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Flight
Oliver and Wilbur Wright, famously known as the Wright Brothers, fly the first airplane and become the fisrt men to fly a powered engine. -
Eathquakes
Sanfransisco in California expierenced a giant earthquake that destroyed and burned the city. Thousands are reported dead. -
Plastic
Plastic is invented. This leads to the production of many disposable products, and provides containers for food. -
The Flu
A world wide epidemic killes approximatley 20 million people across the world. -
Antibiotics
Pennicilin is created by Alexander Flemming, the first Antibiotic. It has saved billions of lives and continues to today. -
Depression
The United States stock market crashed, sending the ocuntry, along with the majority of the world, into a Great Depression. The Depression sent the world into unemployment and starvation. -
WWII Begins
Germany invades Poland, attacking from the north instead of the inticipated south. This is the official date of WW2, even though it arguably began years prier. -
Kristallnacht
Hitler orders his German Nazis to execute the Jewish race. This is also known as the night of broken glass, and marks the begining of the Halocaust and herding of Jews into concentration camps. -
Computers
The first computer, "ENIAC", is created. John Mauchly and John Presper Eckert are the creaters. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan bombed the United State's coast Pearl Harbor, destroying billions of dollars of naval ships and equiptment, and killing many. Not long after the United States entered WW2. -
Atomic Chains
The first atomic waves were triggered by Fermi. He worked for the Manhatten project who were the first to do research on atomic bombs. -
D-Day
The United States invaded the Russian coast to help defeat the Germans. This is arguably the turning point of WWII. -
Hollocaust
It was discovered that Nazi Germany was holding Jews in concentration and death camps in an attempt to execute the entire race. Approximately 6 million people were killed. Among the Jews were also the physcally handicapped, gypsies, homosexuals, and many others. -
Robinson
Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to join the major leagues in baseball. He played for the Dodgers and opened the world to race unification. -
Help in Korea
The U.S.A sends troops to Soth Korea to help defend from the attacking communist North Korea. After severel years the Americans left, leaving Korea separated as it was prior to the war: Communism in the North, and Democracy in the south. -
Sputnik
The USSR launches "Sputnik" the first satelite to be sent into space. The space race between the United States and Russia has begun. -
First Man in Space
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to enter space. He was sent by the Russians and made history when he left the atmosphere. -
Orbiting Earth
While Mussilini was the first man to sail around the world, Jon Glenn becomes the first man to orbit the Earth. He was sent by the United States, who also send the first man to the moon. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Russia placed nuclear missiles on Cuba just off the coast of Florida. U.S. President Kennedy threatens the Russians with war, and they pull away. -
The Beatles
A British rock group grows famous in the United States, known as the Beatles. They attended the Ed Sullivan show and "raised up a storm" -
Smoking
The U.S. surgeon general reveals to the world that smoking is unhealthy and leads to death. Since this enlightenment, smoking percentage in the U.S. has decreased but not completely gone away. -
Death of a King
After leading a civil rights movement in the United States, Martin Luther King Jr. was assinated. King was shot and killed in Memphis, Tenn. -
Presidential Assasination
President John F. Kennedy was assasinated in California. He was shot and killed during a parade in his presidential car. -
Man on the Moon
After severel years of a "space race" with the Soviet Union, America achieves the impossible and sends men to the moon. Neil Armstong becomes the first man to walk on the moon. His words were "One small step for man, one giant leap for man-kind". -
The Internet
Bill Gates and Paul Allen begin the "Microsoft" program. This later leads to the development of the Internet. -
The Challenger
73 seconds after take off the Space ship, Challenger, exploded, killing all the crew members on board. It disentigrated over the Atlantic Ocean, and no peices were found. -
Nuclear Explosion
An explosion occured in Chernybol, a nuclear plant. THere is an estimated total of 7,000 deaths, and a series of human mutations and birth effects that followed. -
Fall of the Wall
The Berlin Wall falls, and citezens of East Berlin escaped into West Berlin. The fall of the Berlin wall was a symbol of the fall of communism. -
Pathfinder
The first rover, Sojourner, lands on Mars. It took a lot of pictures of the surface of Mars -
Clones
In Scotland, the first clone of an animal is made. "Dolly" is the first cloned sheep ever.
