-
-
Wilbur and Orville Wright discover a breakthrough in travel by creating and flying the first airplane.
-
Albert Einstein presents his special theory of relativity, leaving the general relativity theory to follow.
-
Henry Ford organizes the first major U.S. assembly line to produce Model T cars.
-
World war begins in Europe in 1914 with an attack on the French by the Germans
-
Russian revolution ends causing the Communists to take over.
-
The woman's sufferage movement proves victorious winning women the right to vote.
-
Charles Lindbergh is the first to cross the Atlantic in solo flight.
-
Alexander Fleming discovers the first antibiotic, Penicillin, making a breakthrough in science.
-
The U.S. stockmarket crashes begining the Great Depression.
-
Adolf Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany: Nazi Party begins to take over control of the country.
-
Germany invades Poland thus resulting in World War II begining in Europe.
-
The first television debuts in America at New York World's Fair.
-
Japan Bombs American land at Pearl Harbor. America takes action by entering the war.
-
D-Day invasion marks the beginning of the end of World War II in Europe.
-
The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Nagasaki: Japan. This act causes Japan to surrender, ending World War II
-
The horrors of the holocaust are revieled. The truth comes out when the camps are exposed.
-
Mao Tse-tung establishes Peoples Republic of China: Chinese Nationalists fleethe country to Formosa (Taiwan).
-
Structure of DNA is discovered making a scentific breakthrough in genetics.
-
Dr. Jonas Salk's polio vaccine is proven effective in tests conducted at the University of Pittsburgh
-
Brown v. Board of Education ends "separate but equal" school segregation. This eliminates separtate schools for blacks and whites making it legal for them to go to school together.
-
Soviets launch Sputnik, the first space satellite, causing the space race to begin.
-
FDA approves birth-control pill, helping bring a more-steady birth rate and improving family planning.
-
John F Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas by gunshot.
-
The Civil Rights Act is passed by Congress which outlaws segregation.
-
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tenn.
-
Neil Armstrong becomes the first human to step foot on the moon. This is a big acomplishment for America.
-
President Richard M. Nixon resigns after Watergate scandal.
-
The deadly AIDS disease is identified
-
The Berlin Wall falls which lifts travel restrictions between East and West Germany.
-
USSR disolves leading to Mikhail Gorbachev's resignition and Boris Yeltsin's take over.
