Events of the XX and XXI centuries

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  • Mexican Revolution

    Mexican Revolution
    This included a sequence of major armed struggles, lasting roughly from 1910 to 1920, that transformed the Mexican culture and its government.

  • Sinking of the Titanic

    Sinking of the Titanic
    The RMS Titanic sank in the early morning hours of 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean, four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City.

  • World War I

    World War I
    This international conflict (1914–18) embroiled most of the nations of Europe along with Russia, the United States, the Middle East, and other regions.

  • Penicillin Discovery

    Penicillin Discovery
    It all started with a mold that developed on a staphylococcus culture plate. Since then, the discovery of penicillin changed the course of medicine and has enabled physicians to treat formerly severe and life-threatening illnesses.

  • World War II

    World War II
    The instability created in Europe by the First World War, set the stage for this another international conflict (1939-45) and involved more than 30 countries. Sparked by the Nazi invasion of Poland, the war dragged on for six bloody years until the Allies defeated Nazi Germany and Japan in 1945.

  • Murder of Mahatma Gandhi

    Murder of Mahatma Gandhi
    He was a political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement, and wasassassinated in New Delhi by a Hindu extremist.

  • Murder of John F. Kennedy

    Murder of John F. Kennedy
    The president John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 at 12:30 p.m. while riding in a motorcade in Dallas during a campaign visit.

  • The First Person on the Moon

    The First Person on the Moon
    Neil Armstrong was a NASA astronaut, he became the most famous one, because of being the first person to step on the moon, on July 20, 1969.

  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Fall of the Berlin Wall
    The Berlin Wall, which constituted the inter-German frontier, divided the country in two blocks; capitalist and communist. It stood for 28 years, and finally fell on the night of November 9, 1989.

  • 9/11 Attacks

    9/11 Attacks
    These were a series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks committed in 2001 by 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda against targets in the United States, the deadliest terrorist attacks on American soil in U.S.