1. Want a Date?

2. 1776

3. Declaration of Independence

4. 1787

5. U.S. Constitution

6. 1803

7. Louisiana Purchase

8. 1898

9. Spanish American War

11. World War I

12. 1917

13. U.S. enters WWI

14. 1929

15. Stock Market Crash

16. December 7, 1941

17. Japan Bombed Pearl Harbor U.S. enters WWII in the Pacific

18. 1939

19. Hitler invades Poland, drawing US allies France and Great Britain into WWII

20. June 6, 1944

21. “D-Day” Invasion of Normandy US enters WWII in Europe Opens Up a New Allied Front

22. 1945

23. WWII Ends US Drops Atomic Bombs on Japan Germany Surrenders

24. 1957

25. Soviet Union Launches Sputnik I First Satellite in Space

26. 1964

27. North Vietnam Torpedoes American Ship in the Gulf of Tonkin Draws the U.S. into the Vietnam War

29. Collapse of Communism Berlin Wall Torn Down

30. September 11, 2001

31. Terrorist Attacks on U.S. Soil