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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.
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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.
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This was the day when the allies landed around France's Normandy region
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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).
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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.
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This was one of the top news in the 20th century because Mankind had finally reached the moon for the first time.
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This wall was supposed to keep the East Germans from fleeing to the west.
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The leader of the African National Congress finally got released after spending 27 years of prison life.
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Mandela became the first Black leader of South Africa after its first multiracial elections in the country.
