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On this day, a B-29 bomber dropped the atomic bomb "Little Boy" on the city called Hiroshima in Japan. As many as 70,000 people were killed instantly, then a powerful shockwave leveled nearly every structure in a mile radius. Three days later, the United States dropped another atomic bomb "Fat Man" on the city of Nagasaki. Another 35-40,000 people perished. On September 2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered which ended World War 2. -
Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech to a massive crowd of civil rights marchers around the Lincoln memorial in Washington DC. These speech influenced the Federal government to take more direct actions to fully realize the racial inequality in America. -
In downtown Dallas, Texas, the president rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza; where he was shot in the neck and head. His dead body slumped over Mrs. Kennedy. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the assassination shortly after. -
A United States' astronaut Buzz Aldrin saluted the American flag on the surface of the Moon. After Neil Armstrong and him became the first men to land on the Moon during Apollo 11 space mission. -
Sandra Day O'Connor was nominated by the President Ronald Regan, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was in this position for 24 years. The photo is her being sworn in by Chief Justice Warren Burger with her husband by her side. -
The Berlin wall was a symbol of the 'Iron Curtain' splitting West and Eastern Europe. The fall was an iconic moment where the Soviet Union gave up on the grip of Eastern Europe. -
Former President Clinton denied having sexual relations with White House intern, Monica Lewinsky. But months later finally admitted that he lied to the public, causing an impeachment. -
Two hijacked planes fly into the twin towers of the World Trade Center. Another plane flew into the Pentagon and a fourth crashed in the rural of Pennsylvania. This horrific event was an act of terrorism, the mastermind behind this was Osama bin Laden. -
The Apple CEO named Steve Jobs and Apple unveil the new smart device. Promising to revolutionize the phone industry -
Barack Obama won the presidential race against McCain. This made him the 44th President of the United States. -
A man named Adam Lanza, entered an elementary school in Newton, Connecticut and killed 20 children aged 6-7 & 6 adults. He then took his own life. -
A worldwide pandemic started that sent everyone into quarantine. This changed the way of life in some major ways even after the quarantine was lifted, from wearing masks in public to the mental health of many individuals. -
In May, he was murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Video footage of this terrible incident went viral all over social media causing public outrage. This sparked the Black Lives Matter movement across the globe. -
A mob of thousands of Donald Trump supporters attacked the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. They wanted to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election. -
Russia sent an army into Ukraine to try and take over the country by force. President Putin claimed that the Ukrainians and Russians are one people, that Russia should get to be in charge,