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The great war
It was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Entente and the Central Powers. The fighting took place mainly in Europe and the Middle East, as well as in parts of Africa and the Asia-Pacific. In Europe, it was characterized by trench warfare, the widespread use of artillery, machine guns, and chemical weapons. -
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Second World War
It was a global military conflict that took place between 1939 and 1945. It involved most of the world's nations, including all the major powers, as well as virtually all European nations grouped into two opposing military alliances: the Allies, on the one hand, and the Axis Powers, on the other. -
Bombing of Hiroshima
On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped a bomb nicknamed "Little Boy" on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, in the midst of World War II. -
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The Cold War
It was a political, economic, social, ideological, military, and propaganda confrontation that took place after World War II between two main blocs: the Western (capitalist) and the Eastern (communist). These blocs were led by the United States and the Soviet Union, respectively. -
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The space race
With Cold War tensions running high, the Soviet Union and United States took their rivalry to the stars in 1957 with the Soviet launch of Sputnik -
assassination of John F. Kennedy
He was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas, a crime for which Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested, and murdered two days later by Jack Ruby. -
The first human to reach the moon
On July 20, 1969, the American Apollo 11 mission landed the first humans on the Moon: Commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Edwin F. Aldrin. -
Invention of internet
he birth date of the internet is widely considered to be Jan. 1, 1983, but the road to creating it started long before the technology required for the internet even existed.