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Penicilin
The Discovery of Penicilin was on this date and helped cure many different bacterial diseases -
The Great Crash
Panic set in on the Wall Street exchange in New York. This the day that the stock market crashed on black thursday and marked the beginning of the great depression -
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The Great Despression
The banks collapsed, everyone lost money and had to immigrate -
Salt March
Gandhi began a non-violence protest in 1930 called the Salt March -
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World War 2
Germany invaded Poland, Germany then fought France. Great Britain then helped France in war upon Germany -
Atomic Bomb
The Atomic Bomb was first tested near Alomorgodo New Mexico -
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The Korean War
North Korea invaded South Korea and was ended by a signing of an armastice -
Elvis Presly
This date was Elvis Presly's first appearance and from then got the name as the king of rock n' roll -
The Beatles
This was the date that their first album came out and they shaped rock in the 20th century -
I have a dream
Martin Luther King Jr's speech helped unite african americans with their white brothers -
Gay Rights Movement
This is the date of a gay March which symbolised the beginning of this movement -
Moon Landing
The first man to walk on the moon was Neil Armstrong at this time -
Pong
Pong was the first video game ever released and was released sometime in 1972 -
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson released his first album in August making him famous -
Pacman
the date the famous arcade game was first released -
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The Gulf War
The US, Great Britain and France fought Saudi Arabia and Iraq -
Internet
The Internet was massively worldwide interconnecting more than 25 million computers in early 1996