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Period: to
19th Century
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US Navy's 1st submarine made its debut
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USA annexes Hawaii
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US troops arrive in Beijing, help put down Boxer Rebellion
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Germany & Bolivia ends commerce/friendship treaty
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China ends slavery
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Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes
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Winston Churchill becomes British, minister of Colonies
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General strike hits Britain
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Mickey Mouse's screen debut
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1st transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman, Amelia Earhart
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Nazis begin descriminating Jews
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Hitler sends troops to Rhineland
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Attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Bataan death march begins
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V-E Day
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Korean War begins
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Desegragation of public schools
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Fidel Castro leads communist revolution in Cuba
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Berlin wall built
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Cuban missile crisis
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First Earthday
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Pioneer shuttle lanuched
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Opening of china
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First reuseable space craft launched.
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"Top Gun" Premieres
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Fall of the Berlin Wall.
http://history1900s.about.com/od/coldwa1/a/berlinwall.htm <More info at link HERE^^^ -
Gulf War Begins
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"Jurassic Park" Premieres
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John Glenn returns to space.
