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Battle of Britian
October 31, 1940 -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was a Japanese attack on a US naval base on December 7, 1941 in the US Hawaii Territory. There were many lives lost and this attack is what led the US into entering World War 2. -
White Rose Movement
February, 1943 -
Iwo Jima
Ended: 3/26/1945. The battle of Iwo Jima was a fight against the United States Marine Corps and the Japanese Imperial Army. The goal of the attack was so that the United States could capture the island of Iwo Jima, and they came out successful! It is considered to be one of the bloodiest battles of WW2. -
Okinawa
Ended: June 22nd, 1945. A battle on the island of Okinawa between the Imperial Japanese Army and the Allied forces. It was the largest amphibious landing in WW2. It also had the largest amount of casualties. The Allied forces wanted to capture Okinawa to use it as an air base. -
Hiroshima
The bombing of Hiroshima is one of the two nuclear bombs set off by the US in World War 2. Hiroshima was set off in the town of Hiroshima because there were a lot of military bases there, but unfortunately a lot of civilians were killed. -
Cold War
End: 1991. The cold war was a period of time in which the United States and Soviet Union were being passive aggressive towards each other. It was an arms race in which each country was trying to out gun each other to be intimidating. Not a single shot was fired. -
Red Scare
1953 -
Dick Button Wins Gold at Olympics
Male Figure skater Dick Button competed in the men's figure skating free program and won gold. Not only was he the first person to win a figure skating title for America, he also became the first person in the world to land the double axel in competition, earning him a score of 191.177! -
Samuel L. Jackson is born
The man, the myth, the legend: Samuel L. Jackson was born in Washington D.C -
NATO
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The Barkleys of Broadway
The movie "The Barkleys of Broadway" staring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers premiered in Sweeden -
Warsaw Pact
