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First Men to South Magnetic Pole
In 1907 the famous Anglo-Irish explorer Henry Shackleton recruited Douglas Mawson, an Australian geologist and 50 year old lieutenant Edgeworth David for a South Pole Expedition. The plan was for Shackleton and three men to travel to the geographic South Pole while David and two companions traveled to the magnetic pole. In October 1908 David’s men followed the coast north. Ten weeks and over 1,200 miles later the men arrived at the South Magnetic Pole. The three men then took possession of the. -
The Titanic
The R.M.S. Titanic was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast Ireland. It was designed to be the largest ship to ever take to the seas and took 3000 men 3 years to build at a cost of 7.5 million dollars. Titanic’s hull was launched on May 31, 1911 without her engines, boilers, machinery, and furnishings. She was then towed to deeper waters and was completed on March 31, 1912. -
Worl War 1
World War I (WWI) was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until the start of World War II in 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter. It involved all the world's great powers,[5] which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (based on the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom, France and Russia) and the Central Powers (originally the -
World War 2
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Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941 Japanese Aircraft Carriers located in the Pacific Ocean, 200 miles from Oahu, Hawaii launched their planes into the predawn light. Under the orders of Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto their mission is to cripple the United States Pacific Fleet based in Pearl Harbor. -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
The top news event of the 20th century was written in the ashes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, where the terrifying power of America's new atomic bomb brought World War II to an end in 1945."Little Boy" is the nick name given to the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Little Boy was dropped from the Enola Gay, one of the B-29 bombers that flew over Hiroshima on that day. The total number of people who have died due to the bomb is estimated to be 200,000 -
JFK's Assasionation
th youngest president shot and and killed by a man named John Fitzgerald. he was in aconvertable and got shot in the chest once and then in the head once. -
Walking on the moon
On July 20, 1969, the human race accomplished its single greatest technological achievement of all time when a human first set foot on another celestial body. -
9/11
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Hurrican Katrina
On Monday August 29th 2005 hurricane Katrina a strong category four storm struck the Gulf Coast near the mouth of the Mississippi River.
