LITERATURE HISTORY By 18nsabadish Jun 26, 1945 United Nations Established Dec 3, 1947 A Streetcar Named Desire Jun 25, 1950 Korean War Begins Jan 1, 1951 Harlem by Langston Hughes Jul 16, 1951 The Catcher in the Rye Jan 1, 1953 Fahrenheit 451 Published Jun 2, 1953 Queen Elizabeth II Crowned Mar 12, 1957 The Cat in the Hat published Jan 3, 1959 Hawaii and Alaska admitted as US States Jul 11, 1960 To Kill a Mockingbird published Jan 14, 1963 The Bell Jar published Aug 28, 1963 Dr. MLK Jr. delivers his I Have a Dream speech Nov 22, 1963 JFK Assassinated Mar 1, 1969 Slaughterhouse Five published Jul 20, 1969 First Moon Landing Apr 1, 1976 Apple Founded Jan 28, 1977 The Shining published Apr 26, 1986 Cheronobyl Disaster Jan 1, 1989 World Wide Web created Nov 9, 1989 Berlin Wall torn down Dec 26, 1991 Dissolution of the Soviet Union Apr 7, 1994 Rwandan Genocide Begins May 9, 1994 Nelson Mandela elected President of SA Apr 20, 1999 Columbine Massarce Sep 11, 2001 9/11 Terrorist Attacks Dec 13, 2003 Saddam Hussein captured Aug 23, 2005 Hurricane Katrina Nov 4, 2008 Barack Obama Elected President Jun 26, 2015 Gay Marriage Ruled Legal in all US States Nov 13, 2015 Paris Attacks