USA Timeline

United States of America Timeline

1000. Leif Ericson discovers Vinland (New England).
August 3, 1492 - Christopher Columbus sets sail to find a westward route to the east.
October 12, 1492 - Christopher Columbus reportly the 1st European to set foot on the New World (in what is now the Dominican Republic).

1497. The Cabots discover the continent of North America.
1498. Columbus on third voyage discovers South America.
1506. Columbus dies at Valladolid.
1507. New World named after Americus Vespucius.
1513. Balboa discovers the Pacific Ocean
April 2, 1513 - Juan Ponce DeLeon establishes the 1st colony in what is now the United States (St. Augustine, Florida).

1519-1521. Cortez conquers Mexico. Magellan sails round the world.
1524. Verrazano and Gomez explore New England coast.
1528. Cabeza do Vaca explores southern United States.
1533. Pizarro conquers Peru.
1534. Cartier sails to the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
1541. Do Soto discovers the Mississippi River.
1565. Founding of St. Augustine.
1576. Frobisher discovers northwest passage, Frobisher Strait.
1579. Drake explores coast of California.
1584. Raleigh sends first expedition to America.
1588. Defeat of the Spanish Armada.
1604. Acadia settled by the French.
December 20, 1606 - Virginia Company settlers left London to establish the first permanent English settlement in North America.
May 14, 1607 - The first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States is established at Jamestown, Virginia.

1608. Founding of Quebec by Champlain.
1609. Hudson discovers the Hudson River.
December 4, 1619 - The 1st Thanksgiving is celebrated.
May 9, 1689 - Britain declares war on France.
May 24, 1689 - English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants.

1619. First assembly meets at Jamestown. Slaves first sold in Virginia.
1620. Coming of the Pilgrims in the Mayflower.
1623. Settlements at New Amsterdam. First settlements in New Hampshire.
1630. The great emigration to Massachusetts. The founding of Boston.
1634. Maryland first settled by Calvert.
1635. Connecticut settled by emigrants from Massachusetts.
1636. Founding of Providence by Roger Williams. Harvard College founded.
1637. War with Pequot Indians. First negro slaves in New England.
1638. Swedes first settle in Delaware.
1639. First constitution in America adopted by Connecticut.
1643. May 30. New England Confederation formed.
1649. Toleration Act in Maryland.
1655. Stuyvesant conquers the Swedes in Delaware.
1656. Quakers expelled from Massachusetts.
1662. Connecticut charter granted.
1663. Charter granted to Rhode Island.
Charter for the Carolinas granted.
1664. September 8. The English conquer New Amsterdam. New Jersey given by King Charles II to his brother, the Duke of York.
1667. Fundamental Constitutions drawn up for the Carolinas.
1673. Marquette explores the Mississippi.
1676. Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia. King Philip's War in New England.
1681. Penn receives charter for Pennsylvania.
1682. Penn founds Philadelphia and makes treaty with the Indians. La Salle explores Louisiana and takes possession for France.
1686. Edmund Andros made governor of all New England.
1689. Rebellion against Andros; his fall and arrest.
July 25, 1689 - France declares war on Britain.
December 16, 1689 - English Parliament adopts a Bill of Rights.

1692. Salem witchcraft delusion.
1700. Iberville plants colony in Louisiana.
February 28, 1704 - French/Indian forces destroy Deerfield, Massachussetts.
January 28, 1712 - American forces attack the Tuscarora Indians during the Tuscarora Indian War.

1713. Treaty of Utrecht, ending Queen Anne's War, which began in 1702.
1733. Georgia settled by Oglethorpe.
1748. Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ending King George's War, which began in 1744.
September 2, 1752 - Britain and the colonies under its control adopt the Gregorian calendar.

1754. Colonial Congress at Albany; Franklin's plan of union.
1755. Braddock's defeat.
1756. French and Indian War formally begun.
1759. Wolfe captures Quebec.
1763. Treaty of Paris; end of the war. Conspiracy of Pontiac.
1765. Stamp Act. Colonial Congress in New York.
March 5, 1770 - British troops fire on a rock throwing crowd (known as "The Boston Massacre").
June 9, 1772 - The 1st naval Battle of the American Revolution off the coast of Rhode Island.
December 16, 1773 - The "Boston Tea Party" takes place as residents disguised as indians throw crates of tea into Boston Harbor.
1774. September 5. Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia. Boston Port Bill.

June 2, 1774 - Martail Law is declared in Massachussetts.
October 26, 1774 - The Minute Men are established in America.
The Revolutionary War

1775 April 19, - The Revolutionary War officially begins with the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
May 10, 1775 - American forces take the British fort at Ticonderoga, New York.

Meeting of Second Continental Congress at Philadelphia.
June 12, 1775 - 2nd naval Battle of the American Revolution takes place.
June 14, 1775 - The Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress.
June 15, 1775 - George Washington is appointed to Commander-in-Cheif of the Continental Army.
June 17, 1775 - British troops win the Battle of Breed's Hill.

1775. June 17. Battle of Bunker Hill.
August 22, 1775 - King George III officially declares a state of open rebellion in the American colonies.
November 28, 1775 - The Continental Navy is established by the Continental Congress.
December 22, 1775 - Esek Hopkins is appointed to Commodore of the Navy.
December. Daniel Boone settles in Kentucky.

1776 July 4, - The United States declares its Independence from Britain (by apporving the Declaration of Independence).
1776. July 4. Declaration of Independence.
August 27. Battle of Long Island.

September 6, 1776 - The first submarine, the Turtle, is used in Battle in New York Harbor.

December 25, 1776 - American forces cross the Deleware River and attack British forces at Trenton.
December 26. Washington captures Hessians at Trenton.
1777. June 14. Flag of stars and stripes adopted by Congress.
September 11. Battle of Brandywine.

September 19, 1777 - American forces win the 1st Battle of Saratoga.
October 17. Surrender of Burgoyne.
Washington encamps at Valley Forge and Howe occupies Philadelphia.

December 7, 1777 - The 2nd Battle of Saratoga begins.
December 17, 1777 - American forces win the 2nd Battle of Saratoga.
January 5, 1778 - Naval mines are used for the 1st time by the Continental Navy.
May 4, 1778 - The Continental Congress ratifies the Treaty of Alliance with France.

June 28. Battle of Monmouth.
July 9, 1778 - The Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation.
February 5, 1778 - South Carolina is the 1st State to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
July 21, 1778 - North Carolina to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
July 22, 1778 - Pennsylvania to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
July 24, 1778 - Georgia to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
August 8, 1778 - New Hampshire to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
November 26, 1778 - New Jersey to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
December 29. British take Savannah.

1779 May 5, - Deleware to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
1779. September 23. Naval victory of John Paul Jones.
1780. May 12. Charleston taken by British.
August 16. Battle of Camden.
October 7. Battle of King's Mountain.

January 30, 1781 - Maryland is the 13th State to ratify the Articles of Confederation.

October 19. Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown.
October 19, 1781 - American/French forces win the Battle of Yorktown.
November 5, 1781 - John Hanson is elected the 1st President of the United States by the Continental Congress.
1781. Adoption of the Articles of Confederation.

August 7, 1782 - Gen. George Washington creates the Order of the Purple Heart (for soldiers wounded in battle).
1782. November 30. Preliminary treaty of peace.
September 3, 1783 - The Treaty of Paris 1783 is signed by Britain and the United States, officially ending the Revolutionary War as the United States is recognized as a sovereign nation.
The New Nation
September 3, 1783 - The United States gains what is currently Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and parts of Alabama, Georgia, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia as a result of the final Treaty of Paris signed 1783.
November 2, 1783 - The Continental Army is disbanded.
November 25. British army evacuates New York.
December 4. Washington's farewell to his officers.
1786. Shays's rebellion in Massachusetts.
1787. Ordinance of 1787 adopted.
May 14. Constitutional Convention meets at Philadelphia.
Sept 17. Constitution finished and signed by the delegates.
1788. Rufus Putnam plants first settlement in Ohio.
June 21. New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution, securing its adoption.

August 8, 1786 - The Continental Congress adopts the "Dollar" and decimal coinage.
February 21, 1787 - The Continental Congress adopts a resolution calling for a convention of state delegates to draw up a change to the Articles of Confederation.
May 17, 1787 - Delegates begin meeting in Philadelphia to draw up a change to the Articles of Confederation.
May 25, 1787 - George Washington is elected President of the Philadelphia convention.
September 17, 1787 - The delegates at the Philadelphia convention approve the Constitution and sends it to the Continental Congress.
September 28, 1787 - The Continental Congress sends the new Constitution to the states for ratification.
October 27, 1787 - The 1st of the Federalist Papers is published in a New York newspaper, calling for a Bill of Rights (written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay).
December 7, 1787 - Deleware is the 1st state to ratify the Constitution. Delaware, one of the thirteen colonies, gained its distinction as the "First State" when it was the first to ratify the Constitution on December 7, 1787. December 12, 1787 - Pennsylvania is the 2nd state to ratify the Constitution. In September 1787, the U.S. Constitution was signed in Philadelphia and on December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania, one of the thirteen colonies, became the second state. December 18, 1787 - New Jersey is the 3rd state to ratify the Constitution. New Jersey, one of the thirteen colonies, became the third state on December 18, 1787

