100 years in ten minues By Victoria Zamora Dec 14, 1911 Roald Amundsen reaches the South Pole Apr 14, 1912 Sinking of the Titanic Jan 1, 1913 Henry Ford introduces the first assembly line Jul 28, 1914 Beggining of World War I, assasination in Sarajevo May 25, 1915 First use of Poison Gas Dec 20, 1916 Battle of Verdun Nov 7, 1917 Revolution in Russia Nov 9, 1918 Weimar Republic is proclaimed Nov 11, 1918 World War I ends Jan 11, 1919 Spanish influenza on its climax Jan 30, 1933 Inauguration of Hitler Oct 27, 1934 Mao Zedong´s "long march" Sep 15, 1935 Enactment of the Nuremberg Racial laws Jun 1, 1936 Spanish Civil War May 6, 1937 Hindenburg Disaster Mar 12, 1938 Annexation of Austria Sep 1, 1939 Beggining of World War II Jun 14, 1940 Occupation of Paris Jun 22, 1941 Germany invades the Soviet Union Dec 7, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbour Jul 4, 1954 "The Miracle of Bern" May 14, 1955 Foundation of Warsaw Pact Oct 29, 1956 Suez crisis Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik Oct 19, 1958 Great Chinese Famine Jan 1, 1959 Victory of Cuban Revolution Jan 1, 1960 Muhammad Ali: gold in Rome Aug 13, 1961 Construction of the Berlin Wall Oct 28, 1962 Cuba crisis Jun 26, 1963 "Ich bin ein Berliner" Aug 2, 1964 First American Bombing in Vietnam Jan 1, 1965 Expansion of Vietnam War use of grand forces Jun 5, 1967 Six-day War (Israel, Egypt, Jordan and Syria) Jun 20, 1969 First Moon Landing Sep 5, 1972 Munich massacre (Germany) Apr 30, 1975 End of Vietnam War Oct 16, 1978 Pope Jean Paul II succeds Jean Paul I Sep 8, 1979 "Black Friday" (climax of the islamic revolution) Mar 30, 1981 Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest Dec 3, 1984 Bhopal Disaster (India) Jan 28, 1986 Challenger Disaster (USA) Apr 26, 1986 Chernobyl Disaster (Ukraine) Nov 9, 1989 Fall of Berlin Wall Jul 15, 1994 Genocide in Rwanda Jan 21, 1996 Last french atomic bomb test Jul 4, 1997 Mars-Rover lands on Mars Sep 11, 2001 Al-Qaeda attacks USA Mar 20, 2003 Beggining of Iraq War Oct 1, 2008 Global Financial Crisis Jan 20, 2009 Inauguration of Barack Obama Mar 1, 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (Japan)
