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Timeline of The World
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Hurricane strikes Galveston, Texas
On Sept. 8, 1900, Galveston was unknowingly headed for a night of horror. -
Einstein Proposes His Theory of Relativity
In 1905, Albert Einstein was a 26-year-old young man working six days a week in the Swiss Patent Office in Bern. -
Halley's Comet Makes an Appearance
Halley's comet is named after Edmond G. Halley who was the first to suggest that comets were natural phenomena of the solar system, in orbit around the Sun. -
German use poison gas as a weapon
On April 22, 1915, German forces shock Allied soldiers along the western front by firing more than 150 tons of lethal chlorine gas against two French colonial divisions at Ypres, Belgium. -
Bubonic Plague in India
Plague’s deadly epidemic potential is notorious and well documented. The Justinian pandemic (542 to 767 A.D.) spread from central Africa to the Mediterranean littoral and thence to Asia Minor, causing an estimated 40 million deaths. -
Hitler Publishes Mein Kampf
Although it is thought of as having been 'written' by Hitler, Mein Kampf is not a book in the usual sense. Hitler never actually sat down and pecked at a typewriter or wrote longhand, but instead dictated it to Rudolph Hess while pacing around his prison cell in 1923-24 and later at an inn at Berchtesgaden. -
Pluto Discovered
Pluto, formal designation 134340 Pluto, is the second-most-massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the tenth-most-massive body observed directly orbiting the Sun. -
Alcoholics Anonymous Founded
Alcoholics Anonymous is an international mutual aid movement founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith in Akron, Ohio. -
World War II Begins
No one wanted war. Yet, when Germany attacked Poland on September 1, 1939, other European countries felt they had to act. The result was six long years of World War II. -
U.S. Drops Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The first atomic bomb has been dropped by a United States aircraft on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
Korean War Begins
Armed forces from communist North Korea smash into South Korea, setting off the Korean War.. -
Lasers Invented
Following the invention of the HeNe gas laser, many other gas discharges have been found to amplify light coherently. -
Most Powerful Earthquake Ever Recorded Hits Chile
Most poweful earthquake hits Chile on 22, May 1960! -
New York City Great Blackout
The Great Northeast Blackout began at the height of rush hour, delaying millions of commuters, trapping 800,000 people in New York's subways
