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Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Trumans-decision-to-use-the-bomb-712569
Two bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during WW2 by the American's. -
Creation of the UN
https://www.britannica.com/topic/United-Nations-Foundation
The UN was created at the end of WW2 to prevent future wars and de-colonised empires in order to promote human rights. -
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Declaration of Human Rights
http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/
Set out fundamental human rights to be universally protected. -
Korean War
https://www.britannica.com/event/Korean-War
Proxy war between the USA and North Korea, the USSR, and Chinese backed up the North Koreans. -
Moon Landing
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo11.html
First landing on the moon by American astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Berlin-Wall
Split between East and West Germany, the West's were communists and the East were capitalists. The wall fell as the cold war began to thaw. -
9/11
https://www.britannica.com/event/September-11-attacks
Two hijacked planes were purposely flown into the East and West towers of the World Trade Centre in New York by radicalised Muslims.