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World War I started on July 28, 1914, to November 11, 1918
The cause of WWI was the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914. -
The Spanish flu started from February 1918 to April 1920. The Spanish flu was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. There were 25-50 million deaths due to the influenza pandemic. -
World War II started on September 1, 1939, to September 2, 1945. Hitler's Invasion of Poland in 1939 caused Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany. -
Brown v. Board of education was from December 9, 1952, to May 17, 1954. The Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. -
The Vietnam war started on November 1, 1955, to April 30, 1975. The United States entered the war in an attempt to stop the spread of communism. -
Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. The purpose of the moon landing was to gather some samples of the moon to return to earth. -
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the constitution conferred the right to have an abortion. -
The falling of the Berlin Wall was a symbolic end of the Cold War. The wall was built after WWII to keep people in. Hundreds died while trying to cross the wall. -
The Los Angeles riots were a major outbreak of violence, looting, and arson that began on April 29, 1992, to May 4, 1992. The LA riots were a response to the acquittal of 4 policemen severely beating an African American. -
Many feared that the switch from two digit year '99 to '00 would break havoc on computer systems, causing significant glitches.
