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Wright brothers make their first flight (First sucessful airplane)
Orville Wright flew The Flyer(name of the plane) and it flew over 120 feet of ground in 12 seconds sucessfully for the first time. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
2 years after World war II started, the Japanese had air raided Pearl Harbor. America wasn't actually engaged in the War at that time, but this soon made them join the Allies to get revenge. -
D-day(Normandy Landings)
This was the day when the allies landed around France's Normandy region -
The Atomic Bomb drop on Hiroshima.
The bomb was dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This was a choice made by America to stop World War II. It was very effective, but not a very good way to end because the Atomic Bomb was one of the deadliest weapons in the world. The weapon was very dangerous, as it killed 90,000-146,000 people in Hiroshima and 39,000-80,000 people in Nagasaki(mostly because of its nuclear energy). -
Vietnam War
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Martin Luther King Jr gets assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr had been shot buy a sniper when he was on his balcony. He was taken to the hospital, but he was pronounced dead as he got there. -
First man on moon(Neil Armstrong)
This was one of the top news in the 20th century because Mankind had finally reached the moon for the first time. -
Berlin Wall collapses
This wall was supposed to keep the East Germans from fleeing to the west.
As it got destructed, the news was spreaded and celebrated around the world. -
Nelson Mandela gets released from Prison in South Africa
The leader of the African National Congress finally got released after spending 27 years of prison life. -
Mandela becomes president
Mandela became the first Black leader of South Africa after its first multiracial elections in the country.
