Events That Changed The World By carolineh11 Feb 26, 1906 Upton Sinclair publishes the Jungle Aug 14, 1914 the panama canal opend Apr 6, 1917 the united states enters ww1 Aug 18, 1920 women get the right to vote Oct 29, 1929 black tuesday - the start of the grate depression Dec 7, 1941 the japanese attack pearl harbor Aug 6, 1945 the bombing of hiroshima Jun 25, 1950 the korean war begins Dec 1, 1955 the montgomery bus boycott Oct 16, 1962 cuban missle crisis Aug 26, 1963 marthur luther king speech Nov 22, 1963 assassination of JFK Jul 20, 1969 first landing on the moon Jun 17, 1972 the watergate scandle Apr 30, 1973 vietnam war ends Aug 9, 1974 president nixon resings Jun 1, 1980 CNN established Apr 23, 1981 scientist identify the aids virus Jan 28, 1986 the challenger exploded Aug 2, 1991 the gulf war Apr 19, 1995 oklahoma city ombing Apr 20, 1999 colubine high school shooting Dec 31, 1999 fear of the y2k bug Oct 12, 2000 uss cole bonbing Sep 9, 2001 the day of 9/11 Dec 3, 2003 captured saddahm Oct 6, 2008 crash market May 2, 2011 osama bin laden killed Dec 14, 2012 sandy high school shooting Apr 15, 2013 boston marathon bombing
