Top 25 events in modern US history
- Thread starter Marvin the Martian
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It looks like we are missing numbers 25, 14, 9, 7, 6, 3.
3 of them are international events. 2 are economic.
3 of them are international events. 2 are economic.
I actually could see putting that above D Day. Arguably the Russians were still a pretty large deterrent against the Germans in 1944. In June of 1942 though, the Japanese had already dealt a pretty major blow at Pearl Harbor and our carriers were the last line we really had available to hold serve while our production ramped up. Had we lost Midway and had that loss involved significant damage to our remaining carrier forces, the Pacific would have been pretty wide open for awhile.
Allowing China permanent MFN status (and subsequent membership into the WTO)
Not Yet
The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show (February 9, 1964)
Jackie Robinson debuts (April 15, 1947)
The September 11 attacks (September 11, 2001)
The Watergate break-in (June 17, 1972)
The moon landing (July 20, 1969)
The Battle of Wounded Knee (December 29,1890)
The U.S.S. Maine sinks (February 15, 1898)
Donald Trump is elected president (November 8, 2016)
The Tet Offensive (January 30, 1968)
The Triangle Shirtwaist fire (March 25, 1911)
Not Yet
The Zimmermann telegram (January 16, 1917)
Black Tuesday (October 29, 1929)
D-Day (June 6, 1944)
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (July 2, 1964)
Not Yet
The Battle of Midway (June 4, 1942)
Not Yet
Not Yet
(tie) Brown v. Board of Education (May 17, 1954)/Rosa Parks arrested (December 1, 1955)
The Social Security Act (August 14, 1935)
Not Yet
Plessy v. Ferguson (May 18, 1896)
(tie) The bombings of Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945)
Korean War? (Too long) Anti Chinese Immigration Act, Boxer Rebellion (longer than a week), China Aid Act (support for the Nationalists in the Civil War
This probably isn't on the list but in my view the election of Donald Trump in 2016 belongs on the list.
Say this because it was the culmination of a movement which had been growing in the "red states" for sometime but didn't surface when Republicans such as the Bushes were elected. The movement among other things is at least partly grounded in nationalism and anti-immigrant rhetoric. The election repudiated the so-called liberal values of the “blue states" as seen during two-term presidency (2009–17) of the United States’ first African American president.
Some might say the movement ended when Trump was defeated in 2020. Only time will tell, but another strong possibility is the "stolen election" defeat along with setbacks to the Biden administration such as inflation will re-energize the movement in 2022 and 2024.
Say this because it was the culmination of a movement which had been growing in the "red states" for sometime but didn't surface when Republicans such as the Bushes were elected. The movement among other things is at least partly grounded in nationalism and anti-immigrant rhetoric. The election repudiated the so-called liberal values of the “blue states" as seen during two-term presidency (2009–17) of the United States’ first African American president.
Some might say the movement ended when Trump was defeated in 2020. Only time will tell, but another strong possibility is the "stolen election" defeat along with setbacks to the Biden administration such as inflation will re-energize the movement in 2022 and 2024.
I believe I contributes at least 6 of these.
Pearl Harbor was inevitable if you're the Japanese.
The Zimmerman Telegram woke the giant.
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One of these two:
Suez Crisis 1956. Technically longer than a week though.
March 3, 1938 - Oil discovered in Saudi Arabia
and maybe
Cuban missle crisis?
1931-32 PU basketball team named National Champs by the Helms Foundation.
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