1789. March 4. New government goes into operation.
April 30. Washington inaugurated first President.
1790. First census. Population 3,929,214.
1791. Vermont admitted to the Union. St. Clair defeated by the Indians
1792. Kentucky admitted to the Union.
1793. Thomas Jefferson founds Republican (Democratic) party.
1794. Wayne defeats the Indians in Battle of Fallen Timbers.
1795. Jay's treaty ratified.
1796. Tennessee admitted to the Union.
1797. John Adams inaugurated President.
1798. Alien and sedition laws enacted. Navy department established.
1798-1799. Kentucky and Virginia resolutions.
1798-1800. Serious trouble with France.
1799. December 14. Washington dies at Mt. Vernon.
1800. Overthrow of the Federal party.
Capital removed to Washington, D.C.
1801. Jefferson becomes President.
1802. Ohio joins the Union.
1801-1805. War with the Barbary States, North Africa.
1803. Purchase of Lonisiana.
1804. Burr kills Hamilton in a duel.
1805-1807. Lewis and Clarke expedition.
1806-1807. Burr's conspiracy, trial, and acquittal.
1807. Fulton succeeds with the steamboat.
June 22. The Leopard fires on the Chesapeake.
December. Jefferson's embargo enacted.
1808. Prohibition of the foreign slave trade.
1809. James Madison inaugurated President.
1811. November 7. Battle of Tippecanoe.
1812. June 18. War declared against England.
August 16. Hull surrenders Detroit.
August 19. The Constitution defeats the Guerriere.
October 13. Battle of Queenstown Heights.
1813. September 10. Perry's victory on Lake Erie.
October 5. Battle of the Thames.
November 9. Battle of Talladega.
1814. July 25. Battle of Lundy's Lane.
August 25. The British capture Washington.
September 11. Battle at Plattsburg and defeat of the British on Lake Champlain.
December. Hartford Convention.
December 24. Treaty of Ghent.
1815. January 8. Battle of New Orleans.
America secures indemnity and treaties from Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli.
1816. Indiana admitted to the Union. Admission of Mississippi, 1817; of Illinois, 1818; of Alabama, 1819; of Maine, 1820; of Missouri, 1821.
1817. James Monroe becomes President.
1818. War with the Seminole Indians.
1819. Purchase of Florida from Spain.
First steamship, the Savannah, crosses the Atlantic.
1820. The Missouri Compromise.
1823. December 2. Monroe Doctrine promulgated.
1825. Inauguration of John Quincy Adams. Opening of the Erie Canal.
June 17. Lafayette lays corner stone of Bunker Hill Monument.
1826. July 4. Death of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
Panama Congress.
1828. Building of the first passenger railway begun at Baltimore.
1829. Andrew Jackson becomes President.
1830. Fifth census. Population 12,566,020.
1832. November 19. Nullification by South Carolina. Jackson vetoes bank charter. Black Hawk War.
1833. Jackson removes bank deposits. Compromise tariff adopted.
1836. April 21. Battle of San Jacinto.
Wilkes's Antarctic expedition.
Admission of Arkansas.
1837. Inauguration of Van Buren.
Patent of the telegraph by Morse.
Great panic. Admission of Michigan. Burning of the Caroline.
1841. March 4. William Henry Harrison inaugurated President; dies April 4, and John Tyler becomes President.
Howe invents the sewing machine.
1844. First telegraph line in America, between Baltimore and Washington.
1845. James K. Polk becomes President. Florida and Texas admitted into the Union. Death of Andrew Jackson. 1846.Beginning of the Mexican War. Fight at Palo Alto.
Admission of Iowa. Walker tariff enacted. Wilmot Proviso introduced in Congress.
1847. February 23.Battle of Buena Vista.
March 29. Capture of Vera Cruz by General Scott.
Conquest of California.
September. Fall of the City of Mexico.
1848. February. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Discovery of gold in California.
Wisconsin enters the Union.
1849. Zachary Taylor inaugurated President. 1850.Admission of California. Death of Calhoun.
July 9. Death of President Taylor. Millard Fillmore President.
Clay Compromise enacted.
Census shows population of 23,191,876.
1852. Death of Clay and Webster.
1853. Inauguration of Franklin Pierce.
1854. May. Kansas-Nebraska bill enacted.
1854. Commercial treaty with Japan.
1857. Inauguration of Buchanmi.
March 6. Dred Scott decision.
1858. Admission of Minnesota.
First Atlantic cable laid.
Lincoln-Douglas debates.
September 18. Mountain Meadow Massacre, Utah.
1859. Admission of Oregon.
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry.
1860. Population 31,443,321.
1860. December 20. Secession of South Carolina.
1861. Secession of Mississippi on January 9; of Florida, January 10 Alabama, January 11; Georgia, January 19; Louisiana, January 26; Texas, February 1; Virginia, April 17; Arkansas, May 6; North Carolina, May 20; Tennessee, June 8.
February 4. Confederate government organized.
March 4. Lincoln inaugurated President of the United States.
April 14. Fall of Fort Sumter.
July 21. Battle of Bull Run.
November 8. Capture of Mason and Slidell.
Admission of Kansas.
1862. February 16. Surrender of Fort Donelson.
March 9. Duel between the Monitor and the Merrimac.
April 6-7. Battle of Shiloh.
April 16. Slavery abolished in District of Columbia.
April 25. Farragut captures New Orleans.
July 1. Battle of Malvern Hill; last of the seven days' battle before Richmond.
August 30. Second Battle of Bull Run.
September 17. Battle of Antietam.
December 13. Battle of Fredericksburg.
1863. January 1. Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation.
January 2. Battle of Murfreesboro.
Admission of West Virginia.
May 2. Battle of Chancellorsville.
July 14. Battle of Gettysburg.
July 4. Surrender of Vicksburg.
September 19-20. Battle of Chickamauga.
November 19. Lincoln's address at Gettysburg.
November 24-25. Battle of Chattanooga.
1864. May 6. Battle of the Wilderness.
May 11. Battle of Spottsylvania.
June 19. The Kearsarge sinks the Alabama.
August 5. Battle of Mobile Bay.
September 2. Sherman captures Atlanta.
October 19. Battle of Cedar Creek.
November 15. Sherman begins his march to the sea.
December 15-16. Battle of Nashville.
Admission of Nevada.
1865. April 1. Battle of Five Forks.
April 3. Evacuation of Richmond.
April 9. Surrender of Lee at Appomattox.
April 14. Assassination of Lincoln; Andrew Johnson President.
April 26. Surrender of Johnston's army.
December 18. Thirteenth Amendment ratified.
1866. July 27. Second Atlantic cable completed.
1867. May 2. Reconstruction bill passed over veto.
Purchase of Alaska.
Admission of Nebraska
1868. February 24. President Johnson impeached by the House.
Trial in the Senate fails.
July 21. Fourteenth Amendment adopted.
1869. Inauguration of U. S. Grant.
May 10. Pacific Railroad completed.
1870. Population 38,558,371.
March 30. Fifteenth Amendment ratified.
1871. November. Great fire in Chicago.
1873. February. Congress demonetizes silver.
Financial panic.
1876. Centennial Exposition at Philadeiphia
Admission of Colorado.
Invention of the telephone.
Custer's army destroyed by the Indians.
1877. Inauguration of R. B. Hayes.
Great railroad strike.
1878. Electric light perfected.
February. Bland-Allison silver bill passed.
1879. January 1. Resumption of specie payments
1880. Population 50,155,783.
1881. James A. Garfield inaugurated President.
July 2. Assassination of Garfield. Dies September 19. Chester A. Arthur becomes President.
1883. Letter postage reduced to two cents.
1885. Grover Cleveland becomes President.
1886. October 6. Statue of Liberty unveiled, New York.
1886. Presidential Succession Law enacted.
1889. Benjamin Harrison becomes President.
April 22. Oklahoma opened to settlers.
North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington admitted into the Union.
1890. Population 62,622,250.
Idaho and Wyoming admitted.
McKinley tariff enacted.
Sherman silver law passed.
1891. Chilians assault American sailors at Valparsiso.
1893. World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago.
1894. Wilson tariff law enacted.
1895. December 17. Cleveland issues his Venezuelan message.
1897. William McKinley becomes President.
July 24. Dingley tariff becomes law.
1898. February 15. Destruction of the Maine at Havana.
April 25. Congress declares war against Spain (existing from April 21).
May 1. Battle of Manila.
July 1-3. Battle of San Juan.
July 3. Battle of Santiago.
July 7. Annexation of Hawaii.
August 12. Peace protocol signed.
December 10. Treaty with Spain signed at Paris.
1899. May 18. Peace Conference meets at The Hague.
Samoan treaty made by the United States, Great Britain, and Germany.

Southern states pass laws to disenfranchise blacks.
1900. Allied Powers enter China to quell Boxer disturbances.
Civil Government established in Alaska.
September 9. Great disaster at Galveston, Texas.

Theodore Roosevelt elected vice president.
1901. January 1. The Hague Arbitration Court organized.
May 3. Civil Government established in the Philippines.
September 6. President McKinley shot by an assassin. Dies on September 14. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President.
Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo.

1902. Cuban Republic established.
May 12. Great Anthracite strike in Pennsylvania begins.
1903. February 14. Cabinet Department of Commerce and Labor created.
March 17. Panama Canal Treaty with Colombia ratified by the United States Senate. Rejected August 17 by Colombian Senate.
July 4. Pacific Cable completed.
October 17. Alaskan Boundary Tribunal in London decides in favor of the United States.
November 6. The United States recognizes the new Republic of Panama.
November 18. Canal Treaty with Panama signed by Secretary Hay. Ratified by Panama December 2 by the United States Senate, February 23, 1904.

