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Top News Stories of the 20th Century

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1945: U.S. drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima, Nagasaki: Japan surrenders to end World War II

This is one of the most memorable events in history. The news lit up the airwaves to proclaim the surrendering of Japan and the end of World War II.

34 points - added 2 years ago by arollison -

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1963: President John F. Kennedy assassinated in Dallas

The assassination of our President John F. Kennedy caught the nation off guard and silenced many rooms and homes around the nation.

19 points - added 2 years ago by arollison -

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1954: Brown v. Board of Education ends "separate but equal" school segregation

This story was the beginning of the end of segregation in schools. This was a landmark case that encouraged the evolution of civil rights.

15 points - added 2 years ago by arollison -

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1903: Wilbur and Orville Wright fly the first powered airplane

This story was the beginning of our advancement in transportation technology. The pioneers of the airplane.

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1929: U.S. stock market crashes: depression sets in

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1928: Alexander Fleming Discovers Penicillin

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1945: Horrors of Nazi Holocaust, concentration camps exposed

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King Edward VIII abdicates English throne to marry Wallis Simpson(1937)

A story of the century, the King of England gives up his throne for "the woman I love", Wallis Simpson. As defender of The Church of England he is forbidden from marrying the twice divorced Simpson. His abdication installs the next in line, his brother George VI, who dies in 1953 and his eldest daughter becomes Queen Elizabeth II.

1 point - added 10 months ago by guest -

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1968: Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassinated

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1964: Congress Approves Civil Rights Act

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1912: The Titantic Sinks

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1964: The U.S. Surgeon General Releases a Report that Cigarette Smoke is Linked to Lung Cancer

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1953: The Structure of DNA is Discovered

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1918: Flu Epidemic Kills 20 Million Around the World

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1941: Japan bombs Pearl Harbor: U.S. enters World War II

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