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On this date, two brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright, invented the first powered airplane.
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In San Francisco in 1906 a world shattering earthquake rattled the land. After breaking pipelines and gas lines, many fires spreak for days.
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After the Titanic was built, it was dubbed the name "The Unsinkable Ship." It proved this title wrong when it struck an iceberg and officially sunk around 2:20 am.
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Trade has always been a major part of history. By connecting the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans through the building of the Panama Canal, goods became more easily transported.
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In 1918 a flu epidemic outbroke across the world. In the end it had killed more than 20 million worldwide.
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After many years of British rule, Indians began to question the ruling. Mohandas Gandhi began leading nonviolent protests that revolutionized the world.
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Starting in 1848, women wanted the right to have a say in the government through voting. After nearly a century, women gained that right.
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On September 1, 1939, German Nazis invaded Poland. This sparked the beginning of World War II.
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor entering America into World War II.
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After years of service, military men would return home to very little. The GI Bill of Rights was established to help veterans readjust.
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The United States dropped an automic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki three days later.
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During the tech age many new inventions came about. In 1946 the first computer, "ENIAC", was invented.
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Through years of segregation, sports were just as seperated as everything else. Jackie Robinson, black baseball player, broke this barrier by joining a previously all white professional team, the Dodgers.
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After years of fighting World War II, much of Europe was destroyed. The United States vowed to help Europe rebuild with money from the Marshall Plan.
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In 1953 the official structure of DNA was discovered.
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China has always been behind other countries in development. The Great Leap Forward was put in place to modernize China killing around 20 million in a famine.
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After the development of the first airplane, the need for improvement and speed has been around. By developing the jet plane, we are able to travel faster. This was made possible in 1961.
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The race to reach space was between Russia and the United States. Ten years after Russia broke through the atmosphere, American Alan Shepard followed Russia into space.
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With the communists thinking they were above democrats, they built a wall dividing East and West Berlin, Many years later the wall came down.
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After World War II, the world powers were still very tense. Communist powers wanted control and felt threatened with enemy missiles being place close to Russian borders. The Russians began placing missiles in Cuba and threatened World War III.
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After years of protest, many blacks followed Reverand Martin Luther King Jr. through Washinton D.C. Upon his arrival, he gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speach.
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While riding through Dealey Plaza in Dallas as part of a motorcade, President Kennedy was murdered. His murderer was Lee Harvey Oswald who was killed a few days later.
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Performing on the Ed Sullivan show, the British rock group The Beatles quickly became popular in America.
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After years of smoking, someone actually decided it was bad for you. U.S. Surgeon General realized the dangers of smoking and warned the public.
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After years of fighting for equal rights, minority groups gain their right to vote. Now their voice is heard among the rest.
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American astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon. Buzz Aldren followed soon after.
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In 1981 the first article about AIDS was published by MIchael Gottlieb. Since it has been discovered, AIDS has affected many people around the world.
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Space Shuttle Challenger exploded killing everyone on board. This included school teacher Christa McAuffile.
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In Scotland, scientists were able to successfully lone a sheep an named it Dolly. Since then, scientists have been able to use that research to save human lives.
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President William Jefferson Clinton was embarassed by the sex scandal. Word came out about his mistress and was immediately looked down upon.
