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History Final - When
20th Century History final exam - when
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| February 8, 1904 | Russo-Japanese War begins |
| April 15, 1912 | Titanic Sinks |
| June 28, 1914 | Sarievo Shooting |
| August 15, 1914 | Panama Canal Opens |
| February 24, 1917 | Russian Revolution |
| April 6, 1917 | US joins WWI |
| November 11, 1918 | Armistice Day (ends WWI) |
| January 16, 1920 | Prohibition begins - 18th amendment |
| October 29, 1929 | Black Tuesday - Stock market crashes |
| January 30, 1933 | Hitler comes to power in Germany |
| September 1, 1939 | German invasion of Poland |
| December 7, 1941 | Pearl Harbor |
| June 6, 1944 | D-day |
| May 8, 1945 | V.E. Day (Victory in Europe) |
| August 6, 1945 | First a-bomb - Little Boy |
| August 9, 1945 | 2nd a-bomb, Fat Man, at Hiroshima |
| June 25, 1950 | Korean War begins |
| October 14, 1962 | Cuban Missile Crisis |
| November 22, 1963 | JFK Assassinated |
| January 30, 1968 | Tet offensive |
| April 4, 1968 | MLK Assassinated in Memphis by James Earl Ray |
| June 5, 1968 | Robert Kennedy assassinated |
| July 20, 1969 | Neil Armstrong walks on moon |
| January 22, 1973 | Roe v. Wade |
| August 15, 1973 | US bombing of Cambodia |
| August 8, 1974 | Nixon Resigns |
| April 30, 1975 | Saigon Falls |
| January 28, 1986 | Challenger explosion |
| November 9, 1989 | Berlin Wall Falls |
| August 2, 1990 | Persion Gulf War |
| December 1, 1991 | Soviet Union breaks up |