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Al Capone
Al Capone was a notorious mobster during the 20's and 30's that was involved in many illegal actions in New York and Chicago. -
KKK
The KKK or Klu Klux Klan was a white supremacist group that held bonfires to protest for a white america and for white power. The picture above was one of the biggest rallys in Gainsville Florida. -
Sacco and Vanzetti
Sacco and Vanzetti were two Italian immigrants that were convicted of murdering two men during an armed robbery. The men were heavy believing anarchists and believed in tearing apart the government and all powers. -
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
The St. Valentine's Day massacre was a large massacre of the Northside Irish Gang. Five people were killed by Al Capone and his gang. One non gang member was killed as well. -
Hoovervilles
Hoovervilles were large groups of people who were forced to live in tents to survive during the 1930's. -
Empire State Building
During the 1930's the empire state building was still under construction. At the time it would be one of the tallest buildings in the country. -
Prohibition ends
Prohibition ended and it then became legal to sell and have may types of liquor. -
Dust Bowl
Most of this went on over most of America do to a large drought that covered the country. -
Hindenburg
The Hindenburg was a large commercial blimp that was the same size as the Titanic. It Burst into flames during a flight and caused the death of every passenger aboard. -
Pearl Harbor
The Pearl Harbor bombing was an act of war by the Japanese government by bombing the United states military base at pearl harbor. -
D-Day
D-Day was when American tropps stormed the beaches of Normandy during a world war to fight of the spread of hitler. -
Holocaust
The Holocaust had no singular date but it was the death of over 2 million jews over a period of time. -
Atomic Bomb
Harry S. Truman was the president in office when the first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan during WWI. -
China Becomes Communist
China became communist between 1946 and 1949 and still remains a communist country to this day. -
Mt. Everest
Mt. Everest is the earth's highest mountain, with a top at 8,848 metres or 29,029 ft. -
Korean War
This was one of the final wars that the U.S. was in close to the end of WWII -
Polio Vaccine
The Polio Vaccine was created to stop the spread of Polio and to make sure that no one has the crippling effects. -
Cold War
The Cold War actually began in the 40's but was at its main height during the 50's. This was a war mainly between the U.S. and what was once called the U.S.S.R in what is now current day Russia. -
Sputnik
Sputnik was the first artificial sattelite to be put into space. Sputnik was sent into Earths Orbit to take pictures of Earth and of space. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall was constructed to seperate East and West Germany which were controlled by two different political powers. -
1st Super Bowl
The First super bowl was between the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs. The Packers were the first winners of a Super Bowl winning by 14 points. -
Six Day War
After a period of high tension between Israel and its neighbors, the war began on June 5th. with Israel launching surprise air strikes against Arab people. -
My Lai Massacre
This was a search and destroy mission in which a battalion was sent in to kill viet cong soldiers. -
Woodstock
Woodstock was a three day music and art fair that is notorious for drugs and rock and roll and rallies for peace. -
Kent State Massacre
The Kent state shooting was where a gun man positioned himself ontop of a building and fired 64 shots in a period of 13 seconds. -
Sears Tower
The series tower is a 110 storie steel building that sits in downtown Chicago, IL. -
Jonestown Massacre
The Jonestown massacre happened in a South American Jungle and caused the death of over 900 people. But it was actually a mass suicide instead of a massacre. -
3 mile island
This is a radioactive site that supplies power and has had several partial meltdowns -
Iran Hostage Crisis
This was where three american citizens were captured by iranians and held hostage. -
Mount ST. Helens
This was when Mount St. Helens errupted spreading ash all over the surrounding area. -
Assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II
An assassination attempt occurred targeting Pope John Paul II. The Pope was shot and seriously wounded by the shooter. The shooter was Mehmet Ali Ağca. -
Star Wars
This was an act where Reagn told the Russians that he had lasers that could shoot down nuleur missiles -
Challenger Disaster
The space shuttle “Challenger” took off on January 28, 1986. It broke into pieces in the first 73 seconds of flight. This disaster was the cause of all of its seven crew members. -
Chernobyl
Chernobyl was result of a flawed radioactive reactor that was operated by people who didn’t know how to use it. This plant was set in what is now the Ukraine. -
Gulf War
The gulf war started in 1990 and lasted until 1991. The gulf war was a war waged by an un-authorized coalation force from 34 nations led by the united states against iraq. -
Rwanda Massacre
Rwanda was the 1994 mass murder of 800,000 people in a small east African nation. -
Dolly the Sheep
Dolly was a female domestic sheep. She was the first mammal to ever be cloned from and adult somatic cell. -
Hale Bopp
Hale Bopp comet was one of the widely observed comets during the 21st century and one of the brightest ones seen in many decades. It was visible to the naked eye for 18 months. -
Columbine
The columbine was on April 20, 1999 in Littleton Colorado. It was two seniors. Their plan was to kill hundreds of their piers in their school. They were using guns, knives, and multitude of bombs. They walked into the hallways of their school and they killed 12 students, one teacher, and the 2 murders and 21 more people were injured. -
Nelson Madela
Nelson Mandela was the president of South Africa from 1994-1999. He was the first person to ever be elected in a fully representative democratic election. -
DC sniper
Over the course of 2 weeks 15 snipers attacked many different targets in the DC and sorrounding area -
Thailand
December 26th, 2004. In Thailand, an earthquake hit in the Indian Ocean, causing huge waves which killed over 23,000 people in 14 different countries. -
Steve Irwin
On September 4th in 2006, adventurist and animal expert Steve Irwin died doing what he loved best, chasing dangerous animals, on the coast of Australia in Batt Reef. Irwin died because he got a little too close to a giant sting ray, and the ray pierced his heart with the poisonous barb in its tail. -
Virginia Tech
April 16th, 2007, on the campus of Virginia Tech, a school shooting took place by a student named Sueng Hui Cho, killing 32 students and wounding 17 others. Cho was allegedly mentally unstable. -
Fort Hood Shooting
A single gunman went into fort hood with a gun and killed 13 military soldiers and wounded 29 others.
