Historical Events 1900s-2000s

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  • World War I

    World War I
    World War I began with the assassinations of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife

  • First Woman Governor of Texas

    First Woman Governor of Texas
    Miriam "Ma" Ferguson was the first woman governor of Texas, she served from 1924-1926, and 1932-1934.

  • World War II

    World War II
    World War II began when Germany invaded neighboring Poland.

  • MLK Speech

    MLK Speech
    Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivers his ―I Have a Dream speech, during the civil rights march on Washington, DC.

  • JFK Assassination

    JFK Assassination
    President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas.

  • Moon Landing

    Moon Landing
    The first men to land on the Moon, Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Jr.

  • Challenger Disaster

    Challenger Disaster
    Space shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members

  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall
    The Fall of the Berlin Wall; the Revolutions of 1989 and the collapse of the Soviet Union in Europe.

  • Persian Gulf War

    Persian Gulf War
    The U.S. leads an international coalition in a military operation (code named ―Desert Storm‖) to expel Iraq out
    of Kuwait.

  • George W. Bush

    George W. Bush
    Then Texas Governor George W. Bush was elected 43rd President in a contested election.