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First Airplane
The Wright brothers, Wilbur and Orville, made 4 flights at Kitty Hawk with the worlds first powered airplane -
Sinking of the Titanic
The Titanic crashes into an iceberg on it's first journey -
WWI Start
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand sparks the events that bring the First World War -
WWI Ends
The Germans are forced to surrender on the 11th of November ending 'The War to End All Wars' -
WWII Starts
England and France declare war on Germany after they invaded Poland marking the start of World War 2 -
End of WWII
World War 2 comes to an end. -
India's Indapendance Day
India receives indapendance from British rule after many long campains led by Mahatma Ghandi -
First living thing in space
Laika the dog was launched into orbit by the Soviet Union paving the way for human space travel. Laika unfortunatly died in orbit from overheating. -
First man on the moon
Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to step on the moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission -
Hong Kong currency peg
Hong Kong introduces a currency peg with US at 1USD = 7.8HKD following the Hong Kong currency float -
Hong Kong handover to China
Hong Kong is now free from the British rule in China