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1776
Declaration of Independence
1787
U.S. Constitution
1803
Louisiana Purchase
1898
Spanish American War
1914-1918
World War I
1917
U.S. enters WWI
1929
Stock Market Crash
December 7, 1941
Japan Bombed Pearl Harbor U.S. enters WWII in the Pacific
1939
Hitler invades Poland, drawing US allies France and Great Britain into WWII
June 6, 1944
“D-Day” Invasion of Normandy US enters WWII in Europe Opens Up a New Allied Front
1945
WWII Ends US Drops Atomic Bombs on Japan Germany Surrenders
1957
Soviet Union Launches Sputnik I First Satellite in Space
1964
North Vietnam Torpedoes American Ship in the Gulf of Tonkin Draws the U.S. into the Vietnam War
1989-1991
Collapse of Communism Berlin Wall Torn Down
September 11, 2001
Terrorist Attacks on U.S. Soil