American Heritage
Decisive Moments in American History
1875
Bell's telephone
1887
Tesla's AC current
1895
Morgan rescues the gold standard
1905
Wrights prove reliable flight
1
914
Ford hikes worker salaries
1917
U.S. in World War I
1919
19th Amendment passed
1933
FDR'S bank holiday
1942
Battle of Midway
1
944
D-Day
1950
Polio vaccine trials
1959
First American deaths in Vietnam
1961
JFK's moon challenge
1
963
Birmingham demonstration
2008
Obama elected president of the U.S.