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World War I
In this year, the first world war started. -
Russian Revolution
In this civil war, there were an estimated 7- 12 million casualties which mostly included civilians. -
World War ||
It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. -
Pearl Harbour
The Attack on Pearl Harbour was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States (a neutral country at the time) against the naval base at Pearl Harbour in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 08:00, on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' formal entry into World War II the next day. -
Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively. The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only uses of nuclear weapons in armed conflict. -
Indian Independence
The Indian Independence Movement was a series of activities with the ultimate aim of ending the British rule in India. The movement spanned from 1857 to 1947. -
The Assassination of John Kennedy
Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall fell on 9 November 1989. In 1989, political changes in Eastern Europe and civil unrest in Germany put pressure on the East German government to loosen some of its regulations on travel to West Germany. -
9/11
The September 11 attacks, often referred to as 9/11, were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamist terrorist group Al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The attacks resulted in 2,977 fatalities, over 25,000 injuries, and substantial long-term health consequences, in addition to at least $10 billion in infrastructure and property damage. -
Covid- 19 Pandemic
Globally, as of 3:28pm CEST, 14 September 2020, there have been 28,918,900 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 922,252 deaths, reported to WHO.