The Modern and Postmodern Periods

By kmckee
  • Hitler Invades Poland

    Hitler Invades Poland

    Hitler Invades Poland, beginning World War II.
  • Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor

    Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor

    Japan bombs Pearl Harbor and the United States enters World War II.
  • John F. Kennedy Is Assassinated

    John F. Kennedy Is Assassinated

    President John F. Kennedy is assassinated.
  • September 11th Attacks On the US

    September 11th Attacks On the US

    Hijacked planes crash into the World Trade Center in New Yor, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a field in rural Pennsylvania. Thousands of lives are lost.
  • Tsunami Strikes Southeast Asia

    Tsunami Strikes Southeast Asia

    Tsunami devastates southeast Asia.