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Department of State
is establishedJudiciary Act of 1789Compromise of 1790Residence ActFirst inauguration of
Abraham LincolnLincoln calls for
75,000 volunteersFirst Battle of Bull RunRevenue ActArmy of the Potomac
formedBattle of Fort HenryLegal Tender ActBattle of WilliamsburgBattle of Eltham's LandingBattle of Drewry's BluffBattle of Hanover
Court HouseBattle of Cedar MountainBattle of Plum Point BendFirst Battle of MemphisBattle of AntietamBattle of PerryvilleBattle of Lookout MountainBattle of Missionary RidgeBattle of Ringgold GapBattle of Bristoe StationBattle of Buckland MillsSecond Battle of
Rappahannock StationBattle of Yellow TavernBattle of Kennesaw MountainBattle of Peachtree CreekBattle of AtlantaBattle of the CraterBattle of AllatoonaBattle of OpequonBattle of FranklinBattle of Fort StedmanThird Battle of Petersburg
(Breakthrough at Petersburg)Richmond capturedLee Surrenders
at AppomattoxxBattle of Malvern HillPresident Abraham Lincoln is assassinated;
Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes PresidentFreedmen's BureauEmancipation ProclomationPearl Harbor
is attackedU.S. declares war on JapanGermany and Italy declare war on the U.S.Marshalls–Gilberts raidsDoolittle Raid1944 Election4th inauguration
of Franklin D. RooseveltBattle of the East China SeaPresident Roosevelt dies;
Vice President Harry S. Truman
becomes PresidentAttack on YokosukaNormandy landingsFall of RomeLiberation of StrasbourgElbe DayAdolf Hitler
commits suicideGermany officially
surrenders unconditionallyRoosevelt presents wartime budgetRoosevelt approves
the Manhattan ProjectWar Shipping Administration formedExecutive Order 9066War Relocation AuthorityPacific War Council formedOffice of War Information
and OSS establishedFirst B-29 testGen. Eisenhower placed in
command of Operation TorchStabilization ActCoffee rationing beginsFuel rationing beginsCanned Food rationing beginsOffice of War Mobilization formedRoosevelt seizes railroadsG.I. BillFlood Control Act of 1944Trinity TestAtomic Bombing
of HiroshimaAtomic Bombing
of NagasakiJapan surrendersJapan officially surrenders
unconditionally;
World War II ends21-Point Program for
the Reconversion PeriodUnited Nations formedEmployment ActTaft–Hartley ActPhilippines IndependenceAtomic Energy ActMutual Security ActForeign Assistance Act1948 Election2nd Inauguration
of Harry TrumanUnited Nations Partition
Plan for PalestineTruman DoctrineNATO formedFederal Republic of Germany
(West Germany) formedGerman Democratic Republic
(East Germany) formedHousing ActFirst Soviet Atomic BombPresident Truman
announces the H-BombNational Security ActThe United States
recognizes IsraelBattle of OsanForeign Economic Assistance ActHadong AmbushUN Forces retreat
from North KoreaIvy Mike Nuclear TestDefense Production ActKorean Armistice AgreementTruman fires Gen. MacArthur1952 Election1st Inauguration
of Dwight D. EisenhowerStalin diesSubmerged Lands ActRosenberg ExecutionsNSC 162/2 (Nuclear Bomb expansion)Atoms for PeaceUSS Nautilus is launchedCastle Bravo Nuclear Test"Domino Theory" speechBrown v. Topeka Board of EducationUSMC War Memorial dedicationPlans to develop ICBM's are announcedMET Nuclear TestWarsaw Pact established1955 Geneva SummitSpace Race beginsMilitary Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) formedDe-StalinizationEisenhower approves
U-2 missions over the Soviet UnionFederal Highway ActFirst U-2 Flight over the USSR1956 Election2nd Inauguration
of Dwight D. EisenhowerEisenhower DocrtineRudolf Abel is arrestedPlumbbob Priscilla Nuclear TestCivil Rights Act of 1957Eisenhower sends troops to Little Rock, ArkansasSputnik is launchedExplorer 1 is launchedUmbrella Hardtack I Nuclear TestNational Defense Education ActNuclear test banAlaska becomes a stateMercury Seven announced by NASAKitchen debate between Nixon and KhrushchevHawaii becomes a stateLandrum-Griffin ActJFK announces candidacy for the PresidencyU-2 IncidentCivil Rights Act of 19601960 ElectionInauguration of
John F. KennedyPeace Corps establishedFreedom 7 is launched
(First American in Space)Vienna SummitBerlin Wall construction beginsTsar Bomba Nuclear Test in the Soviet UnionPowers-Abel Exchange"We choose to go to the moon."
