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Production started on the Model T
The fact that this car was mass produced on an assembly line allowed it to be affordable to the middle class, starting an era of affordable automobiles. -
The Zimmermann Telegram
A note that was sent from Germany to Mexico, asking for an alliance in the event of the U.S joining the war. -
The WWI Armistice
This Armistice was signed in the Forests of Compiègne, and it ended the fighting between the Germans and the Allies on the Western Front. -
The 19th Amendment was ratified
This was counted as a victory for the Suffragettes at the time, as this allowed women the right to vote. -
The Long Telegram
George F. Kennan wrote the "Long Telegram" outlining his distrust for the soviets, and he sent it to the U.S. government. -
Charles Lindbergh's flight
Charles Lindbergh had been the first person to successfully fly from New York to Paris. He even won the Orteig Prize while doing it. -
Black Thursday
A record number of stocks were exchanged on this Thursday through the New York Exchange by worried investors. This was one of the first events that lead up to the great depression -
Hitler becomes chancellor
German President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler chancellor of Germany. This marks the beginning for the Nazi party to take over Germany. -
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The New Deal
The "New Deal" was Franklin Delano Roosevelt's set of reforms that he had planned for when he was in office. He had carried out these reforms during his first term in office. -
The Munich Pact
The Munich Pact was an agreement signed by Neville Chamberlain (British Prime Minister), Edouard Daladier (French Prime Minister), and Adolf Hitler. Hoping to dodge war, Britain and France agreed to give Germany portions of Czechoslovakia. -
Invasion of Poland by Germany
After the German-Soviet pact allowed Germany to invade Poland unrestricted, they did just that. This lasted from September 1st, until September 27th, when Warsaw surrendered. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
A surprise attack by Japan, this was one of the major reasons that the United States entered World War II. -
Invasion of Normandy (D-Day)
The largest amphibious invasion in history, this was launched by the Allies to gain control in Axis territory. -
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima
The atomic bomb "Little Boy" was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This is one of the only two uses of an atomic bomb for warfare. -
Atomic bombing of Nagasaki
The atomic bomb "Fat Man" was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. This is one of the only two uses of an atomic bomb for warfare in history. Six days after this bombing, Japan announced it's surrender. -
Formation of the United Nations
The United Nations was formed on October 24, 1945, mainly to prevent another global-scale war like World War II. -
Formation of NATO
NATO, the "North Atlantic Treaty Organization", is a military alliance including most countries from the North Atlantic area. -
The first Soviet nuclear weapon was tested
The first atomic bomb made by the USSR was tested on this day, at a remote test site at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan. -
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The Korean War
The Korean war was a war between North and South Korea, with each of them supported by their allies. However, there was no peace treaty signed after this war, so it technically still continues to this day. -
Brown v. Board of Education
A important first step for the civil rights movement, this ruled that segregated schools were unconstitutional. -
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The Veitnam War
One of the wars that America lost, this war lasted for 20 years and was heavily protested. -
Rosa Parks refuses to stand
Another important stepping stone in the civil rights movement, Rosa Parks had refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery City bus, and she was arrested for that. -
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The Cuban Missile Crisis
This was a 13-day crisis between Soviet Russia and America. America had deployed missiles in Turkey and Italy, and by response Russia had deployed missiles in Cuba. This is the closest that the Cold War came to a full-scale nuclear war. -
JFK's Assassination
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was enacted
Also known as the Southeast Asia Resolution, this was a joint resolution passed in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident -
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
The astronauts of Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, are the first humans to walk on the moon, with Michael Collins in orbit around the moon. -
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The Watergate Scandal
The biggest scandal of the 20th century, this started with a break in of the DNC headquarters and ended with the resignation of president Nixon. -
Nixon's Resignation
President Nixon resigns after it is revealed that the Watergate scandal was ordered by high-ranking members of his administration. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
Marking the end of the Cold War, the fall of the wall that sliced Berlin in half allowed all it's citizens to be free once more. -
The World Wide Web standard was launched
There is no one specific date that we can call "The day that the Internet was invented", but there is for the WWW standard. The WWW standard was developed by Tim Berners-Lee, and the first website that used it was put online on August 6, 1991. -
The September 11th Attacks
One of the first major events of George Bush Jr.'s presidency, this attack was instated by the terrorist group Al-Qaeda, and is the deadliest attack on American soil to date.