1903 - Wright Brothers first flight

1906 - San Francisco earthquake

1908 - Ford introduces Model T

- Taft elected president

- Teddy Roosevelt goes on safari and Europe tour, visits Kaiser

- NAACP founded

1912 - Teddy Roosevelt runs as progressive...Wilson wins

1914 - WORLD WAR I BEGINS IN EUROPE

1917 - U.S. ENTERS WORLD WAR I

1918 - WORLD WAR I ENDS

1919 - Teddy Roosevelt DIES – CARNEGIE DIES

1923 - GERMAN MONEY HYPER INFLATES

- HITLER’S BEER HALL COUP ATTEMPT FAILS

1919 - TREATY OF VERSAILLES, 19TH AMENDMENT

- HITLER SENTENCED TO JAIL, BEGINS MEIN KAMPF.

1925 - HINDENBURG ELECTED PRESIDENT OF GERMANY

1929 - STOCK MARKET CRASHES, DEPRESSION BEGINS

1930 - HITLER’S NAZI PARTY GAINS MAJORITY IN PARLIAMENT

1931 HITLER BEGINS TO TAKE POWER IN GERMANY

- WORST OF DEPRESSION and ALMOST 25% UNEMPLOYED

1932 - FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT ELECTED PRESIDENT

- COMMUNIST PARTY MAKES GAINS IN GERMANY

1933 - FDR INAUGURATED “100 DAYS”

- HINDENBURG APPOINTS HITLER CHANCELLOR

1934 - HINDENBURG DIES, HITLER APPOINTS HIMSELF PRESIDENT or “ FUEHRER”

1936 - FDR RE-ELECTED

- GERMANY AND ITALY SIGN “AXIS” TREATY

1937 - German airship HINDENBURG BURNS IN NEW JERSEY

1938 - “MUNICH” – British P.M. Chamberlain agrees that Hitler can have Czechoslovakia.

1939 - (SEPTEMBER) WORLD WAR II STARTS IN EUROPE with German Invasion of Poland. In just five weeks Poland surrenders to Germany.

1940 - (May) Germany invades Holland, Belgium and France – Churchill becomes P.M.

- (May 30) British evacuate Continent at Dunkirk

- (June) France Surrenders

1941 - (June) Germany invades Russia

- (DECEMBER) JAPANESE ATTACK PEARL HARBOR – U.S. DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN

- HITLER DECLARES WAR ON U.S.

1942 - (January) – Germans begin retreat from Moscow area

- (May) 1000 British planes bomb Cologne, Germany

- (May) U.S. surrenders Philippines to Japan

- (June) Battle of Midway, Japanese Fleet turned back with heavy losses.

- (August) American Marines land on Guadalcanal beginning “island hopping” assault against Japan.

- (September) Battle of Stalingrad begins

- (November) Americans invade North Africa

1943 - (January) Roosevelt and Churchill meet in Casablanca, North Africa

- U.S. continues island offensive against Japan

- (February) Germans surrender in Stalingrad, huge loss.

- (July) Allies land in Sicily

- British bomb Hamburg, creating firestorm, killing over 100,000

- (September) Italy surrenders

- (November) FDR, Churchill and Stalin meet at Teheran, Iran

1944 - (January) Soviet troops now in Poland – Allies land in Italy at Anzio

- (June 6) Allies invade Europe – D-Day

- (October) MacArthur’s troops land in Philippines.

1945 - (February) Dresden bombed

- (March) Japanese still fighting in Philippines.

- (April) U.S. troops land on Okinawa (near Japan)

- FDR Dies

- (May) Germany Surrenders

- (June) U.N. Charter Signed

- (August) Atomic bombs dropped – Russia declares war on Japan

- Japan surrenders

- (November) War Crimes Trials begin in Germany.

1946 - U.S. troops in Korea, replacing Japanese

- U.S. grants independence to Philippines (leases bases to U.S.)

- Communist controlled government in East Germany

1947 - Britain Nationalizes Coal, radio, electrical

- Marshall plan to aid Germany and Europe (originally offered to all of Europe, including USSR occupied.

- Loyalty oaths for Govt. Workers

- Jackie Robinson becomes first African American major league baseball player

1948 - Peacetime draft

- Truman defeats Dewey and is re-elected.

- Berlin Airlift

- Communist Parties gain control of rest of Soviet occupied Europe

1949 - NATO established

- U.N. headquarters sited in New York.

- U.S. supported Greek government defeats Communists in civil war.

- South Africa prohibits interracial marriages

- Communist Chinese drive Nationalists to Taiwan, securing control of Mainland China.

- USSR develops Atomic Bomb

1950 - U.S. recognizes Vietnam

- McCarthy Hearings begin

- Communists in U.S. must register

- U.S. bars trade with Communist China

- Korean war starts, North Invades South – UN intervenes (USSR absent from Security Council)

1951 - 22nd Amendment, prohibiting more than two presidential terms

- Rosenburgs found guilty, sentenced to death (executed in 1953)

- Truman relieves MacArthur of command in Korea – DM returns in triumph, talk of impeachment… “Old soldiers never die… they just fade away”… and he did.

- Churchill again elected P.M. of Britain

1952 - King George VI dies; Elizabeth becomes Queen

- Eisenhower and Nixon elected President and Vice President

1953 - U.S. provides military aid to France to suppress Vietnam freedom fighters

1954 - Brown v. Board of Education

1955 - U.S. begins economic aid to South Vietnam

- Montgomery Bus Boycott; Martin Luther King becomes prominent.

- Women ordained in Presbyterian Church

- Churchill resigns as British P.M.

- U.S. Supreme Court orders immediate desegregation of schools

1956 - Eisenhower and Nixon re-elected.

- Anti-Communist revolution in Hungary brutally suppressed by Soviet troops.

1957 - Gov. Faubus of Arkansas uses National Guard troops to prevent de-segregation of Little Rock High School. DDE federalizes troops and forces de-segregation.

- Congress passes Civil Rights act prohibiting discrimination in public. Nevertheless continued resistance to integration in South.

1958 - First Xerox machine

- Soviets launch “Sputnik”

- First trans-Atlantic jet passenger service.

- DDE sends U.S. Marines to Lebanon to suppress Arab nationalists.

1959 - Alaska and Hawaii become states

- Castro comes to power in Cuba

- Khruschev visits U.S.

1960 - Lunch counter sit ins begin in South (beginning of “Civil Rights Movement”

- Castro confiscates U.S. property in Cuba; U.S. begins embargo

- Soviets launch dogs and mice into space and bring them back alive.

- Kennedy and Johnson elected President and Vice President

1961 - US INCREASES INVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM

- U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba

- U.S. supports abortive “Bay of Pigs” invasion of Cuba

- JFK institutes the Peace Corps

- Berlin Wall constructed

- CORE attempts to desegregate interstate bus lines

- Black Muslims advocate black power and separation of races

1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis.

- Military coup (with U.S. approval) overthrows Diem in Vietnam

1963 - KENNEDY ASSASSINATED

- Oswald shot by Jack Ruby – country “stunned” Lyndon Johnson becomes President.

- Medgar Evers – NAACP worker is killed

- France vetoes British entry into Common Market

- U.S. Nuclear submarine with 129 aboard is lost in Atlantic

1964 - Johnson defeats Republican Goldwater and remains President –Goldwater only got 52 electoral votes, perceived as a war hawk.

- U.S. Destroyer allegedly attacked in Gulf of Tonkin. Congress resolves that President Johnson given authority to use all power to repel attacks on U.S. forces… this resolution formed basis for massive escalation of U.S. military action in Vietnam without declaration of war.

1965 - Massive escalation of U.S. military effort, combined with nightly TV coverage of war and opposition of liberal news media. Anti war demonstrations become wide spread

- Race Riots in Watts area of L.A.

- 5 million color TV’s

- Malcolm X is shot and killed

1966 - More race riots in many major cities

- African American Edward Brooke is elected U.S. Senator from Mass.

1967 - More race riots

- Vietnam war continues to escalate

- Thurgood Marshall becomes first African American on U.S. Supreme Court.

- First heart transplant

- Black mayors are elected in Cleveland, Ohio and Gary, Indiana.

1968 - Tet Offensive

- MLK assassinated

- RFK assassinated

- Nixon defeats Humphrey and becomes President

- US Submarine sinks, 99 die.

1969 - U.S. - Vietnam peace talks start

- 400,000 people attend “Woodstock”

- My Lai massacre – Lt. Calley convicted in 1971

- Golda Meir becomes Prime Minister of Israel

- Yale, Bowdoin and Colgate admit women

1970 - Martial Law in Canada because of Quebec separatists attacks

- 448 Universities and colleges closed or on strike in protest against war

- Nixon names two women generals

1971 - Constitutional Amendment (26) lowering voting age to 18

1973 - VIETNAM WAR ENDS- NIXON RESIGNS

1980 - SOME OF CLASS NOW BORN

1992 - CLINTON ELECTED President,

2000 - DISPUTED ELECTION OF 2000 - George Bush BECOMES PRESIDENT
See Also: African American Timelines

2000 - April 3, 2000 - The ruling in the case of the United States versus Microsoft states that the company did violate anti-trust laws by diminishing the capability of its rivals to compete.

June 1, 2000 - For the first time since 1851, the United States of America does not participate in a major World's Fair, the Hannover 2000 World Expo, despite a record number, 187, of international participants. President Bill Clinton had withdrawn U.S. participation late in 1999 after agreement to participate in 1997. Congressional apathy toward participation in world events continues a decline in U.S. involvement after the fall of the Soviet Union and victory in the Cold War. A consequence of this policy has led to a rise, among some experts, of anti-American sentiment, and a decline of U.S. influence in diplomatic affairs. Less than half, 18.1 million, of the original attendance estimate, 40 million, visit Hannover's event.

November 7, 2000 - George W. Bush, son of the former President, and Vice President Al Gore hold a virtual dead-heat for the presidency, with a disputed vote in Florida holding off the naming of the winner of the President Election until the Supreme Court of the United States voted in favor of Bush on December 12. This ruling gave Florida to the Bush camp by a 527 vote majority, and a victory in the Electoral College, 271-266, despite gaining less popular votes than Gore.

