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Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution was a great armed, a rebellion led by Francisco Madero. Madero against the former autocrat general Porfirio Diaz. It was the first of the great revolutions of the 20th century, but it did not have a clear ideology like the Russian revolution or the French revolution. -
Sinking of the Titanic
The RMS Titanic sank in the early morning hours of 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean, four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. The largest ocean liner in service at the time, Titanic had an estimated 2,224 people on board when the accident happened -
World War I
World War I (July 28th,1914-November 11th,1918), described as "the war to end all wars", it led to the mobilisation of more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, making it one of the largest wars in history. -
Discovery of Penicillin
Sir Alexander Fleming, a Scottish researcher, is credited with the discovery of penicillin, he returned from a two-week vacation to find that a mold had developed on an accidentally contaminated staphylococcus culture plate. Upon examination of the mold, he noticed that the culture prevented the growth of staphylococci. -
World War II
World War II began in Europe on September 1st, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. Great Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany on September 3rd. The war between the U.S.S.R. and Germany began on June 22nd, 1941, with the German invasion of the Soviet Union. The World War II ended on September 2nd, 1945. -
The Human Genome Project
The Human Genome Project (HGP) was an international scientific research project with the goal of determining the base pairs that make up human DNA, and of identifying and mapping all of the genes of the human genome from both a physical and a functional standpoint. It remains the world's largest collaborative biological project.This project finish on 2003 -
9/11
The September 11 attacks were a series of 4 coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States. The attacks resulted in 2,977 fatalities, over 25,000 injuries, and substantial long-term health consequences, in addition to at least $10 billion in infrastructure and property damage. -
Social Networking "Facebook"
Facebook is a social networking service launched as TheFacebook. It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow Harvard University students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. -
Ebola virus epidemic
The Western African Ebola virus epidemic was the most widespread outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in history, causing major loss of life and socioeconomic disruption in the region, mainly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. This epidemic ended on 2015 -
Covid-19
The COVID‑19 pandemic, also called the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2). It was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The World Health Organization called it a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020 and a pandemic on 11 March.
