Notable World Shaping Moments Across 1930s to 1960s
AP review highlights events with lasting impact from 1935 Owens world records and Kennedy moon goal to 1961 Amnesty International birth, 1977 Star Wars debut, 1999 Milosevic indictment, and 1865 Galveston surrender. Other milestones include Le Mans start in 1923 and Volkswagen roots in 1937.
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Jesse Owens
Cleveland
Ann Arbor
Michigan
John F. Kennedy
George Floyd
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Galveston
Texas
Senate
Andrew Johnson
le Mans
France
Richard Nixon
Leonid Brezhnev
Resorts Hotel and Casino
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Las Vegas
Bill Clinton
China
May 29 through history key events and figures
A compact digest of notable dates: 1453 Constantinople falls after a 53 day siege. 1790 Rhode Island ratifies the Constitution. 1848 Wisconsin statehood. 1953 Hillary and Norgay summit Everest. 1431 Joan of Arc death. 1922 Lincoln Memorial dedication. 1958 unknowns interred at Arlington Tomb. 1983 Daniel Goodwin WTC ascent. 2002 World Trade Center site cleanup ends. May 31 marks Washington copyright law signing. 1889 Johnstown flood. 1970 Peru undersea quake and Peru avalanche fatalities. 2005 Vanity Fair reveals Deep Throat.
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Constantinople
Rhode Island
U.S
Wisconsin
Sir Edmund Hillary
Sherpa Tenzing Norgay
Joan of Arc
Rouen
France
Lincoln Memorial
Washington, D.C
Arlington National Cemetery
Daniel Goodwin
World Trade Center
Manhattan
New York City
South Fork
Pennsylvania
Lake Conemaugh
Johnstown
Ancash
Peru
Vanity Fair
FBI
W. Mark Felt
Deep Throat
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Beijing
Tiananmen Square
Li Peng
Communist Party
Otoes
Associated Press
Tre
San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Natalia
Yermolai
Vladivostok
United Nations
Slobodan Milosevic
Andrew Jackson
Germany
Volkswagen
Peter Benenson
London
Amnesty International
George Washington