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Fisrt Bomb used to kill people
The first bomb that was used to kill people, was on Hiroshima y Nagasaki, It is estimated that by the end of 1945, the bombs had killed 140,000 people in Hiroshima and 80,000 in Nagasaki, although only half had died the day of the bombing. Among the victims, 15 to 20% died from injuries or illness attributed to radiation poisoning. -
First heart transplant.
The first heart transplant between humans was conducted by the team of Professor Christiaan Barnard. -
Fisrt men on the moon
Apollo 11 was a manned U.S. space mission whose objective was to get a human being to walk on the surface of the Moon. The mission was sent into space on July 16, 1969, came to the surface of the moon on July 20 of that year and the next day he managed to get two astronauts (Armstrong and Aldrin) walk on the lunar surface. -
They discover the HIV virus
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Was discovered and regarded as the agent of the emerging AIDS epidemic by the team of Luc Montagnier in France in 1983. -
The fall of the Berlin Wall
The Eastern bloc dominated by the Soviets officially claimed that the wall was erected to protect its population from fascist elements conspiring to prevent the popular will to build a socialist state in East Germany. However, in practice, the Wall served to prevent the massive emigration that marked Germany and the communist Eastern bloc during the period after World War II.
