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Moon Landing
The Apollo 11 spaceship lands Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon. They mark history as the first humans to ever set foot on the moon.
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A New Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher is elected as the first woman Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. -
Chernobyl Disaster
A nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine exploded and released large quantities of radioactive contamination into the atmosphere. -
Attacks of 911
Hijacked planes crash into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and a field in rural Pennsylvania. -
Tsunami Tradegy
A massive earthquake on the ocean floor creates a tsunami that devastates Sourtheast Asia.
