1969
1939-1945
1957
2008
1968
1991
2001
1914-1918
1929
1898
World War II
End of the Cold War
The Great Depression begins
World War I
The Spanish-American War
Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated
election of Barack Obama, first black U.S. president
launch of Sputnik signals beginning of space race with U.S.S.R.
terrorist attacks on World Trade Center and Pentagon
U.S. lands men on the moon
