20 century events By facebooker_568919506599278 Period: Jan 1, 1911 to Jan 1, 2011 20 century events Apr 14, 1912 Sinking of the Titanic Jun 28, 1914 The beginning of the first world war Assassination in Sarajevo May 25, 1915 First use of poison gas Nov 11, 1918 End of fist world war Jan 30, 1933 Inauguration of Hitler Sep 1, 1939 Beginning of the second World War Jun 22, 1941 Germany invades the Soviet Union Aug 6, 1945 Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Jul 4, 1954 West Germany wins FIFA World Cup Aug 13, 1961 Construction of the Berlin Wall Nov 22, 1963 Assassination of Jhon F. Kennedy Jun 20, 1969 First Moon landing Oct 16, 1978 Pope John Paul ll succeds Jhon Paul l Apr 18, 1983 U.S Embassy bombing in Beirut Nov 9, 1989 Fall of Berlin Wall Jul 4, 1997 Mars-Rover lands on Mars Sep 11, 2001 Attack of the gemel towers Mar 20, 2003 The beginnning of Iraq War Aug 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina destroyes New Orleans Jun 12, 2006 Lebanon war Jan 12, 2010 Haiti earthquake
