History Timeline

Joe Dimaggio

Feb 1, 1940

http://www.joedimaggio.com/Joe DiMaggio and the New York Yankees go to the World Series five times in the 1940s, winning four of them

marilyn monroe

Feb 13, 1950

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1209783/Madness-Marilyn-Monroe-The-affair-JFK-drug-crazed-paranoia.htmlhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1209783/Madness-Marilyn-Monroe-The-affair-JFK-drug-crazed-paranoia.htmlMarilyn Monroe soars in popularity with five new movies, including The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve, and attempts suicide after the death of friend Johnny Hyde who asked to marry her several times, but she refused respectfully. Monroe would later 1954) be married for a brief time to Joe DiMaggio

north korea

Jun 25, 1950

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/korean-war-beginsNorth Korea and South Korea declare war after Northern forces stream south on June 25.

brooklyn dodgers

Feb 13, 1955

http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nl/bdodgers/brooklyn.htmlBrooklyn's got a winning team: The Brooklyn Dodgers win the World Series for the only time before their move to Los Angeles.

Mickey Mantle

Feb 13, 1957

http://www.mickeymantle.com/Mickey Mantle is in the middle of his career as a famous New York Yankees outfielder and American League All-Star for the sixth year in a row

u-2 spy plane

Jan 1, 1960

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_U-2U-2: An American U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers was shot down over the Soviet Union, causing the U-2 Crisis of 1960

Ernest Hemingway

Jul 2, 1961

http://www.biography.com/people/ernest-hemingway-9334498Ernest Hemingway commits suicide on July 2 after a long battle with depression

adolf Eichmann

Aug 5, 1961

http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/people/e/eichmann-adolf/Adolf Eichmann, a "most wanted" Nazi war criminal, is traced to Argentina and captured by Mossad agents. He is covertly taken to Israel where he is put on trial for crimes against humanity in Germany during World War II, convicted, and hanged.

Russian In Afghanistan

Feb 14, 1979

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/russia_invasion_afghanistan.htmRussians in Afghanistan: Following their move into Afghanistan, Soviet forces fight a ten-year war, from 1979 to 1989

Bernie Goetz

Dec 22, 1984

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/russia_invasion_afghanistan.htmBernie Goetz: On December 22, Goetz shot four young men who he said were threatening him on a New York City subway. Goetz was charged with attempted murder but was acquitted of the charges, though convicted of carrying an unlicensed gun.