-President KennedyMAAG Compound RaidOperation ChopperBattle of Ấp Bắc"Ich bin ein Berliner"
-President KennedyPartial Nuclear Test Ban TreatySouth Vietnamese President
Ngo Dinh Diem assassinatedPresident Kennedy is assassinated;
Vice President Lyndon Johnson
becomes President24th Amdendment ratifiedMACV formedGen. Westmoreland becomes
commander
of MACVCivil Rights Act of 1964Freedom Summer murdersEconomic Opportunity Act1964 ElectionInauguration of
Lyndon B. JohnsonThe first American
troops arrive in
VietnamSelma to Montgomery
MarchMedicare and Medicaid ActVoting Rights Act of 1965Miranda v. Arizona25th Amendment ratifiedAttack on the US
Embassy in SaigonMy Lai massacreJohnson announces he
won't seek reelectionMLK assassinatedRFK assassinated1968 Election1st Inauguration of
Richard NixonVietnamization announcedNixon announces withdrawal of 25,000
U.S. troops from South Vietnam by August 31.Nixon Doctrine announcedSelective Service Reform Act of 1969Draft LotteryKent State ShootingsTax Reform Act of 1969Nixon announces U.S. invasion of CambodiaPostal Reorganization ActEconomic Stabilization
Act of 1970EPA establishedClean Air Act of 1970OSHA establishedNixon signs a
Wage-Price Controls BillPentagon PapersEmergency Employment ActPhase One price freezePhase Two price freezeRevenue Act of 1971Nixon enacts legislation
devaluing the dollarWatergate break inNixon attempts to
halt investigationNixon denies Watergate
involvementNixon signs sixty bills1972 ElectionPhase Three of price controls2nd Inauguration
of Richard NixonParis Peace Accords signedLast troops leave VietnamNixon admits responsibility
for the Watergate affairSixty-day price freezePhase Four of price controlsNixon refuses to turn over tapes to
the Senate Watergate CommitteeNixon denies involvement in the
Watergate cover-upVice President Spiro Agnew resignsGerald Ford is nominated as Vice PresidentSaturday Night Massacre"I am not a crook."
-NixonGerald Ford becomes
Vice PresidentNixon increases Social SecurityNixon demands an end
to the Watergate investigationNixon increases minimum wageUnited States v. NixonArticles of impeachment brought forthNixon announces resigatnionNixon resigns; Ford becomes PresidentFord picks Rockefeller for VPFord pardons NixonClemency for draft evadersFord calls for tax increase and spending cutsFord announces "Whip Inflation Now"
Win programFreedom of Information ActRockefeller becomes Vice PresidentFord proposes tax cutTax Reduction Act of 1975Fall of SaigonMayaguez IncidentSinai withdrawal agreementFord refuses to loan New York CityFord loans to NYCEnergy Policy Conservation ActConcorde makes first flightFord approves congressional election revisionsFord evacuates Americans from Lebanon1976 ElectionInauguration of Jimmy CarterEmergency Natural Gas Act of 1977Carter calls his program of
energy conservation the
“moral equivalent of war.”Carter opposes B-1 bomberSALT ISALT IIReorganization ActDepartment of Energy Organization ActCarter Addresses the Nation
on the National Energy PlanCarter visits Shah of IranTorrijos–Carter TreatiesCarter invokes the
Taft-Hartley Act to end a strike
by coal minersCamp David Accords SignedCivil Service Reform ActCarter announces his “phase two”
energy plan calling for conservation
and phasing out price controls on oil.Ethics in Government ActUS begins full diplomatic relations with China.Three Mile Island accidentDepartment of Education established“Malaise Speech.”More than 60 Americans at US
Embassy in Tehran are taken
hostage by Iranian student militantsCarter asks the Senate to
table its consideration of SALT IICarter announces the “Carter Doctrine”Carter announces his anti-inflation programOperation Eagle ClawCarter signs Presidential Directive 591980 ElectionFirst inauguration of Ronald ReaganAddress to Congress proposing
a program for economic recoveryReagan denounces the Soviet governmentAttempted assassination of President ReaganAddress to Congress on Program
for Economic RecoveryReagan fires 13,000 ATC