November 7, 2000 - Hillary Rodham Clinton wins a seat for the United States Senate from New York. It is the first time a former FIrst Lady wins public office.

December 28, 2000 - Montgomery Ward, the retail giant since its founding one hundred and twenty-eight years before, announces its intention to cease business. Competition from newer, low-cost retail behemoths such as Wal-Mart lead to its demise.

The 2000 census enumerates a population of 281,421,906, increasing 13.2% since 1990. As regions, the South and West continued to pick up the majority of the increase in population, moving the geographic center of U.S. population to Phelps County, Missouri.
2001 - January 6, 2001 - Certification of the Electoral College victory of the 2000 United States Presidential election in the U.S. Senate confirms George W. Bush as the victor, with Dick Cheney as his Vice-President.

April 1, 2001 - China-U.S. incident. An American spyplane collides with a fighter plane of China and makes an emergency landing in Hainan, China. The U.S. crew is detained for ten days.

April 8, 2001 - Tiger Woods becomes the first golfer to hold all four major golf titles simulteneously by winning the Master's tournament in Augusta, Georgia. This followed a remarkable run in 2000 when Woods claimed victory at the final three majors of that season; the U.S. Open, the British Open, and the PGA Championship.

September 11, 2001 - Islamic fundamentalist terrorists hijack four U.S. airliners and crash them into the Pentagon and the World Trade Center in New York City. The attack of two planes levels the World Trade Center and the crash of one plane inflicts serious damage to the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, causing nearly 3,000 deaths. The fourth plane is heroically crashed by passengers into a Shanksville, Pennsylvania cornfield when they learn of the plot, preventing destruction of another structure in Washington, D.C., supposed to be the White House or the Capitol building. The plot is attributed to the Al-Qaeda organization led by Osama Bin Laden.

September 18, 2001 - Anthrax attacks by mail from Princeton, New Jersey against news and government targets begin. Federal officials announce the first case on October 4.

October 7, 2001 - In response to the tragedy of September 11, the United States military, with participation from its ally the United Kingdom, commence the first attack in the War on Terrorism on the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. By November 12, the Taliban government leaves the capital, Kabul.
2002 - February 8, 2002 - Amid tight security due to terrorism concerns, the Winter Olympic Games are opened by President George W. Bush in Salt Lake City, Utah. They would continue without major incident until the closing ceremony on February 24.

May 21, 2002 - The United States State Department issues its report in the War on Terror. It states that there are seven nations that a State-Sponsors: Iran, Iraq, Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria.

July 5, 2002 - Continuing its pattern of the past several years, Iraq refuses new proposals from the United Nations concerning weapons inspections. The inspections were part of the cease-fire agreement and terms of surrender in the 1991 Gulf War. On September 12, U.S. President George Bush addresses the United Nations and warns the members that Iraq presents a grave danger to the world that they must confront, or that the United States and others will act unitarilly. On October 2, 2002, the United States Congress passes a resolution giving the President of the U.S. the authority to use the military forces of the country as he thinks necessary.

November 8, 2002 - The United Nations passes Resolution 1441 in a unanimous Security Council vote. It forces Saddam Hussein and Iraq to disarm or face serious consequences.

November 21, 2002 - NATO invites additional members of the former Soviet bloc to join its membership. Seven nations are included in the invitation; Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

2003 - February 1, 2003 - A tragedy at NASA occurs when the Space Shuttle Columbia explodes upon reentry over Texas. All seven astronauts inside are killed.

March 19, 2003 - The War in Iraq begins with the bombing of Baghdad after additional measures and mandates from the United Nations and the United States coalition fail to gain concessions or the removal of Saddam Hussein from power. The U.S. coalition, upon failure to extract authority from the U.N. for action due to the veto power of France, begin land operations one day later with participation from U.S., British, Australian, and Polish troops.

April 9, 2003 - The U.S. coalition siezes control of Baghdad in the Iraq conflict.

July 2, 2003 - The International Olympic Committee votes in Prague that the Winter Olympic Games are coming back to North America, selecting Vancouver, Canada as host of the XXI Olympic Games in 2010.

December 13, 2003 - Saddam Hussein, former leader of Iraq, is captured in a small bunker in Tikrit by the U.S. 4th Infantry Division.
2004 - February 3, 2004 - The Central Intelligence Agency admits that the imminent threat from weapons of mass destruction was not present before the 2003 Iraq war began.

March 2, 2004 - Mars rover MER-B (Opportunity) confirms to NASA that the area of their landing was once covered in water.

July 4, 2004 - The groundbreaking ceremony for the Freedom Tower at Ground Zero, the former site of the World Trade Center complex destroyed during the September 11, 2001 attacks, occurs in New York City.

November 2, 2004 - President George W. Bush wins reelection over Democratic Senator John Kerry from Massachusetts. He wins 50.7% of the popular vote and 286 votes in the Electoral College.

December 26, 2004 - The southeast Asian tsunami occurs following a 9.3 Richter scale earthquake in the Indian Ocean. Two hundred and ninety thousand people die from Sri Lanka to Indonesia, creating one ot the greatest humanitarian tragedies in history. A worldwide relief effort, led by the United States and many other nations, is mobilized to assist.
2005 - May 31, 2005 - After more than thirty years in suspense, the identity of Deep Throat, the contact for reporters Woodward and Bernstein in the uncovering of the Watergate scandal, is revealed when W. Mark Felt, the second in command at the CIA at the time, confirms that he was their contact.

July 24, 2005 - American cyclist Lance Armstrong wins his record 7th straight Tour de France.

July 26, 2005 - In the first Space Shuttle flight since the tragedy of 2003, Discovery goes into orbit on a mission that returns to earth safely on August 9.

August 29, 2005 - Hurricane Katrina strikes the Gulf Coast, inundating the city of New Orleans with water from Lake Pontchetrain when the levees that maintain the below sea level city break. Over one thousand three hundred people perish from Alabama to Louisiana in one of the worst natural disasters to strike the United States.

October 26, 2005 - The War of Terror continues. With elections in Iraq to confirm a new constitution vying with internal terrorism amid the U.S. military presence on October 15, eleven days later a statement from the Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, calls for the destruction of Israel and condemns the peace process.
2006 - February 22, 2006 - In a continuing shift of the retail industry to new platforms, the one billionth song is downloaded from the internet music store, Apple iTunes. This shift comes at the expense of many brick and mortar chains, including Tower Records.

September 25, 2006 - In New Orleans, the Louisiana Superdome reopens after repairs caused by Hurrican Katrina damage. The repairs included the largest reroofing project in U.S. history and took thirteen months following the destruction to the Gulf Coast region.

October 17, 2006 - The population of the United States reaches the milestone of three hundred million, taking only forty-two years to gain one hundred million people since the two hundredth million person was added in 1964. At the same time, a vibrant debate on immigration policy, particularly illegal immigration, ensues across the nation.

November 7, 2006 - In the mid-term elections, both houses of Congress change back to Democratic hands for the first time since 1994. This is seen as a referendum by many on the Iraq policy of the Bush administration as well as personal Republican scandals among some House and Senate members.

December 1, 2006 - United States manufacturing capacity and esteem wanes, signalled by the sale of the last shares of his General Motors stock by U.S. billionaire Kirk Kerkorian.
2007 - January 4, 2007 - The first female speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Representative Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco, California, is sworn into office.

January 10, 2007 - President George W. Bush announces a troop surge of 21,500 for the war in Iraq to stem the violence at the request of new commander General Petreus. This controversial policy begins to show positive signs once fully implemented during the summer months, with a reduction in violent attacks against coalition forces and Iraqi civilians. Progress on the political front within the Iraqi national government, however, does not keep pace with positive developments on the military front.

June 2, 2007 - A terror plot to blow up JFK International Airport in New York City is thwarted when four terrorists are arrested and charged with its plan.

July 4, 2007 - The fifty star flag of the United States of America becomes the longest flying flag in history after flying over forty-seven years.

December 13, 2007 - The Mitchell Report on the Steroids Scandal in baseball is published. It recounted a year long investigation into the use and abuse of performance enhancing drugs over a two decade period, including steroids and human growth hormone. Nearly ninety players were named, and blame for the scandal was spread among players, the union, and the commissioner's office. Headed by former Senator George Mitchell, the report urged enhanced testing to stem the problem and a look forward attitude to restore the integrity of the game and its statistics. The report comes after a season when Barry Bonds broke the home run record of Hank Aaron amid suspicion of steroid use.
2008 - July 1, 2008 - A report by the U.S. embassy in Iraq states that 15 of the 18 goals set for the Iraqi govermnent have been met, largely due to the surge implemented over the last year. The increase of 21,000 United States troops, commonly known as the surge, reduced violence and restored order to the nation, allowing the government of Iraq to focus more on solving other problems needed to establish a stable nation.

August 17, 2008 - Michael Phelps, the United States swimmer from Baltimore, wins his 8th Gold Medal of the Beijing Summer Olympic Games, surpassing the record of seven won by Mark Spitz.

August 29, 2008 - John McCain chooses Sarah Palin, 1st term Governor of Alaska, as his running mate, making the contest between Barack Obama and himself, the first time a presidential election included both an African-American candidate and a woman amongst the Presidential and Vice Presidential nominees for president among the Democratic and Republican tickets.

October 3, 2008 - The United States Congress passes legislation, signed by President Bush, for a $700 billion bailout, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, giving the Treasury Department authority to assist distressed Wall Street and banking businesses of the United States due to the housing, banking, and subprime mortgage crises caused by excessive greed and speculation among Wall Street firms. This economic distress, coupled with oil prices above $140 per barrel during the summer, deepened the world economic crises that had been brewing all year. The bailout was supported by current President George W. Bush and both presidential candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain.

