My Great Uncle's Timeline

Segregation Ruled Illegal in U.S.

May 17, 1954

Great Uncle's Timespan Till Now

Period: Jun 27, 1954 to Nov 27, 2011

Great Events Throughout His Life

Rosa Parks Refuse To Move.

Dec 1, 1955

T.V. Remote Control Invented

Nov 27, 1956

Laika Becomes the First Living Animal to Enter Orbit

Nov 3, 1957

Hope Diamond Donated To Museum.

Nov 10, 1958

Berlin Wall Built.

Aug 23, 1961

Berlin Wall Is Just Being Built. The wall was constructed in Germany.

Marylin Monroe

Aug 5, 1962

JFK Assination

Nov 23, 1963

John was Assassinated by a bullet.

Beatles Become Popular

Jan 11, 1964

Beatles Rises To Fame In The U.S

Troops Being Sent To Vietnam.

Aug 4, 1965

U.S.A sends troops to Vietnam to help the civilians and to fend agaisnt the communist.

Mao Zedong Launches the Cultural Revolution

Jun 21, 1966

First Heart Transplant

Dec 3, 1967

My Lai Massacre

Mar 16, 1968

Americans Kill Vietnam People. About 500 people died in the Mass Slaying. The men were hiding underneath the ground as a hideout agaisnt to enemy. The people living there didn't want to expose secrets about the enemy. Elderly men, women and children were murdered by the United States. The leader of the U.S Troops was sent home and put on trial.

First Man On The Moon!

Jul 20, 1969

Neil Armstrong steps on the moon for the U.S for the 1st time.

Kent State Shootings

Apr 30, 1970

VCRs Introduced

Nov 26, 1970

Terrorist attacks Olympics in Munich

Sep 5, 1972

U.S Retreats From Vietnam

Jun 26, 1973

U.S doesn't want the troops to die in Vietnam anymore, after that short time the war was lost. North Vietnam Won with help from China and Russia.

Terra Cotta Army In China Discovered.

Mar 29, 1974

Microsoft Founded

Nov 26, 1975

North and South Vietnam Join to Form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Jul 28, 1976

The divided country becomes one. The country was divided by politics, now all of the country follows the communists. Including Russia and China.

Elvis Found Dead

Aug 16, 1977

John Paul II Becomes Pope

Oct 16, 1978

Nuclear Accident at Three Mile Island

Mar 28, 1979

Pac-Man Becomes Popular

May 22, 1980

Vietnam War Memorial Opened in Washington, DC

Nov 26, 1980

American Soilders who died.

Lady Diana and Prince Charles Gets Married

Jul 29, 1981

Sally Ride Becomes the First American Woman in Space

Jun 18, 1983

Huge Poison Gas Leak in Bhopal, India

Dec 2, 1984

Wreck of the Titanic Found

Sep 1, 1985

U.S. Bombs Libya

Nov 26, 1986

DNA First Used to Convict Criminals

Nov 26, 1987

Pan Am Flight 103 Is Bombed Over Lockerbie

Dec 21, 1988

The Fall of the Berlin Wall

Nov 9, 1989

Hubble Telescope Launched Into Space

Mar 3, 1990

Otzi the Iceman

Sep 19, 1991

Official End of the Cold War

Oct 19, 1992

World Trade Center Bombed

Feb 26, 1993

O.J. Simpson Arrested for Double Murder

Jun 17, 1994

Oklahoma City Bombing

Apr 19, 1995

Two Royal Divorces

Aug 28, 1996

Princess Diana Dies in Car Crash

Aug 31, 1997

Titanic Most Successful Movie Ever

Dec 19, 1998

JFK Jr. Dies in Plane Accident

Jul 16, 1999

Unclear Winner in U.S. Presidential Election

Nov 8, 2000

9-11

Sep 11, 2001

Terrorists fly through the 2 World Trade Centers in New York. Now there is only a memorial.

No Child Left Behind Act

Jan 8, 2002

Saddam Hussein Captured

Dec 14, 2003

Causes Catastrophic Tsunami Strikes Indonesia

Dec 26, 2004

Hurricane Katrina

Aug 29, 2005

Bird flu bonanza

Jan 6, 2006

Virgina Tech Mass Murder

Apr 22, 2007

China Earthquake

May 12, 2008

Obama First African American In Office.

Jun 20, 2009

FIFA World Cup

Jul 11, 2010

Fidel Castro Becomes Dictator of Cuba

Jan 1, 2011

Osama Bin Laden's Death

May 2, 2011