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Notable world events from 1896 to 2009 compiled by AP
A compact chronology of pivotal moments: Athens hosted the first modern Olympics in 1896. U.S. entry into WWI in 1917. the 1947 Tony Awards. WHO founded in 1948. Rwanda’s 1994 genocide beginnings. 2003 Baghdad palace seizure and statue toppled. several milestones in space, politics, and disaster through 2009 including Lee surrender, Weserübung, Mercury Seven, Amber Alert, and Captain Phillips film.
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Athens
United States
Germany
World Health Organization
United Nations
Rwanda
U.S
Saddam Hussein
Baghdad
U.S. Army
Chad Touchett
7Th Infantry Regiment
Hussein
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Appomattox Court House
Virginia
Norway
Denmark
NASA
Firdaus Square
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
ASPCA
New York City
Fort Sumter
Charleston
South Carolina
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Georgia
Yuri Gagarin
Earth
Columbia
Cape Canaveral
Florida
Alabama
Captain Phillips