November 4, 2008 - Barack Obama, Democratic Senator from Illinois, the land of Abraham Lincoln, wins a landslide margin in the Electoral College, 365 to 173 in the election for the 44th President of the USA over John McCain, making him the first African-American president in the history of the United States of America.

January 2, 1788 - Georgia is the 4th state to ratify the Constitution. Georgia, one of the thirteen colonies, ratified the U.S. Constitution on January 2, 1788, becoming the fourth state to do so; it joined the Confederacy on January 19, 1861, and re-entered the Union after the Civil War. January 9, 1788 - Connecticuit is the 5th state to ratify the Constitution. Connecticut, one of the thirteen colonies, became the fifth state on January 9, 1788. February 6, 1788 - Massachussetts is the 6th state to ratify the Constitution. Originally part of the thirteen colonies, Massachusetts became a state on February 6, 1788 April 28, 1788 - Maryland is the 7th state to ratify the Constitution. Maryland became the seventh state on April 28, 1788. During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln placed Maryland under military control. May 23, 1788 - South Carolina is the 8th state to ratify the Constitution. South Carolina, one of the thirteen colonies, became the eighth state on May 23, 1788. On December 20, 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede form the Union. It re- entered after the Civil War. June 21, 1788 - New Hampshire is the 9th state to ratify the Constitution. In a sense, New Hampshire, originally one of the thirteen colonies, "created" the new nation by becoming the ninth state on June 21, 1788, meeting the requirement for nine states to ratify the Constitution. June 21, 1788 - The United States Constitution goes into effect now that the necissary 9 states have ratified it.
June 25, 1788 - Virginia is the 10th state admitted to the Union. Virginia one of the thirteen colonies, became the 10th state on June 25, 1788. Richmond became the capital of the Confederacy on May 29, 1861, but re-entered the Union after the war. July 26, 1788 - New York is the 11th state admitted to the Union. On July 26, 1788, New York , one of the thirteen colonies, became the 11th state. April 1, 1789 - The United States House of Repersentatives holds its 1st full meeting in New York City.
April 21, 1789 - John Adams is sworn in as the 1st Vice President of the United States.
April 30, 1789 - George Washington is sworn in as the 1st President of the United States.
September 25, 1789 - The United States Congress adopts the Bill of Rights (containing the 1st 10 Amendments) and sends it to the states to be ratified.
September 29, 1789 - The United States Army is established.
November 21, 1789 - North Carolina is the 12th state admitted to the Union. North Carolina, one of the thirteen colonies, became the 12th state on November 21, 1789. North Carolina troops suffered the greatest losses of all the states during the Civil War while fighting for the Confederacy, re-entered the Union after the fighting ceased. April 3, 1790 - The United States Coast Gaurd is established.
May 29, 1790 - Rhode Island is the 13th state admitted to the Union. Rhode Island was the last of the thirteen colonies to join the Union on May 29, 1790.
December 21, 1790 - Samuel Slater opens the first textile factory in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
March 4, 1791 - Vermont is the 14th state admitted to the Union. Vermont became the first state added to the Union following the 13 colonies on March 1, 1791. December 15, 1791 - The Bill of Rights (containing the 1st 10 Amendments) is ratified by 3/4ths of the states and becomes a part of the U.S. Constitution.
February 20, 1792 - The United States Postal Service is established.
April 2, 1792 - The United States Mint is established.
May 8, 1792 - The United States Military Draft is established.
June 1, 1792 - Kentucky is the 15th state admitted to the Union. Kentucky became the first state to be carved from the great western wilderness on June 1, 1792.

