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JFK assassination
JFK was assassinated on Friday November 22, 1963 at 12:30 pm while riding the presidential motorcade in dealay plaza. -
Chinese civil war
The Chinese civil war was a conflict in China between Chinese communist and Chinese nationalist. Mainland China and the Republic of China in Taiwan both claimed to be chinas legitimate governing power. This civil war started in 1927 and ended in 1950. -
Holocaust
The murder of six million Jews. By 1945, the Germans had killed nearly 2 out of every 3 European jews as part of the “final solution.” -
Cold War
Cold War- the Cold War was caused the the Allied forces broke up, and the capitalists heartedly discussed about land and power. The Cold War has helped us shape our lives. It stopped stopped communism from gaining power on the West and managed to create many friendships. -
Berlin Airlift
Occurred at the end of the World War ll. U.S, British, and the Soviet Military forces divided and occupied Germany -
Korean War
Started when the Korean communist Army invaded non-communist South Korea. The U.S. sided with South Korea. -
Vietnam War
It was a long, costly armed conflict between North Vietnam and it’s southern allies, against South Vietnam and the U.S. -
Sputnik crisis
It was the worlds first artificial satelite causing a lot of public fear and anxiety in western nations because of the technological gap between the U.S. and the Soviet Union caused by the launch of the sputnik. -
Cuban missile crisis
It was a 13 day confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union concerning American missile deployment. -
Tiananmen Square
Commonly known in Mainland China as the “June Fourth Incident.” It was basically a series of protests and demonstrations in China. -
Fall of the Berlin wall
The fall of the Berlin wall allowed citizens of the GDR to pass the country’s border. This occurred because of the Cold War. -
9/11
September 11, 2001 the twin towers were hijacked by two planes. There was nearly 3,000 people who were pronounced dead that day.