workers on strikeEconomic Recovery Tax Act of 1981Announces Strategic
Weapons Renewal programAnnounces proposed mutual reduction
of convention intermediate-range
nuclear and strategic forcesCreates National Commission
on Social Security reformReagan condemns the
Soviet Occupation of Afghanistanimposes embargo on Libyan oil imports,
citing Libyan support of terrorismReagan visits West BerlinTax Equity & Fiscal Responsability ActGarn-St. Germain Depository Institutions ActGas Tax BillNuclear Waste Policy Act"Evil empire" speech
-President ReaganStrategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars) developedTerrorist Attack on US embassy in Beirut,
kills 17 US foreign service personnel
and more than 40 Lebanese.A Nation At RiskSuicide bombers attack US Barracks in LebanonKorean Air Flight 007 Shot DownMay 17 AgreementUnited States Bombs Syrian Controlled
Area in Lebanon, in retaliation
for prior Syrian attack.Deficit Reduction ActCentral Intelligence Agency Information Act1985 Election2nd Inauguration
of Ronald ReaganIssues imposing an embargo on imports from NicaraguaGramm Rudman Hollings Balanced Budget ActChallenger Disaster1986 United States bombing of LibyaReagan vetoes the Comprehensive
Anti-Apartheid ActChernobyl DisasterGoldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization ActTax code revisionThe Contra Affair
becomes public“We did not—repeat—did not
trade weapons or anything
else for hostages, nor will we.”Address to the Nation on the
Investigation of Iran-ContraTower Commission appointedTower Commission reportReagan takes responsibility for the
action in the Iran-Contra affairUSS Stark attacked in Persian Gulf"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
-President ReaganReagan announces America’s
Economic Bill of RightsStock Market Crash of 1987Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces TreatyAgricultural Credit Act of 1987Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act1988 ElectionGovernors Island SummitInauguration of
George H.W. BushExxon Valdez oil spillWhistle-blower Protection ActPresident Bush offers Poland assistance
during severe economic problemsTiananmen Square MassacreFinancial Institutions Reform,
Recovery, and Enforcement ActOperation Praying MantisBerlin Wall FallsSoviet-United States Bilateral AgreementsAmericans with Disabilities ActPresident Bush's Statement on
Federal budget negotiations
reverses “no new taxes” campaign pledge.Helsinki SummitReunification of GermanyOmnibus Budget Reconciliation ActClean Air ActImmigration ActResolution Authorizing the
Use of Military Force Against IraqPackage Q AirstrikeBattle of Al BusayyahBush announces cessation of
Persian Gulf ConflictSTART IWarsaw pact dissolvedBoris Yeltsin becomes President of RussiaCivil Rights Act of 1991Dissolution of the Soviet UnionU.S.-Russian Nuclear Agreement1992 ElectionNAFTA signed1st Inauguration of
Bill ClintonSTART IIFamily Medical Leave Act1993 World Trade Center BombingNew
eventPeriods
1st Continental Congress1st Continental Congress2nd Continental CongressPaul Revere's RideBattle of Lexington and ConcordBoston CampaignCapture of Fort TiconderogaAmerican Revolutionary WarBattle of MachiasContinental Army formedBattle of Bunker HillOlive Branch PeititionBattle of Kemp's LandingBattle of Great BridgeBattle of QuebecCommon SenseBattle of Moore's Creek BridgeFortification of Dorchester HeightsDeclaration of IndependenceBattle of Long IslandLanding at Kip's BayBattle of Harlem HeightsBattle of White PlainsBattle of Fort WashingtonBattle of TrentonBattle of PrincetonForage WarMorristown encampmentSiege of Fort StanwixBattle of BrandywinePhiladelphia campaignBattles of SaratogaTreaty of Alliance (with France)Valley ForgeBattle of MonmouthCapture of SavannahMiddlebrook encampmentBattle of Rhode IslandSiege of SavannahSiege of CharlestonMorristown EncampmentBattle of Connecticut FarmsBattle of SpringfieldBattle of CamdenBattle of CowpensBattle of the ChesapeakeSiege of YorktownBritish surrender at