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Women's suffrage in the U.S.
100 years ago, there was just one country where women had the right to vote. New Zealand. They had the right to vote already in 1893.
Until the outbreak of World War II, women had the right to vote in just 32 countries, including Russia (1917), Canada (1918) Czechoslovakia (1919) and USA (1920) -
Hitler Becomes German Chancellor
On January 30th, 1933, Adolf Hitler is named a leader of fÜhrer of the National Socialist German Workers Party (or Nazi Party), as the chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg. (History, 2017, Adolf Hitler is named chancellor of Germany, 1 p.)
Hitler’s emerge as a chancellor marked a crucial turning point for Germany and for the whole world. His plan was to make Germany one-party state. (History, 2017, Adolf Hitler is named a chancellor of Germany, 4 p.) -
Invasion of Poland
On September 1st, 1939, German forces bombarded Poland on land and from the air because Adolf Hitler sought to regain lost territory and rule Poland. (History, 2017, 1 p.)
Poland was defeated within weeks of the invasion. Britain and France, standing by their guarantee of Poland's border, had declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939. (ushmm, 2017, INVASION OF POLAND, FALL 1939, 4 p.) -
London Blitz Begins
Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering’s plans to destroy the RAF (Royal air force) so that Britain could be invaded was failing. So on 7th of September 1940, German bombers attacked British cities, ports and industrial areas. This event was known as the Blitz (Blitzkierg – lightning war) and London was the main target. The Blitz ended after May 1941 as Germany focused on invading Russia instead.
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Pearl Harbour (2)
More than two years into the conflict, America had joined World War II. (History, 2017, Pearl Harbour, 1 p.) -
Pearl Harbour Attacked (1)
U.S. navy base at Pearl Harbour was attacked by Japanese navy and more than 20,00 military and civilians were killed. (History, 2017, Pearl Harbour, video)
The barrage laster 2 hours, but it was devastating. The Japanese destroyed nearly 20 American naval vessels, including 8 battleships and more than 300 airplanes. The day after the attack, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. Three days later, Japan allies Germany and Italy also declared war on the U.S. -
Hiroshima Atomic Bomb
On August 6th, 1945, the world’s first deployed atomic bomb – known as “Little Boy” - was dropped over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Almost 100 00 people died immediately and tens of hundreds more people would later die of radiation exposure. The people who were far enough to not die but to see the explosion happen got blinded by the bright light because their retina melted away. (History, 2017, video and 1 p.) -
Launch of First Nuclear Submarine
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Vietnam war
The war began in 1954 after the rise to power of Ho Chi Minh and his communist Viet Minh party in North Vietnam and continued against the backdrop of and intense Cold War between two global superpowers: United States and the Soviet Union. More than 2 million people died in Vietnam War. (History, 2017, 1 p.) -
First Man in Space
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Berlin Wall Erected (1)
In August 1961, the communist government of the German Democratic Republic of easterly began the construction of the wall and place in a barbed wire between Westerland and the east. The purpose of the wall was to stop western fascists entering the social state of the east Germany. Many German refugees flowed from east to west including highly skilled workers such as doctors, teachers and engineers. -
Berlin Wall erected (2)
Later on, if people wanted to get from east to west, they had to pass through one of three checkpoints (Alpha, Bravo and Charlie).
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'I have a dream' speech
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The Six-Day War
Six-day war, also called June War, brief war that happened between 5th and 10th June 1967, and was the third of the Arab-Israeli wars. Israel’s victory included the capture of the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, West Bank, Old City of Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. (Britannica, 30th April, 2015) -
Fall of Berlin Wall
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9/11
On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airlines and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes flew into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, third plane hit the Pentagon outside of Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Over 3,00 people died during the attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. (History, 2017, 1 p.) -
U.S. first African-American president
