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The Twentieth Century
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Sinking of RMS Titanic
The RMS Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg in the northern Atlantic, four days into its journey, on April the 14th, 1912, and continued to sink until the next day, April the 15th, 1912. It set out from Southampton, bound for New York City, which it never reached. -
Chinese Civil War
The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Chinese Communist Party and the Nationalist Kuomintang. This was a fight over who would become government of China. -
Discovery of Pluto
Percival Lowell, and American astronomer, thought that there might be a planet near Neptune and Uranus, noticing that something was affecting the orbit of the two planets. However, he could not find it, dying before it was discovered.
This object was Pluto, and it was discovered using high tech telescopes in the Lowell Observatory. -
The Attack on Pearl Harbour
On the 7th of December, 1941, in Hawaii, Pearl Harbour was bombed by the Japanese, and this bombing is one of the most famous events in World War II. -
Sputnik I launch
Sputnik was launched by the Soviet Union, and paved the way for humans to travel into space. It was launched at 10:29 pm, Moscow time. Sputnik orbited the earth, sending out strong radio signals that could be picked up by radios on earth. Sputnik I eventually burned up on January, 1958. -
Assasination of J F Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assasinated via gunshot on the 22nd of November in 1963, in Texas, the United States of America. -
Terracotta Army Discovered
Three farmers in Xian were drilling holes for wells. Instead of water, they found ancient terracotta shards. Before long, a Chinese archaeological team started investigating there. They had found Qin Shi Huang's Terracotta Army, buried with Qin Shi Huang himself. -
First Woman In Space
Sally Kristen Ride was the first American woman in space. She was launched from Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, on the space shuttle Challenger. -
Hubble Space Telescope Launched
The Hubble Space Telescope is not a telescope on earth, but in space. It can take high resolution pictures, even in the light of Outer Space. The Hubble Telescope is a very important instrument in Astrology, and led to many break throughs in Astrophysics. -
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire Published
Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire was published on the 8th of July, 2000, It sold 3 million copies on the first weekend of it being published, in the US alone.
