US History B Timeline By Ilkennington Oct 1, 1908 Invention of the Model T Jan 16, 1917 The Zimmerman Telegram Nov 11, 1918 WWI Armistace Aug 18, 1920 The 19th Amendment Period: May 20, 1927 to 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 Pearl Harbor Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Period: Aug 6, 1945 to Aug 9, 1945 Hiroshima & Nagasaki Oct 24, 1945 Formation of the United Nations Feb 22, 1946 The Long Telegram Apr 4, 1949 Formation of NATO Aug 29, 1949 Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb Period: 1950 to 1953 The Korean War May 17, 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Period: 1955 to 1975 The Vietnam War (U.S. involvement) Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat Period: Oct 16, 1962 to Oct 28, 1962 The Cuban Missile Crisis Nov 22, 1963 JFK’s Assassination Aug 7, 1964 The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Jul 20, 1969 Apollo 11 Moon Landing Oct 29, 1969 Invention of the Internet (ARPANET) Jun 17, 1972 The Watergate Break-Ins Aug 8, 1974 Nixon’s Resignation Nov 9, 1989 Fall of the Berlin wall Sep 11, 2001 9/11 Attacks 2019 COVID-19 Pandemic