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Lexington & Concord
The shot heard around the world. -
Constitution.
Its the framework for the United states of America. -
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Battle of the Alamo.
it was a privotal event in the Texas Revolution. -
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Civil War
The Civil War started because of slavery, state rights, and tariffs. -
Abraham Lincoln assasinated.
First president to be assasinated. -
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World War 1
It was an international conflict ptimarily involving Europian nations. -
St. Valentines day massacre.
St. Valentine's Day Massacre remains the most notorious gangster killing of the Prohibition era. The massacre made Al Capone a national celebrity as well as brought him the unwanted attention of the federal government. -
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World war 2
It was a global conflict involving most of the world's nations. -
Attack on pearl harbor.
Japanese launched a surprise air attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. After just two hours of bombing, more than 2,400 Americans were dead, 21 ships* had either been sunk or damaged, and more than 188 U.S. aircraft destroyed. -
Adolf hitler commits suicide.
To avoid caappture by the Red Army, him and his wife decided to commit suicide and their corpses were burned. -
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Vietnam war
It was a cold war-era military that occured in Vietnam. -
John F. Kennedy assasinated.
2nd president to be assasinated. -
Civil Rights Act
It was landmark piece of legislation in the United States that outlawed major forms of discrimination against blacks and women. -
MLK assasinated.
Martin luther King was shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee. -
Lunar landing
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight which landed the first humans, Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr, on Earth's Moon. -
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Discovery of Jeffrey Dahmer
A serial killer slaughters seventeen
young men and boys over a small time period. He rapes, dismembers, and occasionally eats many of his victims before being arrested. -
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First gulf war
a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from thirty-four nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of the State of Kuwait. -
O.J Simpson Case.
O.J. Simpson was accused of murdering two people. -
Flight 800
a Boeing 747-131, exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York,12 minutes after takeoff, killing all 230 persons on board -
Heaven's Gate.
Thirty-nine people commited suicide believing they would be sent up to a spaceship behind a passing hale bopp comet. It was one of the saddest, yet strangest events to ever occur. -
The columbine massacre.
Two angry high school students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, killed eleven students and one teacher and injured twenty-four by bombs and bullets before turning their guns on themselves. Their motive behind the incident was to show the world how they felt. -
9/11
The most tragic event in history. -
First black president elected.
Barrack obama was elected as the first black preisdent of the united states. -
Michael Jackson Dies.
The world's king of pop died of cardiac arrest.