Historic world events from 1915 to 2006
Zeppelins bombed English towns in 1915. Howard Hughes flew coast to coast in 1937, setting a new record. Indira Gandhi became India’s first female prime minister in 1966. Miami recorded its only snow event in 1977. NASA launched New Horizons to Pluto in 2006.
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Great Yarmouth
King’s Lynn
England
Howard R. Hughes
New York City
Los Angeles
Newark
Indira Gandhi
India
Miami
NASA
New Horizons
Milestones and anniversaries from world history
A compact chronology lists pivotal events from 1841 through 2004. Highlights include Hong Kong ceded to Britain in 1841, the ACLU founded in 1920, Iran hostage crisis ending in 1981, Obama and Biden inaugurations, Roe v Wade in 1973, first Apple Macintosh sale in 1984, and NASA Opportunity rover landing in 2004, among others.
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China
Hong Kong
American Civil Liberties Union
Iran
Tehran
Jimmy Carter
Julia Roberts
Los Angeles
Barack Obama
Joe Biden
U.S
Kamala Harris
U.S. Supreme Court
Madeleine Albright
Senate
Ted Kaczynski
Sacramento
California
Guantanamo Bay
Oval Office
White House
Washington
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Cairo
Hosni Mubarak
Mubarak
Associated Press
Jefferson Davis
U.S. Senate
Fidel Castro
John Paul II
Havana
Vatican
U.S. Census Bureau
United States
Elizabeth Blackwell
Geneva Medical College
New York
Leonard Thompson
Toronto
Mike Tyson
Larry Holmes
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Tyson
Viktor Yushchenko
Ukraine
Florida State Prison
Theodore Bundy
Bundy
Florida State University
Tallahassee
Pennsylvania
Tom Ridge
Department of Homeland Security
Alexander Graham Bell
San Francisco
John F. Kennedy
Opportunity Rover
Mars
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