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On this day, the Wright brothers flew 4 short flights at Kitty Hawk in their first powered airccraft which they had built themselves. This was the first successful flight to fly on Earth.
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World War 1 started because of the assassination of Franz Fernandid with Britain, France and Russia against Italy, Germany and Austria-Hungary. It lasted for around 4-5 years.
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Just like the summer Olympics, the winter Olympics were a multi-sport event which was held in Chamonix, France and ended on February 5th. These games usually consisted of winter sports.
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This was another major event during the World wars as Japan invaded Manchuria in China and slowly made their way down to easily invade and take over Hong Kong.
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The Great HK Typhoon was one of the worst typhoons in Hong Kong's history. It killed around 11,000 people and 21 people from Macau. It lasted for around a week.
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The World War 2 finally ended when Germany surrendered and the Allies accepted Germany's surrender after Adolf Hitler's suicide. Victory went to England.
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The war between North Korea (supported by China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (supported by the United Nations force by the United States of America) finally ends.
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On June 12, 1964, Nelson Mandela received a life sentence for committing sabotage against South Africa's apartheid government, avoiding a possible death sentence.
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The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, and also known in Vietnam as Resistance War Against America or simply the American War, was sort of a Cold War type of a war that occurred in Vietnam,
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Mount St. Helens had it's first catastrophic eruption on May 18, 1980, at 8:32 a.m. Located in Washington, It's the deadliest and the most destructive volcanic event in the history of the United States.
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The Cold War, which was a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc and powers in the Eastern Bloc ends in 1991.