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Timeline Project

  • Titanic Sinks Four Hours After Hitting Iceberg

    Titanic Sinks Four Hours After Hitting Iceberg

    Each one reaches out to a potentially massive audience with a message that could change the course of history. When we read these headlines, we are taken back in time to how we felt when we first heard them.
  • Hitler Dead

    Hitler Dead

    The news was not published in most American publications for another two days. At a White House press conference, President Truman was reluctant in confirming the news.
  • Assassin Kills Kennedy: Lyndon Johnson Sworn In

    Assassin Kills Kennedy: Lyndon Johnson Sworn In

    The news of the President's assassination stunned the world and affected people of all political shades in the United States. On live television, millions of people witnessed the assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald, the suspected assassin.
  • Martin Luther King Jr Assassinated

    Martin Luther King Jr Assassinated

    As word of King's death filtered across the country, widespread protests erupted, resulting in more than 40 deaths. On April 7, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a national day of mourning. More than 100,000 people attended King's funeral in Atlanta two days later.
  • Man on the Moon

    Man on the Moon

    The original feat received widespread media coverage, diverting attention away from the Vietnam War and culminating in the ‘space race,' which provided a jubilant account of American/Western human and scientific growth.
  • The King of Rock and Roll Dead

    The King of Rock and Roll Dead

    The sudden and tragically premature departure of Memphis' best-known native son dominated the media for three days, roiling emotions among the singer's legion of hometown fans in the Tennessee city of roughly 624,000. To this day, many of them pay homage to it.
  • John Lennon Dead

    John Lennon Dead

    With the “King of Rock and Roll” only dying 3 years prior, the music scene wasn’t the same until The Beatles. The Beatles probably had the biggest impact on the world, by spreading massive amounts of peace and love all around the world. When John got killed it was almost like the peace and love went away.
  • 9-11

    9-11

    The September 11th terrorist attacks were the worst acts of terrorism ever perpetrated on American soil. The attacks were unprecedented in scope, size, and psychological impact on the American people, and were intended to instill fear and terror.
  • Stock Market Crash

    Stock Market Crash

    The economic crisis that the United States is confronting has pervaded all aspects of the mainstream media. From February 1 to July 3, newspapers, network and cable television, radio news, and news websites all devoted more over a quarter of their newshole to economic issues.
  • Corona Virus

    Corona Virus

    With the outbreak of Corona Virus and people being forced to stay inside people didn’t know what was going to happen. Social media played a huge role in Corona Virus with new information, stories, and the spread of it.