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Invention of the Model T
DANG THE PEOPLE BACK IN 1908 GOT THEM WHEELS -
The Zimmerman Telegram
A secret telegram was sent to Mexico by Germany asking Mexico to attack the US for some rewards.
Yeah, that didn't happen. -
The WW1 Armistice
They basically just ended the war by going
"Yeah, we'll stop at 11 AM."
And boy the Americans went out with a bang.
Just constantly shelled till 11. -
The 19th Amendment
Granted women the right to vote. (Took the government long enough lol) -
Charles Lindbergh's Flight
He flew across the Atlantic.
Alone. -
Black Thursday
ECONOMICS.EXE has crashed. -
The New Deal
Yeah, it's a new deal. Trying to jump-start the economy.
Also, there is no more gold standard so inflation go crazy. -
Hitler becomes chancellor
What a great start to such a tiring year!
not. -
The Munich Pact
Annexed a region of the Czechs.
They tried so hard to make Hitler happy but that didn't work. -
Hitler invades Poland
Start of a big war.
Also, this was supposed to happen a week before but because of some certain missionaries...things were complicated. Go watch "Escape from Germany" -
Peral Harbor
Japan bombs American fleets.
4 years later the sun dropped on them twice. -
D-Day
The one invasion that basically ended Germany for good. Took many lives but they won in the end. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Explode -
The formation of the United nations
Yeah, so a bunch of countries allied with one another because they needed alliances. -
The long telegram
Twas a long telegram -
Formation of NATO
YES.
It's another treaty to ally. It's mostly military. -
Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb
And so the cold war begins.
And every horrific franchise with Nukes ending the world with it. (I'm looking at you, DEFCON, and Fallout.) -
The Korean War
A long and difficult war that was basically fought between the US and the communists. It is not NUCLEAR or direct conflict, but a conflict nonetheless. -
Brown v Board of Education
NO MORE RACIST SCHOOLS!
YIPEEEE-wait public school is just full of racism nowadays. Great. -
Period: to
The Vietnam War
An unwinnable war that was absolutely terrible but was wildly inflated by the new press with their new cameras. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
She refused to give up her basic rights as a human being and sparked a revolution for it. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis.
Yeah, Cuba spooked us with near-total nuclear annihilation. -
JFK's Assasination.
No killing of a US president has spawned more jokes and conspiracy theories. People are....something. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Time to use military might in Vietnam! What could possibly go wrong? -
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Since this is the literal pinnacle of my life. (I love space) I would talk about this for hours but I'll shorten it. First people on the Moon.
LES GO BABYYYYYYYYY -
The Watergate break-ins
Yeah, so people stormed government buildings and basically the scandal made Richard Nixon resign. -
Nixon's resignation
Yeah, he stepped down. I think we all know why. -
INTERNET GO CRAZY
Hello world! -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
FINALLY, GERMANY IS UNITED AGAIN! -
The 9/11 attacks
This tragedy killed thousands, united the nation through shared pain, and led us into an uncertain future.
AND SICK HUMAN BEINGS MAKE JOKES ABOUT IT. -
Covid-19
It's been 5 years...
I feel OLD