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Wright Bros. 1st Flight
Orville and Wilbur Wright make first successful airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina -
First Model-T car produced by Ford
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1st World War begins
) 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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WW1
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Theory of General Relativity by Albert Einstein
Einstein declares his theory of relativity e=mc(mc) -
Easter Rising in Ireland
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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Irish War of Independance
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The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles is signed, blaming Germany for World War I and creating a League of Nations -
Beer Hall Putsch
Adolf Hitler's Nazis unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the German government in the Beer Hall Putsch -
WW2 Begins
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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WW2
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Atomic Bombs Dropped on Japan
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan -
Elizabeth II of Britain is crowned at Westminster Abbey.
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USSR launches Sputnik--Space race begins
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1st Men in Space
Yuri Gagarin first person in space, Soviet Union
Alan Shepard first American in space -
JFK Assassination
US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas; Vice President Lyndon Johnson becomes Presiden -
Watergate Scandal
Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, resigns from office as a result of the Watergate Scandal -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
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 -
Dolly the Sheep
Dolly the sheep is born, becoming the first cloned mamma -
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin becomes acting President of the Russian Federation after Boris Yeltsin resigns
