Modern Timeline

By julianna.howard

  • Atomic Bomb

    Atomic Bomb
    The United States drops atomic bombs on Hirashima and Nagasaki. World War II ends as Japan surrenders

  • King leads civil rights boycott

    King leads civil rights boycott
    Martin Luther King Jr., leads civil rights bus boycott.

  • Kennedy Assassinated

    Kennedy Assassinated
    President John F. Kennedy assassinated

  • Berlin Wall is Torn Down

    Berlin Wall is Torn Down
    Berlin Wall torn down reunification of East and West Germany follows

  • September 11th Attacks on the U.S.

    September 11th Attacks on the U.S.
    Hijacked planes crash into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a field in rural Pennsylvania. Thousands of lives are lost.