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(Philosophical) Birth of phenomenology with Edmund Husserl's "Ideas".
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(Media)Assassination of U.S. President William McKinley.
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(Technological)First successful flight by the Wright Brothers.
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(War)Russo-Japanese War for control of Manchuria and Korea.
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(Scientific) Albert Einstein develops the theory of special relativity.
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(Media)Titanic sinks on her maiden voyage.
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(Philosophical) Publication of "Metaphysical Meditations" by René Descartes.
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(Technological )First controlled air traffic system in Ohio, USA.
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(War)World War I, involving many European nations and the United States.
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(Scientific) Einstein completes his theory of general relativity.
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(Political) Russian Revolution and establishment of the communist regime.
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Balfour Declaration
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Aliyah and Jewish Immigration Increase
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(Political) Creation of the Irish Free State after the War of Independence.
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(Philosophical) Martin Heidegger publishes "Being and Time", a key work in contemporary philosophy.
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(Technological)First television broadcast in the United States.
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(Scientific) Discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming.
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(Media)Black Monday, beginning of the Great Depression.
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(Political) Adolf Hitler comes to power in Germany.
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(Technological ) IBM develops the first programmable computer.
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(Philosophical) Ludwig Wittgenstein publishes "Philosophical Investigations", a milestone in analytical philosophy.
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(Scientific) Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann discover nuclear fission.
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(War)World War II, the largest conflict in history, involving almost every nation in the world.
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(Political) End of World War II and creation of the UN.
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(Media)Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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(Political) Marshall Plan for the reconstruction of Europe after the Second World War.
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(Scientific) Invention of the transistor at Bell Laboratories.
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(Technological) Beginning of the computer era with the invention of the transistor.
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Partition of Palestine
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(Political) Declaration of Independence of Israel and Arab-Israeli war.
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(War)Arab-Israeli War following Israel's declaration of independence.
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Arab-Israeli War
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(Media)Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in India.
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Palestinian Exodus (Nakba)
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(Philosophical) Publication of Jean-Paul Sartre's "Being and Nothingness", an important existentialist work.
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(War)Korean War between North Korea (supported by China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (supported by the United States and the UN).
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(Philosophical) Albert Camus publishes "The Rebel Man", exploring the philosophy of the absurd.
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(Scientific) Discovery of the structure of DNA by Watson and Crick.
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(War)Suez Crisis, conflict between Egypt, Israel, France and the United Kingdom.
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(Technological) Creation of NASA
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(Political) Cuban Revolution led by Fidel Castro.
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(Philosophical) Thomas Kuhn publishes "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions", revolutionizing the philosophy of science.
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(Media)Assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas.
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UN Security Council Resolution 242
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(Political) Six-Day War between Israel and Arab countries.
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(War)Six-Day War between Israel and neighboring Arab countries.
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(Scientific) Man landed on the Moon with the Apollo 11 mission
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ARPANET, the precursor of the Internet, is established between several universities.
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(Media)Man reaches the moon with the Apollo 11 mission.
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(Scientific) Ray Tomlinson sends the first e-mail.
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(War)Yom Kippur War between Israel and an Arab coalition led by Egypt and Syria.
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(Technological) Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak found Apple Computer.
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Camp David Accords
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(Political) Islamic Revolution in Iran and the overthrow of the Shah.
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(Philosophical) Michel Foucault publishes "The Will to Know", the beginning of his analysis of power and knowledge.
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(Media)Hostage crisis at the U.S. embassy in Iran.
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(War)Iran-Iraq War, one of the longest and bloodiest conflicts of the 20th century.
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(Scientific) Discovery of the ozone hole over Antarctica.
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(Media)Space shuttle Challenger crash.
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(Philosophical) Richard Rorty publishes "Consequences of Pragmatism", highlighting the importance of pragmatism in contemporary philosophy.
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First Intifada
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(Technological) Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web.
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(War)Persian Gulf War, conflict between a US-led coalition and Iraq following Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait.
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(Political) Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
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Oslo Accords
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(Media)Genocide in Rwanda with more than 800,000 dead in 100 days.
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(Scientific) Cloning of Dolly the sheep in Scotland.
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(Philosophical) Publication of John Rawls' "Justice as Fairness," an important contribution to political theory and ethics.
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(Technological)Launch of Napster, the first online music file-sharing system.