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Landmark Historical Events From 1836 to 1970
A compact overview lists pivotal moments including Texas declaring independence in 1836, the 1917 Jones Shafroth Act granting Puerto Rican citizenship, the 1969 Concorde first subsonic test flight, Napoleon’s 1815 Elba escape, Hitler re forming the Luftwaffe in 1935, the 1987 Tower Commission rebuke of Reagan, F D R’s 1933 New Deal, 1957's S&P 500 debut, 1974 first issue of People magazine, 1988 60 Minutes medal celebration, the 1770 Boston Massacre, Churchill’s Iron Curtain remark in 1946, and the 1970 NPT entry into force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Mexico
U.S
Puerto Rico
Napoleon Bonaparte
Elba
France
Adolf Hitler
Luftwaffe
Tower Commission
Ronald Reagan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
People Magazine
Mia Farrow
Dan Rather
CBS Television
60 Minutes
New York
Waldorf Astoria
International Radio and Television Society
Morley Safer
Mike Wallace
Ed Bradley
Harry Reasoner
Don Hewitt
Boston
Winston Churchill
Westminster College
Fulton
Missouri