Historical Events

• NERO SETS FIRE TO ROME
• THE TITANIC SINKS
• PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY IS KILLED IN DALLAS
• NEIL ARMSTRONG WALKS ON THE MOON
• BARACK OBAMA BECOMES THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT OF THE USA
• WATERGATE - NIXON RESIGNS
• MARTIN LUTHER KING IS ASSASSINATED
• GAU IN CHERNOBYL
• COLUMBUS DISCOVERS AMERICA
• GAGARIN BECOMES THE FIRST PERSON IN SPACE
• THE WRIGHT BROTHERS MAKE THE FIRST POWERED FLIGHT
• THE CONTRACEPTIVE PILL IS LAUNCHED
• THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
• WORLD WAR II
• BLACK WOMAN ROSA PARKS REFUSES TO GIVE UP HER SEAT
• EDISON INVENTS THE LIGHT BULB
• MARTIN LUTHER TRANSLATES THE BIBLE
• THE EURO IS INTRODUCED
• THE FALL OF SAIGON
• POPE BENEDICT RESIGNS
• GEORGE WASHINGTON BECOMES THE FIRST US PRESIDENT
• THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL
• THE END OF APARTHEID
• THE PUNIC WARS
• WOMEN ARE GIVEN THE VOTE
• ATOMIC BOMBS ARE DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI