3. Fall of the Berlin Wall Erected in 1963 torn down in 1989. It was one hundred miles long and cut straight through Berlin. This is important because it ended communism in East Germany and was the Russia downfall and the end of the Cold War.
6. Tet offensive The Tet Offensive was a series of surprise attacks by the Vietcong. The media saw it as a loss and the already changed opinions aggravated more hippies against the war.
9. Black Tuesday October 29, 1929 Wall Street crashed. It was caused because many average Americans were paid so little they were buying everything off credit and accumulated large amounts of debt. Millions of American lives were changed as the they soon found themselves with no money and no jobs and put a never forgotten scar across the United States.
12. †MLK† Speech August 28, 1963 MLK made is turning point in civil rights he made his I have a dream speech. It created a new spirit of hope across America. It was one of the rare moments in history that our changed a country paving the way for a transformation of American law and life.
15. The first flight. On March 23, 1903 nine months before the famous first airplane flight of December 1903 that Orville and Wilbur Wright filed a patentapplication for a Flying Machine. This was a sign of America’s strength to later pave a path for American control over the skies in both war and commercialism.
18. A- Bomb On August 6, 1945 after refusing to obey US's ultimatum, the B-29 American bomber, The Enola Gay, dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Three days later, America dropped the 2nd atomic bomb on Nagasaki. On September 2, 1945, Japan finally gave in and signed a statement of surrender ending WWII. This was not just a message to the Japanese but to the world that showed our countries strength and superiority.
20. D-Day June 6, 1944 Code named operation overlord. It is the largest amphibious invasion in recorded history. Involved over 150,000 troops and 5,000 ships. It showed Allies raw strength and the war on the European was always seen as a winning war until the war ended.
23. Roosevelt's New Deal In his first 99 days, he proposed, and Congress swiftly enacted, an ambitious New Deal. The New Deal effects would take time; About 13 million people were out of work by March 1933, and virtually every bank was shuttered. This and the very profitable war helped bring the United States back to its feet. And Roosevelt’s presidency was seen as one of the most successful.
26. Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 Japanese airplanes soared to Pearl Harbor and bombed it. Sinking many ships including the most famously known USS Arizona. After two hours, the U.S. sustained 18 ships sunk or severely damaged, about 170 aircraft destroyed, and there were about 3,700 casualties. This brought us into what some would say Americas most famous war. And was the first ever attack on American soil.
29. 9/11 September 11, 2001 series of coordinated suicide attacks by al Qaeda. The death toll of the attacks was 2,995, including the 19 hijackers. This triggered our entrance to a never ending war on terrorism and will forever change how our generation see’s war. It can only be contained but one day hopefully defenestrated/ destroyed.
