War in Iraq begins.
Terrorist attacks destory World Trade Center and damage Pentagon.
Nelson Mandela elected President of South Africa; 800,000 killed in Rawanda.
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes Soviet leader.
South Vietnam is defeated by North Vietnam.
Paris Peace Accords are signed, ending the Vietnam war.
China's Cultural Revolution begins.
President John F. Kennedy assassinated.
First sit-in protests for Civil Rights.
The Spanish civil war begins.
The stock market crashes; Great Depression begins.
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers begin a series of jazz recordings.
Armistance signed November 11 in France, ending World War 1.
The United States declares war on Germany.
World War I begins.
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