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Grandpa's Life

By hhuenefeld
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    Grandpa's Life

  • William Volesky Born

  • Pearl Harbor Attack

    The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, America joins World War II shortly after.

  • Declaration of United Nations Signed

  • Mussolini Voted Out of Power

  • Allies Invade France (D-Day)

  • Germany Surrenders WWII

  • First Meeting of United Nations in London

  • India & Pakistan Independence From Britain

  • Ghandi Assassinated

  • North Atlantic Treaty Signed by Twelve Nations

  • Korean War Begins

  • Color TV in United States

  • University of Tennessee Admits First Black Student

  • Joseph Stalin Dies

  • U.S. Supreme Court Bans Racial Segregation in Schools

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

  • First American Killed in Vietnam War

  • Russians Launch Sputnik I

  • New French Constitution Adopted

  • Hawaii Becomes Fiftieth and Final State

  • American Spy Plane Shot Down Over Russia

  • John F. Kennedy Inagurated

  • John. H Glenn Jr First American to Orbit Earth

  • First Artificial Heart In a Human

  • William Volesky Joins Military

  • William Volesky Arrives in Vietnam

  • William Volesky Leaves Vietnam

  • Apollo 1 Tragedy, Three Astronauts Killed

  • U.S. Army Kills Estimated 347 Vietnamese (My Lai Massacre)

  • First Human Footsteps On the Moon

  • U.S. Troops Invade Cambodia

  • 26th Amendment Lowers Voting Age to 18

  • Supreme Court Rules Death Penalty Unconstitutional

  • Vietnam War Ends

  • Nixon Announces Resignation, First President to Resign

  • Ford Escapes Assasination Attempt, 2nd Attempt 17 Days Later

  • Supreme Court Reverses Death Penalty Ruling in '72

  • Nuclear-Proliferation Pact Signed by 15 Countries

  • Pope John Paul I Dies After 34 Days In Office

  • Ohio Agrees to Pay Victims of Kent State Shootings

  • American Hostage Rescue Goes Awry, Eight Killed Five Injured

  • President Reagan Wounded By Gunman

  • Reagan Gunman Found Not-Guilty Via Insanity

  • First American Woman Astronaut In Space

  • Reagan Renominated With Vice President Bush

  • Reagan Takes Oath for Second Term

  • Chernobyl Nuclear Accident

  • Los Angeles Earthquake, 100 injured and Six Dead

  • Terrorist Bomb Explodes Pan-Am 747

  • Emperor Hirohito of Japan Dies at 87

  • Debut of World Wide Web

  • France Agrees to Sign 1968 Treaty

  • Clinton Elected President, Gore Vice President

  • South Africa Adopts Constitution

  • O.J. Simpson Arrested

  • O.J. Simpson Found Not-Guilty

  • Welfare Reform Bill Approved by Clinton

  • Princess Diana Killed In Paris Crash

  • Hurricane Mitch Death Total Over 10,000

  • Columbine High School Shootings, 15 Killed

  • First Spacecraft to Orbit an Asteroid

  • Terrorist Attacks on World Trade Center and the Pentagon

  • New Currency (Euro) in 12 European Countries

  • Columbia Explodes, All Crew Members Perish

  • Estimated 225,000 Killed in Asia Tsunami

  • Bush Sworn in for Second Presidential Term

  • Saddam Hussein Convicted, Sentenced to Death

  • Virginia Tech Massacre

  • Gold Reachs $1,000 Per Ounce, First Time

  • Swine Flu Kills Over 100 in Mexico

  • Olympic Luger Dies in Training Crash

  • Osama Bin Laden Killed by U.S. Military in Pakistan

  • Whitney Houston Dies