Wider Timeline By traverc3 Sep 22, 1845 The Great Irish Famine May 17, 1881 Introduction of Greenwich Mean Time Apr 18, 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Apr 6, 1909 Robert Peary first man to reach North Pole Apr 15, 1912 Sinking of Titanic Apr 24, 1916 1916 Rising Aug 18, 1920 First Female Vote in the US Oct 26, 1920 Bubonic Plague Dec 28, 1922 Formation of Soviet Union World's first Soviet State Sep 20, 1929 Wall Street Crash Sep 1, 1939 World War 2 Oct 24, 1945 Establishment of United Nations Nov 1, 1955 Vietnam War Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parkes Movement Nov 22, 1963 Assassination of JFK Feb 21, 1965 Dr Martin Luther King Jr and 2600 other blacks arrested Jul 20, 1969 First Man Walked on the Moon Sep 5, 1972 Munich Massacre Jan 1, 1973 Ireland joined UN Apr 26, 1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Jun 12, 1989 Falling of Berlin Wall Jan 1, 2000 Millenium
