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Thomas Edison invents the lightbulb
A major technological breakthrough that revolutionized lighting and industry. -
Dedication of The Statue of Liberty
the statue of libety is dedicated and marked as a monument. -
Spanish-American War
The US and Spain that started due to the explosion of the USS Maine and was ended 3 months later and ended Spains colonial presence in the Western hemisphere -
Russo-Japanese War
Japan defeats Russia, shocking the world and establishing Japan as a major power. -
Sinking of the Titanic
The large ship named the Titanic crashes into an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks causing the loss of many lives. -
Beginning of World War 2
The beginning of World War 1 with the assassination of archduke Ferdinad would shock the world with how long it would last due to trench warfare and other war tactics that would be able to be used in the future as well -
End of World War 1
An Armstice was signed between the countries that fought in World War 1 putting most of the load on Germany to prevent something like this from happening again but it didn't really work that well. -
Crash of the Stock Market
Also known as "Black Tuesday" the Stock market in the U.S. crashed ruining many countries economies along with it's own economy. -
Beginning of World War 2
The beginning of World War 2 with the assasination would change the world as we know it and would influence all world powers to us. -
End of World War 2
The ending of World War 2 would be with the dropping of the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and would end the war and start to set everything back to normal right? -
Beginning of the Cold War
This would start after World War 2 when the two main world powers, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., were locked in a stalemate of tension and fear this developed a rise of fear in communism and many new things were discovered scientifically as well. -
Brown Vs Board of Education
This court case technically ended segregation in schools but it was never really enforced until a later date and would be a major victory for civil rights activists. -
Cuban Revolution
The rebellion of the Cuban Government would turn the country communist and aligned with the Soviet union making the U.S. worried about different things that could occur now that the Communists had a base near the country. -
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated
James Earl Ray assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. to try and stop the civil rights movement it did not work however it mostly just added fuel to the flame for the movementto continue and to be successful. -
First manned mission makes it to the moon
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first people to take steps on the moon on mission Apollo 11 -
The first star wars movie is released
THis is the first movie of a series that is wildly popular even today even though it released its first movie over 50 years ago. -
Explosion of the Challenger space shuttle
Shortly after takeoff the Challenger space shuttle exploded and immediately killed all crew members onboard one being a teacher in the past many were shocked by this and it was a shifting factor in American history. -
End of the Cold War
The Cold War is ended due to the fall of the U.S.S.R. and the United States is left alone as the only superpower in the world. -
attacks on the World Trade Centers in New York
two planes flew into the twin towers causing them to collapse and kill many people in the immediate area causing a shock and silence to fall over the world -
Russia invades Ukraine
Russia invades Ukraine claiming to be "taking back their territory" and nobody can help them in a soldier sense because it could start nuclear warfare and world war 3.