December 5, 1792 - George Washington was re-elected president of the United States; John Adams was re-elected vice president.
February 18, 1793 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that a citizen of one state may sue a citizen of another state in Federal Court.
March 4, 1793 - George Washington is sworn in as President for a 2nd term.
March 4, 1793 - John Adams is sworn in as Vice President for a 2nd term.
March 5, 1794 - The 11th Amendment is passed by Congress.
March 27, 1794 - The United States Navy is established.
May 8, 1794 - The United States Post Office is established.
June 1, 1796 - Tennessee is the 16th state admitted to the Union. Tennessee became a state on June 1, 1796. On June 8, 1861, it joined the Confederacy and became a major battleground for the Civil War, re-entering the Union after war's end. November 3, 1796 - John Adams was elected to be the second President of the United States.
December 7, 1796 - Electors chose John Adams to be the second president of the United States.
March 4, 1797 - John Adams is sworn in as the 2nd President of the United States.
March 4, 1797 - Thomas Jefferson is sworn in as the 2nd Vice President of the United States.
January 8, 1798 - The 11th Amendment is added to the Constitution.
July 11, 1798 - The United States Marine Corps is established.
May 7, 1800 - The Indiana Territory is organized.
May 7, 1800 - The Ohio Territory is organized.
December 12, 1800 - Washington, D.C. becomes the official capital of the United States. Residents of Washington were given the right to vote for president and vice president with the ratification of the 23rd Amendment in 1961. But the District of Columbia does not have statehood. March 4, 1801 - Thomas Jefferson is sworn in as the 3rd President of the United States.
March 4, 1801 - Aaron Burr is sworn in as the 3rd Vice President of the Unted States.
March 1, 1803 - Ohio is the 17th state admitted to the Union. Ohio became the first state west of the Alleghenies on March 1, 1803. April 30, 1803 - The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory for $15 million, containing what is now Arkansas, part of Colorado, Iowa, Louisiana, part of Minnesota, Missouri, part of Montana, part of North Dakota, part of Oklahoma, South Dakota, and part of Wyoming.
December 12, 1803 - The 12th Amendment is passed by Congress.
May 17, 1804 - Louis & Clark begin their expedition of the Louisiana Territory.
September 25, 1804 - The 12th Amendment is added to the Constitution.
January 11, 1805 - The Michigan Territory is organized.
March 4, 1805 - Thomas Jefferson is sworn in as President for a 2nd term.
March 4, 1805 - George Clinton is sworn in as 4th Vice President of the United States.
November 18, 1805 - Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific Ocean.
September 23, 1806 - Lewis and Clark return from exploring the Louisiana Territory.
February 3, 1809 - The Illinois Territory is organized.
March 4, 1809 - James Madison is sworn in as the 4th President of the United States.
March 4, 1809 - George Clinton is sworn in as Vice President for a 2nd term.
October 27, 1810 - The United States annexes what is now part of Alabama, part of Louisiana, and part of Mississippi.
April 30, 1812 - Louisiana is the 18th state admitted to the Union. Louisiana became the 18th state on April 30, 1812. It joined the Confederacy on January 26, 1861 and re-entered the Union after the Civil War. May 14, 1812 - The Mississippi Territory is organized.
June 4, 1812 - The Missouri Territory is organized.
War of 1812
June 18, 1812 - United States declares war on Britain.
March 4, 1813 - James Madison is sworn in as President for a 2nd term.
March 4, 1813 - Elbridge Gerry is sworn in as the 5th Vice President for a 2nd term.
August 24, 1814 - The British set fire to Washington, D.C.
September 20, 1814 - The "Star-Spangled Banner" becomes the official national Anthem.
December 24, 1814 - The United States and Britain sign the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812.
January 8, 1815 - American forces win the Battle of New Orleans (they didn't know the war is over).
The Era of Good Feelings
December 11, 1816 - Indiana is the 19th state admitted to the Union. March 3, 1817 - The Alabama Territory is organized.
March 4, 1817 - James Monroe is sworn in as the 5th President of the United States.
March 4, 1817 - Elbridge Gerry is sworn in as Vice President for a 2nd term.
December 10, 1817 - Mississippi is the 20th state admitted to the Union. December 3, 1818 - Illinois is the 21st state admitted to the Union. February 22, 1819 - The United States annexes Florida.
March 2, 1819 - The Arkansas Territory is organized.
December 14, 1819 - Alabama is the 22nd state admitted to the Union. Alabama entered the Union on December 14, 1819. In January 1861, Alabama seceded from the Union, and on February 4, delegates from six states met at Montgomery and formed the Confederate States of America, with Montgomery as the capital. After the Civil War, Alabama re-entered the Union. March 15, 1820 - Maine is the 23rd state admitted to the Union. Maine became the 23rd state on March 15, 1820. Its admission to the Union balanced the simultaneous admission of Missouri as a slave state. March 4, 1821 - James Monroe is sworn in as President for a 2nd term.
March 4, 1821 - Daniel Tompkins is sworn in as the 6th Vice President of the United States.
August 10, 1821 - Missouri is the 24th state admitted to the Union. Missouri was admitted as a slave state on August 10, 1821, after an agreement known as the Missouri Compromise in which Maine was admitted as a free state. March 30, 1822 - The Florida Territory is organized.
March 4, 1825 - John Quincy Adams is sworn in as the 6th President of the United States.
March 4, 1825 - John Calhoun is sworn in as the 7th Vice President of the United States.
March 4, 1829 - Andrew Jackson is sworn in as the 7th President of the United States.
March 4, 1829 - John Calhoun is sworn in as Vice President for a 2nd term.
The Age of Jackson
March 4, 1833 - Andrew Jackson is sworn in as President for a 2nd term.
March 4, 1833 - Martin van Buren is sworn in as the 8th Vice President of the United States.
June 30, 1834 - The Indian Territory is established in what is now Oklahoma.
Apr 20. 1836 - The Wisconsin Territory is organized.
June 15, 1836 - Arkansas is the 25th state admitted to the Union. Despite opposition in Congress to a new slave state, Arkansas became a state on June 15, 1836. Arkansas Governor Henry M. Rector seized Fort Smith and Arkansas joined the Confederacy in 1861 re-entering the Union at War's end. Manifest Destiny
March 4, 1837 - Martin van Buren is sworn in as the 8th President of the United States.
March 4, 1837 - Richard Johnson is sworn in as the 9th Vice President of the United States.
January 26, 1837 - Michigan is the 26th state admitted to the Union. June 11, 1838 - The Iowa Territory is organized.
March 4, 1841 - William Harrison is sworn in as the 9th President of the United States.
March 4, 1841 - John Tyler is sworn in as the 10th Vice President of the United States.
April 6, 1841 - John Tyler is sworn in as the 10th President of the United States.
April 12, 1844 - The United States annexes what are now parts of Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas as a result of the Adams-Onis Treaty with Spain.
March 3, 1845 - Florida is the 27th state admitted to the Union. Florida became a state on March 3, 1845, a move delayed by the reluctance of Congress to admit another slave state, and it joined the Confederacy on January 10, 1861, re-entering the Union at war's end. March 4, 1845 - James Polk is sworn in as the 11th President of the United States.
April 4, 1845 - George Dallas is sworn in as the 11th Vice President of the United States.
December 29, 1845 - Texas is the 28th state admitted to the Union. After ten years of independence, Texas became a state on December 29, 1845. The Mexican War
May 8, 1846 - The Mexican War begins with the Battle of Palo Alto.
May 13, 1846 - The United States declares war on Mexico.
August 22, 1846 - The United States annexes what is now Arizona and New Mexico.
December 28, 1846 - Iowa is the 29th state admitted to the Union. On December 28, 1846, Iowa became the first free state in the old Louisiana Territory. September 14, 1847 - American forces take Mexico City.
February 2, 1848 - Mexico and the United States sign the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican-American War.
February 2, 1848 - The United States gains what is now California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
May 29, 1848 - Wisconsin is the 30th state admitted to the Union. According to the 1999-2000 Wisconsin Blue Book (published by the State of Wisconsin), "on May 29, 1848, Wisconsin became the 30th state in the Union." August 14, 1848 - The United States annexes the Oregon Territory containing what is now Idaho, part of Montana, Oregon, Washington, part of Wyoming.
March 3, 1849 - The Minnesota Territory is organized.
March 4, 1849 - Millard Filmore is sworn in as the 12th Vice President of the United States.
March 5, 1849 - Zachary Taylor is sworn in as the 12th President of the United States.
December 6, 1849 - Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery on the "Underground Railroad".
May 30, 1850 - The Kansas Territory is organized.
May 30, 1850 - The Nebraska Territory is organized.
July 10, 1850 - Millard Fillmore is sworn in as the 13th President of the United States.
September 9, 1850 - California is the 31st state admitted to the Union. Congress hesitated to welcome a new free state, but because of its booming population and the discovery of gold California was admitted in September 9, 1850.September 9, 1850 - The Utah Territory is organized.
September 18, 1850 - The Fugitive Slave Act is passed by Congress, requiring the return of escaped slaves.
March 2, 1853 - The Washington Territory is organized.
March 2, 1853 - The Oregon Territory is organized.
March 4, 1853 - Franklin Pierce is sworn in as the 14th President of the United States.
March 4, 1853 - William King is sworn in as the 13th Vice President of the United States.
December 30, 1853 - The United States purchases what is now part of Arizona and New Mexico.
March 4, 1857 - James Buchanan is sworn in as the 15th President of the United States.
March 4, 1857 - John Breckinridge is sworn in as the 14th Vice President of the United States.
May 11, 1858 - Minnesota is the 32nd state admitted to the Union. February 14, 1859 - Oregon is the 33rd state admitted to the Union. Secession
December 20, 1860 - South Carolina is the 1st state to secede from the Union.
January 9, 1861 - Mississippi is the 2nd state to secede from the Union.
January 10, 1861 - Florida is the 3rd state to secede from the Union.
January 11, 1861 - Alabama is the 4th state to secede from the Union.
January 19, 1861 - Georgia is the 5th state to secede from the Union.
January 26, 1861 - Louisiana is the 6th state to secede from the Union.
January 29, 1861 - Kansas is the 34th state admitted to the Union. Kansas became a free state on January 29, 1861, after seven years of bloody feuding between residents over whether to be admitted as a slave or free state. February 4, 1861 - The Confederate States of America is formed.
