Landmark World Events From 1943 to 2006
The record highlights key moments across decades including Casablanca talks in 1943, the Today show debut in 1952, Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe’s 1954 marriage, Gandhi’s 1980 swearing in and 1984 assassination, Yemen’s 2010 declaration of war on al Qaida, and other pivotal milestones such as the British Museum opening in 1759 and Wikipedia’s 2001 launch.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Charles de Gaulle
Casablanca
Morocco
Today
NBC
New York Yankees
Joe DiMaggio
Marilyn Monroe
San Francisco
Indira Gandhi
Sanjiva Reddy
Gandhi
Yemen
al-Qaida
James Naismith
Springfield College
Pentagon
Arlington
Virginia
Notable World Historic Milestones Across Centuries
A chronology of significant events from 1773 to 2021 includes Cook’s voyage south of the Antarctic Circle, the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy, the 1946 UN Security Council’s first session, the 1991 Persian Gulf War air campaign, Fischer’s death in 2008, Australia’s penal colony start in 1788, Warsaw Ghetto uprising beginning in 1943, World Trade Center designs in 1964, Marion Barry’s 1990 arrest, MLK Day nationwide in 2000, Zeppelins bombing in 1915, Indira Gandhi’s 1966 election, Miami snow in 1977, Atlanta crash in 1990, Pluto probe launch in 2006, Hong Kong cession in 1841, ACLU founded in 1920, the Iran hostage crisis ending in 1981, Obama’s 2009 oath, and the 2021 inaugurations of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
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James Cook
United Nations Security Council
Kuwait
Iraq
America
Bobby Fischer
Australia
Warsaw Ghetto
Poland
New York
World Trade Center
Washington, D.C
Marion Barry
Great Yarmouth
King’s Lynn
England
Indira Gandhi
India
Miami
Eastern Airlines
Hartsfield Atlanta
Georgia
NASA
New Horizons
Pluto
China
Hong Kong
American Civil Liberties Union
Iran
Tehran
Jimmy Carter
Barack Obama
Joe Biden
U.S
Kamala Harris
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US Airways
Chesley
Sully” Sullenberger
Hudson River
Federal Aviation Administration
Laura Brown
LaGuardia
Charlotte
North Carolina
48Th Street
Midtown Manhattan
Associated Press
League of Nations
Paris
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
George H. Bush
Oval Office
Washington
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Liberia
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