YorktownParliament ends the warCongress of the ConfederationPreliminary Articles of PeaceTreaty of ParisConstitutional ConventionShay's RebellionNorthwest Indian WarNorthwest OrdinanceConstitution ratified1788-89 ElectionPresidency of George WashingtonPresidency of John AdamsPresidency of Thomas JeffersonPresidency of Andrew JacksonPresidency of Martin Van BurenPresidency of James K. PolkPresidency of James MadisonPresidency of James MonroePresidency of John Quincy AdamsPresidency of Zachary TaylorPresidency of Millard FillmorePresidency of William Henry HarrisonPresidency of John TylerPresidency of Franklin PiercePresidency of James BuchananPresidency of Abraham LincolnPresidency of Andrew JohnsonPresidency of Ulysses S. GrantPresidency of Rutherford B. HayesPresidency of James A. GarfieldPresidency of Chester A. Arthur1st Presidency of Grover ClevelandPresidency of Benjamin Harrison2nd Presidency of Grover ClevelandPresidency of William McKinleyPresidency of Theodore RooseveltPresidency of William Howard TaftPresidency of Woodrow WilsonPresidency of Warren G. HardingPresidency of Calvin CoolidgePresidency of Herbert HooverPresidency of Franklin D. RooseveltPresidency of Harry S. TrumanPresidency of Dwight D. EisenhowerPresidency of John F. KennedyPresidency of Lyndon B. JohnsonPresidency of Richard NixonPresidency of Gerald FordPresidency of Jimmy CarterPresidency of Ronald ReaganPresidency of George H.W. BushPresidency of Bill ClintonPresidency of George W. BushPresidency of Barack Obama1st Presidency of Donald TrumpPresidency of Joe Biden2nd Presidency of Donald TrumpFirst Inauguration of
George WashingtonWhiskey RebellionFrench RevolutionSecession CrisisAttack on Fort SumterTrent AffairBattle of Fort DonelsonBattle of Island No. 10Battle of ShilohCapture of New OrelansSiege of YorktownPeninsula CampaignJackson's Valley CampaignSeven Days BattlesNorthern Virginia CampaignFirst Battle of
Rappahannock StationSecond Battle of Bull RunInvasion of MarylandSiege of CorinthSecond Battle of CorinthConfederate Heartland Offensive
(Kentucky Campaign)Fredericksburg CampaignMud MarchBattle of FredericksburgOperations against VicksburgBattle of Chickasaw BayouVicksburg CampaignBattle of ChancellorsvilleGettysburg CampaignBattle of GettysburgSiege of VicksburgRetreat from GettysburgChickamauga CampaignBattle of ChickamaugaChattanooga campaignBattle of Stones RiverBristoe CampaignBattle of Mine RunOverland CampaignBattle of the WildernessBattle of Spotsylvania Court HouseBattle of Cold HarborAtlanta CampaignBattle of ResacaSiege of PetersburgBattle of Mobile BayFirst Battle of Deep BottomSecond Battle of Deep BottomOperations against the
Weldon RailroadShenandoah Valley CampaignsFranklin–Nashville campaignBattle of ColumbiaBeefsteak RaidBattle of NashvilleSherman's March to the SeaBattle of Hatcher's RunCampaign of the CarolinasCapture of ColumbiaBattle of BentonvilleAppomattox CampaignBattle of MorrisvilleUnion BlockadeBattle of Wake IslandBattle of MidwayGilbert and Marshall Islands campaignBattle of TarawaBattle of KwajaleinBattle of EniwetokMariana and Palau Islands CampaignBattle of SaipanBattle of the Philippine SeaSecond Battle of GuamBattle of TinianBattle of PeleliuBattle of AngaurVolcano and Ryukyu Islands campaignBattle of Iwo JimaBattle of OkinawaBattle of BataanPhilippines CampaignBataan Death MarchBattle of CorregidorBattle of the Coral SeaNew Guinea CampaignPhilippines campaignBattle of GuadalcanalNew Georgia CampaignBattle of the Bismarck SeaBorneo campaignAir raids on JapanBattle of VisayasBattle of LeyteBattle of Leyte GulfOperation TorchTunisian campaignRun for TunisBattle of Sidi Bou ZidBattle of Kasserine PassBattle of El GuettarBattle of Hill 609Italian campaignAllied invasion of SicilyAllied invasion of SicilyBattle for the Bernhardt LineBattle of Rapido RiverBattle of Monte CassinoBattle of AnzioOperation OverlordOperation DragoonLiberation of ParisSiegfried Line campaignLorraine campaignOperation Market GardenBattle of Hürtgen