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The invention of the Model T
Created by Henry Ford, he wanted the vehicle to be affordable, simple to operate, and durable. It was one of the first mass production vehicles, allowing Ford to reach his goal of manufacturing the universal car. -
The Zimmerman Telegram
A coded telegram sent by German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmermen to the German minister in Mexico. -
The WWI Armistice
The Western Front of the war fell silent (while fighting continued elsewhere), so the armistice between Germany and the Allies was the first step to ending World War 1. -
The 19th Amendment
An amendment passed by the House of Representatives (and later the Senate) that was adopted once Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the amendment. -
Charles Lindbergh’s Flight
Charles A. Lindbergh departed from Long Island's Roosevelt Field in a single-engine plane called Spirit of St. Louis built by Ryan Airlines, which wouldn't touch the ground again until it arrived at Paris, France. -
Black Thursday
An event where panicked investors sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunging 11% at the open in very heavy volume. It began the Wall Street crash of 1929, which lasted until October 29, 1929. -
Hitler becomes chancellor
Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany in 1933 following a series of electoral victories by the Nazi Party. He ruled absolutely until his death by suicide in April 1945. -
The New Deal
It was responsible for some very important accomplishments such as putting people back to work, saving capitalism, restoring faith in the American economic system, while at the same time it revived a sense of hope in the American people. -
The Munich Pact
The Munich Pact (also called The Munich Agreement or Munich Betrayal) was an agreement at Munich by Nazi Germany, the United Kingdom, the French Third Republic and the Kingdom of Italy. It gave "cession to Germany of the Sudeten German territory" of Czechoslovakia. -
Hitler Invades Poland
This invasion of Poland, which occurred one week after signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union, and one day after the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union had approved the pact, was what started World War 2. -
Pearl Harbor
A surprise attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii, that destroyed the U.S. Pacific fleet. Days after this, Germany and Italy declared war of the U.S. -
D-Day
A historical event where allied forces launched a full out assault on Nazi-occupied France. -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
An event where the U.S. detonated two nuclear bombs over Japan, which killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people. -
The formation of United Nations
An intergovernmental organization that strives to keep international peace and security, create friendly relations between nations, attain nations to cooperate, and be the center of harmonizing international actions. -
The Long Telegram
A 8,000 word telegram sent by George Kennan, the American charge d'affaires in Moscow, to the Department of State concerning his perspective on the Soviet Union, and the U.S. policy towards the communist state. -
The formation of NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or the the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental treaty between the 30 European and North American countries. -
Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb
The Soviets of Russia successfully tested and created their first nuclear bomb RDS-1 or "First Lightning." -
The Korean War
A war between North and South Korea that started when North Korea invaded the south after clashes along the border and insurrections in the south. -
Brown v Board of Education
A landmark decision of the Supreme Court where the Court controlled the U.S. state laws concerning racial segregation in schools being unconstitutional, even if the school(s) are equal in quality. -
The Vietnam War
A large war that began with conflict between Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia that went from 1955 to 1975. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
An event that took place in Montgomery, Alabama where a black woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus when the driver ordered four rows of the "colored" section to leave for one white man because the "white" section was full. -
The invention of the Internet
The first successful model of the Internet came in the late 1960s with the creation of ARPANET, or the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, originally funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, ARPANET used packet switching to allow several computers to communicate on one network. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Also known as the October Crisis of 1962, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that lasted for 1 month and 4 days. -
JFK’s Assassination
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (known by his initials JFK), while serving as the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
A joint resolution passed by Congress that authorized President Johnson to do whatever he felt necessary to retaliate and grow the protection of international security and peace in southwest Asia. -
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the moon, the most well known being Neil Armstrong. Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin put together the American crew that would venture to the moon. -
The Watergate Break-ins
Police forces arrested burglars that broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., where the evidence was later connected to President Nixon's reelection campaign. -
Nixon’s Resignation
President Nixon proclaimed his resignation from the presidency to America at the Oval Office due to the Watergate Scandal. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall, a protected concrete barrier that physically and ideologically separated Berlin from 1961 to 1989, blocked off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany, including East Berlin. -
The 9/11 Attacks
A series of coordinated terrorist attacks on the United States, the most well known one being the bombing of the Twin Towers, which killed an estimated 2,606 people. -
Covid-19 Pandemic
Covid-19, also called the Coronavirus, is a virus that was declared a pandemic on March 11, but the first known outbreaks took place in China on New Year's Eve, 2019.