February 4, 1861 - The Apache declare war on the United States.
February 13, 1861 - The 1st Congressional Medal is presented to Col. Bernard Irwin.
February 18, 1861 - Jefferson Davis is sworn in as the 1st President of the Confederate States of America
February 18, 1861 - Alexander Stevens is sworn in as the 1st Vice President of the Confederate States of America.
February 22, 1861 - The Nevada Territory is organized.
February 23, 1861 - Texas is the 7th state to secede from the Union.
February 28, 1861 - The Colorado Territory is organized.
March 2, 1861 - The Dakota Territory is organized.
March 4, 1861 - Abraham Lincoln is sworn in as the 16th President of the United States.
March 4, 1861 - Hannibal Hamlin is sworn in as the 15th Vice President of the United States.
March 11, 1861 - The Confederate Congress adopts their Constitution.
April 12, 1861 - Confederate forces begin an assault on Fort Sumter.
April 13, 1861 - After 34 hours of bombardment, Fort Sumter surrenders.
April 17, 1861 - Virginia is the 8th state to secede from the Union.
April 19, 1861 - Union blockade of Confederate ports is initiated (1st part of the Anaconda Plan).
April 27, 1861 - 48 counties in western Virginia secede to rejoin the Union (reducing Virginia's size to 42,326sq. miles).
May 6, 1861 - Arkansas is the 9th state to secede from the Union.
The Civil War
May 6, 1861 - President Abraham Lincoln declares a state of insurrection in the southern states.
May 21, 1861 - North Carolina is the 10th state to secede from the Union.
May 21, 1861 - Richmond, VA. becomes the official capital city of the Confederate States.
June 8, 1861 - Tennessee is the 11th state to secede from the Union.
July 21, 1861 - Confederate forces win the 1st Battle of Bull Run.
October 22, 1861 - The transcontinental telegraph is completed.
March 9, 1862 - The 1st ironclads, the Monitor and the Merrimack , meet at the Battle of the James River (resulting in a Union victory).
April 7, 1862 - Union forces win the Battle of Shiloh.
April 14, 1862 - Union forces begin the Penninsula Campaign.
August 30, 1862 - Confederate forces win the 2nd Battle of Bull Run.
September 17, 1862 - Union forces win the Battle of Antietam.
September 22, 1862 - The Emancipation Proclomation is issued.
December 13, 1862 - Confederate forces win the Battle of Fredericksburg.
February 24, 1863 - The New Mexico Territory is organized.
February 24, 1863 - The Arizona Territory is organized.
May 4, 1863 - Confederate forces win the Battle of Chancellorsville.
June 20, 1863 - West Virginia is the 35th state admitted to the Union. On June 20, 1863, the wartime state of West Virginia was born by acceptance of the federal government. July 1, 1863 - The Battle of Ghettysburg begins.
July 3, 1863 - Union forces win the Battle Ghettysburg.
July 4, 1863 - Union forces capture Vicksburg, thereby taking the entire Mississippi River (2nd part of the Anaconda Plan).
November 25, 1863 - Union forces win the Battle of Chattanooga.
May 26, 1864 - The Idaho Territory is organized.
May 26, 1864 - The Montana Territory is organized.
September 1, 1864 - Union forces take Atlanta.
October 31, 1864 - Nevada is the 36th state admitted to the Union. On October 31, 1864, at the urging of President Abraham Lincoln, Nevada became a state. Only a short four years earlier, it had been a wilderness. November 16, 1864 - Union forces begin the "march to the sea", from Atlanta to Savanah.
February 1, 1865 - The 13th Amendment is passed by Congress.
March 4, 1865 - Abraham Lincoln is sworn in as President for a 2nd term.
March 4, 1865 - Andrew Johnson is sworn in as the 16th Vice President of the United States.
March 21, 1865 - Union forces finish the "march to the sea" (by taking Savanah, Georgia).
April 2, 1865 - The fleeing Confederate government sets fire to Richmond.
April 3, 1865 - Union forces occupy the Confederate capital, Richmond (3rd part of the Anaconda Plan).
April 9, 1865 - The Confederate States of America surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, ending the Civil War.
Reconstruction
April 15, 1865 - Andrew Johnson is sworn in as the 17th President of the United States.
December 18, 1865 - The 13th Amendment is added to the Constitution. Jun 16, 1866 - The 14th Amendment is passed by Congress.
July 24, 1866 - Tennessee is the 1st state to be readmitted to the Union.
March 1, 1867 - Nebraska is the 37th state admitted to the Union. President Andrew Johnson vetoed the Nebraska statehood bill of 1866, but Congress overrode his veto, and Nebraska became a state on March 1, 1867 March 30, 1867 - The United States purchases the Alaska Territory from Russia for $7.2 million.
August 28, 1867 - The U.S. annexes the Midway Islands.
January 7, 1868 - The Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock.
January 7, 1868 - The Mississippi constitutional convention meets in Jackson.
January 14, 1868 - The North Carolina constitutional convention meets in Raliegh.
January 14, 1868 - The South Carolina constitutional convention meets in Columbia.
February 24, 1868 - The U.S. House of Representatives impeaches President Andrew Johnson.
March 13, 1868 - The U.S. Senate begins its Impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson
April 14, 1868 - South Carolina adopts a new constitution.
April 16, 1868 - Louisiana adopts a new constitution.
May 26, 1868 - The U.S. Senate acquits President Andrew Johnson of all 11 Articles of Impeachment.
June 1, 1868 - The Texas constitutional convention meets in Austin.
June 22, 1868 - Arkansas is the 2nd state to be readmitted to the Union.
June 25, 1868 - Florida is the 3rd state to be readmitted to the Union.
June 25, 1868 - Alabama is the 4th state to be readmitted to the Union.
June 25, 1868 - Louisiana is the 5th state to be readmitted to the Union.
June 25, 1868 - North Carolina is 6the th state to be readmitted to the Union.
June 25, 1868 - South Carolina is 7the th state to be readmitted to the Union.
July 23, 1868 - The 14th Amendment is added to the Constitution.
July 25, 1868 - The Wyoming Territory is organized.
December 25, 1868 - President Andrew Johnson issues an unconditional pardon to all those who participated in the southern rebellion.
February 27, 1869 - The 15th Amendment is passed by Congress.
March 4, 1869 - Ulysses Grant is sworn in as the 18th President of the United States.
March 4, 1869 - Schuyler Colfax is sworn in as the 17th Vice President of the United States.
April 10, 1869 - The number of Supreme Court Justices is increased from 7 to 9.
May 10, 1869 - The Transcontinental Railroad is completed at Promontory Point, Utah.
November 17, 1869 - The Suez Canal opens for business, in Egypt, linking the Mediterranean and Red seas.
January 27, 1870 - Virginia is the 8th state to be readmitted to the Union.
February 23, 1870 - Mississippi is the 9th state to be readmitted to the Union.
March 30, 1870 - Texas is the 10th state to be readmitted to the Union.
March 30, 1870 - The 15th Amendment is added to the Constitution.
July 15, 1870 - Georgia is the 11th state to be readmitted to the Union.
Expansion
August 1, 1870 - Colorado is the 38th state admitted to the Union. After three tries Colorado was made a state on August 1, 1876. March 4, 1873 - Ulysses Grant is sworn in as President for a 2nd term.
March 4, 1873 - Henry Wilson is sworn in as the 18th Vice President of the United States.
March 4, 1877 - William Wheeler is sworn in as the 19th Vice President of the United States.
March 5, 1877 - Rutherford Hayes is sworn in as the 19th President of the United States.
March 4, 1881 - James Garfield is sworn in as the 20th President of the United States.
March 4, 1881 - Chester Arthur is sworn in as the 20th Vice President of the United States.
September 20, 1881 - Chester Arthur is sworn in as the 21st President of the United States.
May 17, 1884 - The Alaska Territory is organized.
March 4, 1885 - Grover Cleveland is sworn in as the 22nd President of the United States.
March 4, 1885 - Thomas Hendricks is sworn in as the 21st Vice President of the United States.
March 4, 1889 - Benjamin Harrison is sworn in as the 23rd President of the United States.
March 4, 1889 - Levi Morton is sworn in as the 22nd Vice President of the United States.
November 2, 1889 - North Dakota is the 39th state admitted to the Union. Both North and South Dakota became states on November 2, 1889. November 2, 1889 - South Dakota is the 40th state admitted to the Union. Both North and South Dakota became states on November 2, 1889. November 8, 1889 - Montana is the 41st state admitted to the Union. November 11, 1889 - Washington is the 42nd state admitted to the Union. May 2, 1890 - The Oklahoma Territory is organized.
July 3, 1890 - Idaho is the 43rd state admitted to the Union. July 10, 1890 - Wyoming is the 44th state admitted to the Union. Although the Wyoming population was not enough to qualify for statehood, it became one anyway on July 10, 1890. March 4, 1893 - Grover Cleveland is sworn in as the 24th President of the United States.
March 4, 1893 - Adlai Stevenson is sworn in as the 23rd Vice President of the United States.
January 4, 1896 - Utah is the 45th state admitted to the Union. March 4, 1897 - William McKinley is sworn in as the 25th President of the United States.
March 4, 1897 - Garret Hobart is sworn in as the 24th Vice President of the United States.
The Spanish-American War
April 20, 1898 - The United States declares war on Spain.
May 1, 1898 - American forces win the Battle of Manila Bay.
July 1, 1898 - American forces win the Battle of Santiago.
July 7, 1898 - The United States annexes Hawaii.
July 25, 1898 - American forces invade Puerto Rico.
August 12, 1898 - The United States and Spain sign an armistice, ending the Spanish-American War.
December 10, 1898 - The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Paris 1898, officially ending the Spanish-American War.
The American Empire
February 6, 1899 - The United States annexes Guam, the Phillipines, and Puerto Rico.
February 22, 1900 - The Hawaii Territory is organized.
March 4, 1901 - William McKinley is sworn in as President for a 2nd term.
March 4, 1901 - Theodore Roosevelt is sworn in as the 25th Vice President of the United States.
September 14, 1901 - Theodore Roosevelt is sworn in as the 26th President of the United States.
March 4, 1905 - Theodore Roosevelt is sworn in as President for a 2nd term.
March 4, 1905 - Charles Fairbanks is sworn in as the 26th Vice President of the United States.
January 16, 1907 - Oklahoma is the 46th state admitted to the Union. Oklahoma became a state on November 6, 1907, with a population of 1,414,177, including residents in Indian Territory. March 4, 1909 - William Taft is sworn in as the 27th President of the United States.
March 4, 1909 - James Sherman is sworn in as the 27th Vice President of the United States.
July 12, 1909 - The 16th Amendment is passed by Congress.
January 6, 1912 - New Mexico is the 47th state admitted to the Union. February 14, 1912 - Arizona is the 48th state admitted to the Union.

