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Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Hiroshima and Nagasaki explosion was caused by the detonation of two atomic bombs by the United States in 1945 during World War II. The bombs killed more than 200,000 people. -
End of the WW2
World War II ended on September 2, 1945 when Japan officially surrendered after the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The war began in 1939 with the German invasion of Poland, killing more than 60 million people. -
Moon landing
NASA sent a spacecraft called Apollo 11 to the Moon. Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins traveled in the spacecraft. Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the Moon and said his famous phrase. "One small step for man, one giant leap for humanity" -
The fell of the berlin wall
The Berlin Wall, built to divide Berlin into two parts, fell on November 9, 1989. The fall of the wall was the result of popular pressure and political opening in Eastern Europe. It was a historic moment that marked the end of the Cold War and the reunification of Germany. -
The terrorist attack on the twin towers
19 Al-Qaeda terrorists stole four commercial planes in the United States. Two of the planes crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York, killing 2,753 people. The attack was the worst terrorist act in US history and started the war on terrorism.