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Orville and Wilbur Wright make first successful airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
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) The First World War (World War I) begins after Germany declares war on Russia
(2) Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo, Serbia.
(3) The German Schlieffen Plan fails when French forces defeat the German army at the First Battle of the Marne; Four years of trench warfare ensue on the Western Front -
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Einstein declares his theory of relativity e=mc(mc)
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At 12.30 on Easter Monday 1916, the Tri-colour was hoisted at the Henry Street corner of the GPO and a banner bearing the inscription "Irish Republic" was flown at the Prince's Street corner. The first shots were fired from the GPO at about 1.15pm. Volunteers came under gunfire at 3.30 when bringing supplies to the G.P.O..Meanwhile across the city, all the other positions occupied by the republican forces were getting ready for the fight.
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The Treaty of Versailles is signed, blaming Germany for World War I and creating a League of Nations
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Adolf Hitler's Nazis unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the German government in the Beer Hall Putsch
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Germany occupies Moravia and Bohemia
(2) Britain and France declare war on Germany
(3) Soviet Union invades Poland
(4) Italian forces invade Albania
(5) Signing of the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
(6) World War II begins when Germany invades Poland -
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Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan -
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Yuri Gagarin first person in space, Soviet Union
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US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas; Vice President Lyndon Johnson becomes Presiden
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Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, resigns from office as a result of the Watergate Scandal
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In response to massive protests, the East German government allows East Berliners to cross into West Berlin. The dismantling of the Berlin Wall begins shortly afte
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Dolly the sheep is born, becoming the first cloned mamma
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Vladimir Putin becomes acting President of the Russian Federation after Boris Yeltsin resigns
