Modern Timeline

By julianna.howard
  • Atomic Bomb

    Atomic Bomb

    The United States drops atomic bombs on Hirashima and Nagasaki. World War II ends as Japan surrenders
  • King leads civil rights boycott

    King leads civil rights boycott

    Martin Luther King Jr., leads civil rights bus boycott.
  • Kennedy Assassinated

    Kennedy Assassinated

    President John F. Kennedy assassinated
  • Berlin Wall is Torn Down

    Berlin Wall is Torn Down

    Berlin Wall torn down reunification of East and West Germany follows
  • September 11th Attacks on the U.S.

    September 11th Attacks on the U.S.

    Hijacked planes crash into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a field in rural Pennsylvania. Thousands of lives are lost.