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JUN 25, 1950 Korean War starts
The Korean war began on June 25, 1950, when some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south. This invasion was the first military action of the Cold War. -
MAY 4, 1950 First organ transplant (kidney)
First successful kidney transplant performed. A living donor gave a kidney to his identical twin. -
JAN 31, 1950 President Truman approves Hydrogen bomb construction
On this day in 1950, President Harry S. Truman announced that the United States would develop a hydrogen bomb. Two-and-a-half years later, the United States tested its first hydrogen bomb at Eniwetok Atoll in the South Pacific. The blast proved about 1,000 times stronger than the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan during World War II. -
FEB 1, 1960 First Sit in
4 black college students sit down at a whites only lunch counter and refuse to move sparking other sit ins to be arranged around all throughout the south -
MAY 3, 1961 Freedom Riders
The first freedom riders consisted of 7 blacks and 6 whites who boarded a bus to Birmingham and Anniston, Alabama to enforce the new bus terminal law that stated bus terminals could not be segregated. The buses were attacked and the people beaten. -
AUG 28, 1963 The March on Washington
A. Philip Randolph organized the event to march for jobs, public school intergration, and for the passage of the fair employment act, and an omniibus civil rights act. 250,000 people show up at the steps of the Lincoln memorial. This was where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his historic "I have a dream" speech. -
APRIL 4, 1970 World Trade Center Completed
The original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is being rebuilt with five new skyscrapers and a memorial to the casualties of the attacks. As of November 2011[update], only one skyscraper has been completed, with four more expected to be completed before 2020. -
APRIL 22, 1970 • First Earth Day
Earth Day is a day that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's natural environment. The name and concept of Earth Day was allegedly pioneered by John McConnell in 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco. The first Proclamation of Earth Day was by San Francisco, the City of Saint Francis, patron saint of ecology. Earth Day was first observed in San Francisco and other cities on March 21, 1970, the first day of Spring. -
DECEMBER 31, 1971 Beatles Break Up
There were numerous causes for the Beatles' break-up. It was not a single event but a long transition. including the cessation of touring in 1966, and the death of their manager, Brian Epstein, in 1967, meaning the Beatles were personally involved in financial and legal conflicts.Conflict arose from differences between each member's artistic vision. Both George Harrison and Ringo Starr temporarily 'left' the group at various points during 1968–1969 and all four band members had begun workin -
MAY 18, 1980 Mt. St. Helens Literally Explodes
The Mt. St. Helens volcano, in Washington State, erupts, killing fifty-seven people and economic devastation to the area with losses near $3 billion. The blast was estimated to have the power five hundred times greater than the Hiroshima atomic bomb. -
JAN 4, 1980 Embargo against the Soviet Union
President Jimmy Carter announces the embargo on sale of grain and high technology to the Soviet Union due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. -
APR 12, 1980 U.S. Olympic Athletes Withdraw from the Olympics
Video of Athlete Interviews The United States Olympic Committee, responding to the request of President Jimmy Carter on March 21, votes to withdraw its athletes from participation in the Moscow Summer Olympic Games, due to the continued involvement of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. -
SEP 19, 1991 Otzi the Iceman
two German tourists were hiking in the Otzal Alps near the Italian-Austrian border when they discovered Europe's oldest known mummy sticking out of the ice. Otzi, as the Iceman is now known, had been naturally mummified by the ice and kept in amazing condition for approximately 5,300 years. Research on Otzi's preserved body and the various artifacts found with it continues to reveal much about the life of Copper Age Europeans. -
MAY 6, 1994 Channel Tunnel Opens, Connecting Britain and France
the Channel Tunnel, also known as the Chunnel, officially opened. The Channel Tunnel is a set of three 31.25-mile long tunnels that connect the island of Great Britain to the mainland of France. The Channel Tunnel, which took six years and over $15 billion to construct, is considered one of the greatest feats of engineering of the 20th century -
MAR 20, 1995 Sarin Gas Attack in Tokyo Subway
Members of the Aum Shinrikyo religious cult orchestrated a coordinated sarin gas attack on subway trains in Tokyo, Japan. The sarin gas killed a dozen people, injured thousands more, and is still considered the worst terrorist attack in Japan. -
JUL 25, 2000 Concorde crashes in france
Air France Flight 4590 was a Concorde flight from Charles de Gaulle International Airport near Paris, France, travelling to JFK International Airport in New York City. -
JAN 1, 2000 The world celebrates the turn of the millenium
Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and 3rd millennium. According to the Gregorian calendar, this distinction falls to the year 2001, because the 1st century was retroactively said to start with year AD 1. -
JAN 20, 2001 George Bush is sworn in as the 43rd President of the United States
Over an eight year period, Bush's once-high approval ratings steadily declined throughout his Presidency, while his disapproval numbers increased significantly over the same time frame. -
JAN 12, 2010 Haiti is struck by a devastating earthquake
A 7.0 magnitude quake occured in Haiti, devastating the nation's capital, Port-Au-Prince. With a death toll of more than 230,000 people. -
JAN 25, 2010 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after take off from Beirut Rafic Hariri internation airport killing 90 people on board. -
MAR 11, 2011 Japan is devastated by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake
On 11th March 2011, a 9.0-magnitude quake and subsequent tsunami hit the east of Japan, killing over 15,000 and leaving another 9,000 missing.
