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American civil war
Who:The civil war was fought between the Union states (Northern states) and the statesof the Confederacy (Southern states).
What :the Union in 1860 and 1861 and formed their own country in order to protect the institution of slavery. Why:The war began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter,South Carolina on April 12, 1861. The war ended in Spring, 1865. Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major Confederate army to Ulysses S. -
wrigth bros first powered flight
Who:The Wright Brothers - First Flight, 1903. Orville's brother Wilbur piloting the record flight lasting 59 seconds over a distance of 852 feet.
What:Wilbur Wright fell ill on a trip to Boston in April 1912. After being diagnosed with typhoid fever, he died on May 30, 1912, at his family home in Dayton, Ohio. Where:Wilbur and Orville Wright were American inventors and pioneers of aviation. In 1903 the Wright brothers achieved the first powered -
Black Tuesday start of Great Depression
Who:The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as Black Tuesday(October 29), the Great Crash, or the Stock Market Crash of 1929
What: 16 million shares of stock were quickly sold by panicking investors who had lost faith in the American economy.
Octobe 29, 1929
Where:The event of Black Tuesday affected the people of the United States of America, and the ripple effects affected virtually the rest of the world -
world war 2
Who: They included Britain, France, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India, the Soviet Union, China and the United States of America.
What:After securing the neutrality of the Soviet Union (through the August 1939 German-Soviet Pact of nonaggression), Germany started World War
When: World War Two in Europe began on 3rd September 1939, when the Prime Minister of Britain, Neville Chamberlain, declared war on Germany. -
The first chimp to be launched into space
Who: The first monkey to be sent successfully into space was Albert II, a male rhesus monkey, What:Albert was followed by Albert II who survived the V-2 flight but died on impact on June 14, 1949, after a parachute failure.
When:Ham the Chimp and Ham the Astrochimp, was a chimpanzee and the first
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Why::Ham (1957 – January 19, 1983), also known as Ham the Chimp and Ham the Astrochimp, was a chimpanzee and the first hominid launched into space
