The Modern and Postmodern Periods

By kmckee

  • Hitler Invades Poland

    Hitler Invades Poland
    Hitler Invades Poland, beginning World War II.

  • Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor

    Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor
    Japan bombs Pearl Harbor and the United States enters World War II.

  • John F. Kennedy Is Assassinated

    John F. Kennedy Is Assassinated
    President John F. Kennedy is assassinated.

  • September 11th Attacks On the US

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

  • Tsunami Strikes Southeast Asia

    Tsunami Strikes Southeast Asia
    Tsunami devastates southeast Asia.