May 16, 1912 - The 17th Amendment is passed by Congress.
February 25, 1913 - The 16th Amendment is added to the Constitution.
March 4, 1913 - Woodrow Wilson is sworn in as the 28th President of the United States.
March 4, 1913 - Thomas Marshall is sworn in as the 28th Vice President of the United States.
April 8, 1913 - The 17th Amendment is added to the Constitution.
April 21, 1914 - American forces occupy Vera Cruz, Mexico.
June 28, 1914 - Princip assasinates Archduke Ferdinand of the Ottoman Empire.
July 18, 1914 - The United States Army Air Corps is established.
World War I
July 28, 1914 - World War I begins as the Ottoman Empire declares war on Bosnia.
July 29, 1914 - Central forces bomb Belgrade, Belgium.
August 4, 1914 - Central forces invade Belgium.
August 4, 1914 - President Wilson issues a proclamaition of neutrality.
August 15, 1914 - The Panama Canal opens for business.
August 25, 1914 - Central forces bomb Antwerp, Belgium.
August 25, 1914 - Central forces invade France.
August 30, 1914 - Central forces bomb Paris, France.
September 9, 1914 - Allied forces win the Battle of Marne.
December 24, 1914 - Central forces bomb Dover, England.
January 2, 1915 - Allied forces win the Battle of Sarikamis.
May 7, 1915 - British liner Lusiatnia is sunk by german U-Boats, killing 128 american passengers.
June 10, 1915 - The Girl Scouts is established.
July 29, 1915 - American forces invade Haiti.
February 21, 1916 - The Battle of Verdun begins.
March 9, 1916 - Pancho Villa raids Columbus, New Mexico.
March 15, 1916 - American forces drive Pancho Villa to Mexico.
June 15, 1916 - The Boy Scouts is established.
July 1, 1916 - The 1st Battle of Somme begins.
August 4, 1916 - The United States purchases the West Indies and the Virgin Islands for $25 million.
August 25, 1916 - The United States National Park Service is established.
September 3, 1916 - Allied forces win the Battle of Verdun.
November 18, 1916 - Allied forces win the 1st Battle of Somme.
January 31, 1917 - Germany declared unrestricted subamrine warfare against all ships.
March 2, 1917 - Puerto Rico is made a United States territory.
March 4, 1917 - Calvin Coolidge is sworn in as the 29th Vice President of the United States.
March 5, 1917 - Woodrow Wilson is sworn in as President for a 2nd term.
April 6, 1917 - The United States enters World War I on the side of the Allies.
August 5, 1917 - The United States National Gaurd is established.
December 17, 1917 - The 18th Amendment is passed by Congress.
March 3, 1918 - Russia pulls out of World War I.
July 15, 1918 - The 2nd Battle of the Marne begins.
July 18, 1918 - Allied forces win the Battle of the Aisne-Marne.
September 12, 1918 - The 2nd Battle of Verdun begins.
September 26, 1918 - The Battle of Miuse-Argonne begins.
September 29, 1918 - Allied forces push Central forces past the Hindenburg Line.
November 11, 1918 - The Allied and Central Powers sign an armistice, ending World War I.
January 29, 1919 - The 18th Amendment is added to the Constitution.
June 28, 1919 - The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending World War I.
The Roaring 20's
June 5, 1919 - The 19th Amendment is passed by Congress.
August 26, 1920 - The 19th Amendment is added to the Constitution.
March 4, 1921 - Warren Harding is sworn in as the 29th President of the United States.
March 4, 1921 - Charles Dawes is sworn in as the 30th Vice President of the United States.
August 3, 1923 - Calvin Coolidge is sworn in as the 30th President of the United States.
March 4, 1925 - Calvin Coolidge is sworn in as President for a 2nd term.
March 4, 1925 - Charles Curtis is sworn in as the 31st Vice President of the United States.
March 4, 1929 - Herbert Hoover is sworn in as the 31st President of the United States.
March 4, 1929 - John Garner is sworn in as the 32nd Vice President of the United States.
The Great Depression
October 29, 1929 - The New York Stock Market crashes to an all time low (referred to as "Black Tuesday"), signalling the start of the Great Depression.
March 2, 1932 - The 20th Amendment is passed by Congress.
January 23, 1933 - The 20th Amendment is added to the Constitution.
February 20, 1933 - The 21st Amendment is passed by Congress.
March 4, 1933 - Franklin Roosevelt is sworn in as the 32nd President of the United States.
March 4, 1933 - Henry Wallace is sworn in as the 33rd Vice President of the United States.
December 5, 1933 - The 21st Amendment is added to the Constitution.
March 7, 1936 - Germany invades the Rhineland (Austria).
January 20, 1937 - Franklin Roosevelt is sworn in as President for a 2nd term.
January 20, 1937 - Henry Wallace is sworn in as Vice President for a 2nd term.
September 1, 1939 - Germany invades Poland.
World War II
September 4, 1939 - France and Great Britain declare war on Germany.
September 28, 1939 - Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Warsaw pact, keeping the Soviet Union out of World War II.
June 4, 1940 - The British evaccuate over 300,000 soldiers from Dunkirk, France back accross the English Channel. June 22, 1940 - France surrenders to Germany.
October 16, 1940 - Benjamin Davis becomes the first black General in the United States Army.
January 20, 1941 - Franklin Roosevelt is sworn in as President for a 3rd term.
January 20, 1941 - Henry Wallace is sworn in as Vice President for a 3rd term.
June 22, 1941 - Germany invades the Soviet Union.
December 7, 1941 - Japanese forces attack the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
December 8, 1941 - The United States declares war on Japan.
December 11, 1941 - Germany and Italy declare war on the United States.
May 15, 1942 - Women are now allowed to serve in all branches of the armed services.
August 7, 1942 - United States Marines land at Guadalcanal.
February 2, 1943 - 200,000 german soldiers surrender at Stalingrad.
November 28, 1943 - Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin meet in Tehran to discuss WWII.
June 6, 1944 - Allied forces invade Normandy (reffered to as "D-Day").
August 25, 1944 - Allied troops liberate Paris.
December 16, 1944 - A german surprise attack begins the Battle of the Bulge.
December 24, 1944 - Allied forces push the german troops past the german border.
January 12, 1945 - American forces liberate the Phillipines.
January 20, 1945 - Franklin Roosevelt is sworn in as President for a 4th term.
January 20, 1945 - Harry Truman is sworn in as the 34th Vice President of the United States.
April 12, 1945 - Harry Truman is sworn in as the 33rd President of the United States.
June 26, 1945 - The United Nations is established.
July 12, 1945 - American forces take Okinawa.
August 6, 1945 - The United States drops the 1st atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
August 9, 1945 - The United States drops the 2nd atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.
September 2, 1945 - Japan unconditionally surrenders to the United States, ending World War II.
The Cold War
July 4, 1946 - The Phillipines, a United States protectorate, gains its independence.
October 1, 1946 - Nazi war criminals receive sentencing at the Nuremberg trials.
October 17, 1946 - Winston Churchill proclaims "an iron curtain has swept across the continent (Europe)," begining the Cold War.
March 24, 1947 - The 22nd Amendment is passed by Congress.
January 20, 1949 - Harry Truman is sworn in as President for a 2nd term.
January 20, 1949 - Alben Barkley is sworn in as the 35th Vice President of the United States.
April 4, 1949 - North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is established by Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United States.
The Korean War
June 25, 1950 - The Korean War officially starts as North Korea invades South Korea.
June 26, 1950 - North Korean forces take Seoul.
June 27, 1950 - The United Nations declares war on North Korea.
September 15, 1950 - U.N. forces take Inchon.
October 7, 1950 - U.N. forces recapture Seoul.
January 4, 1951 - North Korean/Chinese forces recapture Seoul.
February 26, 1951 - The 22nd Amendment is added to the Constitution.
November 1, 1952 - The United States detonates the 1st thermonuclear device.
January 20, 1953 - Dwight Eisenhower is sworn in as the 34th President of the United States.
January 20, 1953 - Richard Nixon is sworn in as the 36th Vice President of the United States.
May 17, 1954 - The U.S. Supreme Court declares that segregated schools violates the 14th Amendment.
January 20, 1957 - Richard Nixon is sworn in as Vice President for a 2nd term.
January 21, 1957 - Dwight Eisenhower is sworn in as President for a 2nd term.
January 3, 1959 - Alaska is the 49th state admitted to the Union. Alaska became the 49th state on January 3, 1959; it was the first new state in the Union since 1912. August 21, 1959 - Hawaii is the 50th state admitted to the Union. June 16, 1960 - The 23rd Amendment is passed by Congress.
January 20, 1961 - John Kennedy is sworn in as the 35th President of the United States.
January 20, 1961 - Lyndon Johnson is sworn in as the 37th Vice President of the United States.
March 29, 1961 - The 23rd Amendment is added to the Constitution.
April 17, 1961 - An American backed Cuban invasion force landed at Bahia de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs).
August 27, 1962 - The 24th Amendment is passed by Congress.
October 14, 1962 - American spy planes spot Soviet missile bases on Cuba.
October 22, 1962 - The Soviet Union pulls its missiles out of Cuba.
The Vietnam War
November 1, 1963 - American/Vietnamese forces stage a coup in Vietnam.
November 22, 1963 - Lyndon Johnson is sworn in as the 36th President of the United States.
January 30, 1964 - The 24th Amendment is added to the Constitution.
July 2, 1964 - Segregation is now abolished in the United States.
August 4, 1964 - Vietnamese forces attack an American Destroyer (USS Maddox).
August 7, 1964 - The United States begins military presence in Vietnam.
January 20, 1965 - Lyndon Johnson is sworn in as President for a 2nd term.
January 20, 1965 - Hubert Humphrey is sworn in as the 38th Vice President of the United States.
July 6, 1965 - The 25th Amendment is passed by Congress.
February 10, 1967 - The 25th Amendment is added to the Constitution.
March 16, 1968 - American forces take My Lai.
January 20, 1969 - Richard Nixon is sworn in as the 37th President of the United States.
January 20, 1969 - Spiro Agney is sworn in as the 39th Vice President of the United States.
July 20, 1969 American astronaught Neil Armstrong is the 1st human to walk on the Moon.
April 30, 1970 - American forces invade Cambodia.
December 31, 1970 - The United States begins withdrawling troops from Vietnam.
March 3, 1971 - The 26th Amendment is passed by Congress.
June 30, 1971 - The 26th Amendment is added to the Constitution.
December 18, 1972 - American forces begin bombing Hanoi and Haiphong.
December 28, 1972 - American forces cease bombing Hanoi and Haiphong.
January 20, 1973 - Richard Nixon is sworn in as President for a 2nd term.
January 20, 1973 - Spiro Agney is sworn in as Vice President for a 2nd term.
January 27, 1973 - The United States and Vietnam sign a peace treaty, ending the Vietnam War.
March 29, 1973 - The last of American forces leave Vietnam.
December 6, 1973 - Gerald Ford is sworn in as the 40th Vice President of the United States.
August 9, 1974 - Gerald Ford is sworn in as the 38th President of the United States.
December 19, 1974 - Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as the 41st Vice President of the United States.
January 20, 1977 - Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th President of the United States.
January 20, 1977 - Walter Mondale is sworn in as the 42nd Vice President of the United States.
November 4, 1979 - Iranians seize the American Embassy in Tehran, Iran taking 52 people hostage.
January 20, 1981 - Ronald Reagan is sworn in as the 40th President of the United States.
January 20, 1981 - George Bush is sworn in as the 43rd Vice President of the United States.
January 20, 1981 - The hostages from the American Embassy are freed.
December 30, 1981 - I was born (well, I am the Author!).
March 23, 1983 - President Reagan starts the Strategic Defense Initiative.
January 20, 1985 - George Bush is sworn in as Vice President for a 2nd term.
January 21, 1985 - Ronald Reagan is sworn in as President for a 2nd term.
January 20, 1989 - George Bush is sworn in as the 41st President of the United States.
January 20, 1989 - Dan Quale is sworn in as the 44th Vice President of the United States.
The Persian Gulf War
August 2, 1990 - Iraqi forces invade Kuwait.
January 16, 1991 - A U.N. air strike is launched on Iraq.
February 23, 1991 - A U.N. ground force liberates Kuwait.
February 28, 1991 - A cease fire is signed between the United Nations and Iraq.
February 1, 1992 - The United States and Russia sign a treaty officially ending the Cold War.
The Information Age
May 7, 1992 - The 27th Amendment is added to the Constitution.
January 20, 1993 - Al Gore is sworn in as the 45th Vice President of the United States
January 21, 1993 - Bill Clinton is sworn in as the 42nd President of the United States.
January 20, 1997 - Al Gore is sworn in as Vice President for a 2nd term.
January 21, 1997 - Bill Clinton is sworn in as President for a 2nd term.
August 7, 1998 - 2 american embassies (Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya) in eastern Africa are destroyed by terrorist bombs.
August 20, 1998 - American forces launch air strikes at 2 targets in retalliation for the american embassy bombings: a terrorist training facility in Afghanistan, and a chemical plant in Sudan.
December 16, 1998 - American forces launch the 1st of 3 air strikes at targets in Iraq.
December 17, 1998 - American forces launch the 2nd of 3 air strikes at targets in Iraq.
December 18, 1998 - American forces launch the 3rd of 3 air strikes at targets in Iraq.
December 19, 1998 - The U.S. House of Representatives approves 2 of 4 Proposed Ariticles of Impeachment.
March 23, 1999 - NATO begins launching air strikes against Yugoslavia.
December 31, 1999 - Panama gains control of the Panama Canal from the United States.

Information gathered from www.shgresources.com/us/timeline/

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