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A school shooting that had two seperate attacks about two hours apart. Seung-Hui Cho, killed 32 people and wounded many others before committing suicide. Deadliest shooting by a single gunman on and off school campus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V...Tech_massacre
He was sentenced to death by hanging when he was found guilty and convicted of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi Special Tribunal for the murder of 148 Iraqi Shi'ites in the town of Dujail in 1982, in retaliation for an assassination attempt against him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E...ein#Execution
Was a catagory 3 hurricane and one of the five deadliest hurricanes in the history of the U.S. Caused severe destruction along the Gulf coast from central Florida to Texas. The most severe loss of life and property damage occurred in New Orleans, Louisiana, which flooded as the levee system failed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...gical_history
An earthquake struck and caused a giant Tsunami. Was 80 feet tall and killed nearly 300,000 people
http://www.ess.washington.edu/...i/Sumatra.htm
Military campaign that began on March 20, 2003 with the invasion of Iraq.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I..._intelligence
When the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Palestine, Texas during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. All 7 of the crew members died. Shortly before it was scheduled to conclude its 28th mission.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster
They went to war because of the 9/11 attacks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W...80%93present)
Were suicide attacks by al-Qaeda. The hijackers crashed 2 of the planes into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S...er_11_attacks
A computer Bug
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y2K
A ship canal, about 82 km (51 mi) long, crossing the Isthmus of Panama in the Canal Zone and connecting the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean.
http://www.answers.com/topic/canal-zone
Two students brought a gun to school. Killed 21 students and 1 teacher and injured 21 others before commiting suicide.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...hool_massacre
Was impeached for perjury, obstruction of justice, and abuse of power.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I..._Bill_Clinton
Died after suffering internal injuries from a high speed car case. Photographers were trying to get a picture of her and they caused the crash.
Died after suffering internal injuries from a high speed car case. Photographers were trying to get a picture of her and they caused the crash.
Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols used a truck bomb to destroy the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Destroyed or damaged 324 buildings within a 16 block radius, destroyed or burned 82 cars, and shattered glass in 258 buildings nearby. Damages totaled at least $652 million.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing
Murdered his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. Was an actor and football player.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._J._Simpson_murder_case
Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight. It disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of central Florida. Killed all 7 crew members.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster#January_28_launch_and_failure
Team of amateur and collegiate players from the United States, led by coach Herb Brooks, defeated the Soviet Union team, who were considered to be the best international hockey team in the world, 4–3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_on_Ice
A diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States where 52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days. The hostages were formally released into United States custody the next day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis
Let people vote at 18.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-sixth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
An Ohio national gaurd unit shot at students during a war protest. Killed 4 students wounded 9.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_University#Kent_State_Shootings
Was the 1st man to ever be sent up into space to land on the moon and he completed his mission.
http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/armstrong_neil_worldbook.html
At 6:01 p.m. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot while standing on his balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr._assassination
He was shot while at Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom. A disturbance occured while he was talking and a guy shot him. Was pronounced dead after arriving at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X#Assassination
At 12:30 p.m. in Dealey Plaza President JFK was shot and wounded while he was riding with his wife Jacqueline in a Presidential motorcade.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_assassination
Was a march for jobs and freedom.
NASA launched one of the most important flights in American history. The mission? Send a man to orbit Earth, observe his reactions and return him home safely. The pilot of this historic flight, John Glenn, became a national hero and a symbol of American ambition.
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/mercury_mission.html
Was an unsuccessful attempt by a U.S.-trained force of Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba with support from U.S. government armed forces to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion
A political and social protest campaign started in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, intended to oppose the city's policy of racial segregation on its public transit system
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_Bus_Boycott
It denied black kids the same education as white kids
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education
A weapon deriving a large portion of its energy from the nuclear fusion of hydrogen isotopes.
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry/hydrogn-bm
a president can't be elected more than 2 times.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Conflict between North Korea and South Korea
Was the first major international crises of the cold war.
A world organization established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace. It was first proposed in 1918 by President Woodrow Wilson. The United States never joined the League
http://www.answers.com/topic/league-of-nations
They chose the name when Japan surrender and it ended world war 2.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_over_Japan_Day
Were nuclear attacks on the Empire of Japan close to the end of world war 2.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
Its purpose is to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achieving world peace. Replaced the League of Nations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations
A series of trials that prosecuted Germany Nazi's after world war 2.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Trials
Was a battle where the United States fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from Japan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
as when Germany surrendered and ended world war 2.
http://hearitnow.umd.edu/1945.htm
The unnamed day on which an operation or offensive is to be launched.
The day on which the Allied forces invaded France during World War II
http://www.answers.com/topic/d-day
Was when the Japanese Empire attacked Pearl Harbor and sent the united states into world war 2.
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/pearlhbr.htm
A war fought from 1939 to 1945, in which Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, the United States, China, and other allies defeated Germany, Italy, and Japan.
http://www.answers.com/topic/world-war-ii
The Social Security Act was to adopt a system that required the current working generation to contribute to the support of older, retired workers
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AirnbvYzRNRjuj47AGQv_.ojzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20090514111621AAKkCrW
Establishes the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal officials.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twentieth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
The October 1929 crash came during a period of declining real estate values in the United States.a chain of events that led to the Great Depression, a period of economic decline in the industrialized nations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Crash_of_1929
The Great Depression was a worldwide economic downturn starting in most places. It was the largest and most important economic depression in the 20th century.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Gives Women the Right to vote.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ArqqD7YB6Ix0EJ9GvhjqlEwjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20071002183823AA0rNG6
Made the sale, transportation or possession of alcohol a crime.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AnD9Z0zvzgrOq7fCBDZcMlYjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20080204200029AAseo4J
Because the only person powerful enough to single handed represent the progressive movement, and form a politcal party based on progressivism , was Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
When Teddy Roosevelt died, the progressive movement lost its impetus.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081112121057AAmx8tD
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