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Atomic Bombs
United States called for a surrender of Japan in the Potsdam Declaration on 26 July 1945, threatening Japan with "prompt and utter destruction". The Japanese government ignored this ultimatum, and two nuclear weapons developed by the Manhattan Project were deployed. Little Boy was dropped on the city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, followed by the Fat Man over Nagasaki on 9 August -
Moon Landing
Apollo 11 lands on the moon with Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. Launched from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 in Merritt Island, Florida on July 16, Apollo 11 was the fifth manned mission, and the third lunar mission, of NASA's Apollo program. -
Chernobyl
A nuclear accident that occured at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukraine. The explosion is one of only two nuclear incidents to be rated a Level 7 on the international nuclear event scale, and cost over 500 rubles. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin in Germany is torn down and reunification between East and West Germany follows after the downfall of the regime. -
9/11
Muslim extremists hijack four planes and fly two into the world trade center, one into the pentagon, and the other in a feild in philadelphia.