ForestBattle of AachenWorld War IIBattle of the BulgeSiege of BastogneOperation NorthwindInvasion of GermanyRhineland OffensiveOperation LumberjackBattle of FrankfurtRuhr pocketCapture of HamburgChurchill visits the U.S.Second Washington ConferenceRace RiotsQuebec ConferenceCairo ConferenceTehran ConferenceBattle of CarentanDumbarton Oaks ConferenceMalta ConferenceYalta ConferencePotsdam ConferenceBattle of LuzonAllied-occupation of GermanyChinese Civil WarReconversion PeriodStrike WavesNuremberg TrialsFirst Indochina WarMarshall PlanCold WarBerlin BlockadeInternational Military Tribunal for the Far EastKorean WarNorth Korean offensiveFirst Battle of SeoulBattle of ChonanBattle of ChochiwonBattle of TaejonBattle of the Pusan PerimeterFirst Battle of Nakdong BulgeUnited Nations Command counteroffensiveBattle of InchonPusan Perimeter offensiveSecond Battle of SeoulUN September 1950 counteroffensiveUN offensive into North KoreaBattle of PyongyangChinese InterventionBattle of UnsanSecond Phase CampaignBattle of the Ch'ongch'on RiverBattle of Chosin ReservoirThird Battle of SeoulFirst and Second Battles of WonjuFighting around the 38th parallelFourth Battle of SeoulChinese spring offensive of 1951Battle of the Soyang RiverUN 1951 counteroffensiveStalemateBattle of Bloody RidgeBattle of Heartbreak RidgeBattle of Old BaldyBattle of Triangle HillBattle for Outpost VegasBattle of Pork Chop HillBattle of Pork Chop HillOutpost HarryBattle of KumsongOccupation of JapanCuban Revolution1953 Iranian Coup1954 Guatemalan CoupMcCarthyismSpace RaceVietnam ConflictSuez CrisisBay of Pigs InvasionCuban Missile CrisisGulf of Tonkin IncidentBattle of Bình GiãVietnam WarBattle of An NinhBattle of Sông BéBattle of Đồng XoàiOperation Rolling ThunderOperation PiranhaBattle of Ia Drang ValleyOperation Harvest MoonOperation HumpOperation CrimpOperation MasherOperation HarrisonBuddhist UprisingOperation HawthorneOperation HastingsOperation AttleboroOperation Thayer, Irving and Thayer IIOperation Cedar FallsOperation PershingOperation Junction CityBattle of Con ThienThe Hill FightsOperation Wheeler/WallowaBattle of Dak ToTet offensive attacks
on Da NangTet Offensive (Phase I)Battle of HuếChicago RiotsMay OffensiveTet Offensive (Phase II)Battle of Khe SanhOperation Toan Thang IITet Offensive (Phase III)Chicago DNC riotsOperation Speedy ExpressOperation Toan Thang IIIBattle of Hamburger HillApollo 11Operation Toan Thang IVApollo 13Cambodian campaignOperation Lam Son 719Nixon visits ChinaEaster OffensiveOperation Linebacker IOperation Linebacker IINixon visits the USSRWar of the flags
ARVN/PAVN/VCVietnamizationWatergate Scandal1973-1975 Recession70's Energy Crisis1975 spring offensiveFord visits ChinaIranian revolutionHostage CrisisSoviet–Afghan War1980 Recession1981-82 RecessionBrezhnev dies; Andropov becomes Soviet PreimerMultinational Force Beirut – LebanonUnited States invasion of GrenadaAndropov dies; Chernenko becomes Soviet PremierChernenko dies; Gorbachev
becomes Soviet PremierIran-Contra AffairGeneva SummitReykjavik SummitWashington SummitMoscow SummitFall of CommunismInvasion of Panama
Operation Just CauseMalta SummitVelvet RevolutionRomanian revolutionEnd of the Cold WarGulf WarIraqi invasion of KuwaitOperation Desert ShieldOperation Desert StormBattle of BubiyanBattle of 73 EastingHighway of DeathEarly 90's RecessionBreakup of Yugoslavia1991 Soviet CoupBreakup of the Soviet UnionYugoslav WarsBosnian War1992 Los Angeles riotsOperation Restore Hope
(First U.S. Intervention in the Somali Civil War)Operation Gothic SerpentBattle of Mogadishu
(Black Hawk Down)Battle of CambraiSomme DefensiveBattle of LysAisneBattle of Belleau WoodMontdidier-NoyonChampagne-MarneSecond Battle of the Marne
(Battle of Soissons)Aisne-MarneHundred Days OffensiveSecond Battle of the SommeBattle of St Quentin CanalOise-AisneBattle of the Lys and the Escaut,Battle of Saint-MihielMeuse–Argonne offensiveBattle of Vittorio VenetoBattle of Amiens
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