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Sarajevo Assassination
The incident where a Sebian shot the Austro-Hungarian heir fell to an unluchy domino chain that triggered the second Word War. If it wasn't for this event the biggest war in all of history would not have taken place. With the largest number of deaths, it is safe to say this massive war affected almost everyone today and shaped the powers of our current time. -
ANIME!!!
Japnese animation was tested by the creation of a short samurai clip known as anime. This later grew popular when giant robots were introduced. Anime today is a big prt of Japanese culture and internationl intertainment. For me this was a huge part of the 20th century which truly does shape up atleast me world. -
Wall Street Crash
Black Tuesday was the greatest stock market crash in the history of the United States. This triggered the world into a state of tension and depression. This effected our world today because a lot of effort was required to restore this loss. -
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Pakistan-India Separation
In Lahore, 1940, a resolution was passed by Muslim Indians to split India into portions. Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the man that led this was finally successful after seven years. In 1947 Pakistan was finally created, the day August 14th still celebrated as its independence day. -
The Holocaust
The terribly horrific actions of Adolf Hitler during World War II destroyed the lives of over six million Jews. This was yet another reason for the Zionists to occupy Palestine as their own land and the pity felt by the West due to thi inccident let it happen. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atom Bomb
Little boy was dropped down on Hiroshima following by Fatman on Nagasaki on the 9th of August. The damage took hundreds of thousands of lives really changing Japan, but also allowing us to witness the fact that man now has the power to annihilate himelf. This event towards the end of the second World War also had us understand the frightening strengh of the United States. -
UN Partition: Israel a Jewish State
The United Nation's stunning decision of allowing the partioning of Palestine into lands with access for the Jews was a shocking event that really changed and shaped our world. The thousands of Jews now in the state of Israel declared was lasting its disharmony up till today. This Palestinian-Israeli crisis is a huge deal to those of the Middle-East and even those outside. -
The 1st Computer!
After a century of constructing a computer but not getting the programmng right the Honeywell 316 was finally launched in 1969. This first computer was the first step in the many to come for man and technology. If it wasn't for this devices like the macbook or ipad would not be in our hands today. -
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Women's Right Movement
What began in the 1840s was now brought back in Washington as the second wave of the Womens Right Movement. If it wasn't for this protest for rights and feminist laws, things like abortion, divorce, or female equality might not exist today, since they were acheived at that time. -
Gulf War
Operation Dessert Storm resulted in the ignition of countless number of oil wells and hundreds of thousands of gallons being dumped into the Persian Gulf. The fact that it was a war is reason enough, but the value or cost of oil would not be as high today if not for this event of tons being lost.
