1945.

  • D-Day

  • The Long Telegram

    Sent by George Kennan on February 22, 1946.

  • Hiroshima & Nagasaki

    Atomic bombs dropped on August 6 and August 9, 1945, respectively.

  • Russians (Soviet Union) acquire the Atomic Bomb (first test)

  • The formation of NATO

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    The Korean War

  • Brown v Board of Education

  • Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat

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    The Vietnam War

    General involvement dates vary, but US major involvement is often considered to be from the mid-1960s to 1973.

  • JFK’s Assassination

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis

    Occurred over a 13-day period from October 16–28, 1962.

  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

  • The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

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    The invention of the Internet

    The precursor ARPANET began operations in 1969, with the first message sent on October 29, 1969. The transition to the modern, global internet using TCP/IP was gradual through the 1970s and 1980s, effectively by January 1983.

  • The Watergate Break-ins

  • Nixon’s Resignation

  • The Fall of the Berlin Wall

  • The 9/11 Attacks

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    The COVID 19 Pandemic