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Japan1945Wars
Japan formally surrendered aboard the USS Missouri following atomic bombings and Soviet entry into the Pacific War, ending World War II.
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which had been in power since 1955, lost their majority in the House. - summary
Japan1945Wars
America's atomic gamble vaporizes a city and kills 140,000.
The device, code-named "Little Boy," detonated about 1,900 feet above the city. - summary
France1940Wars
The Allied retreat and evacuation of over 330,000 troops from Dunkirk became a symbol of survival against Nazi encirclement and strategic regrouping.
In the Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, or just Dunkirk, more than 338,000 Allied soldiers were evacuated during the Second World War from the beaches and harbou… - summary
United States1931Launches
The 102-story Art Deco masterpiece briefly became the world's tallest building and defined New York's skyline as an architectural icon.
The Empire State Building was the world's tallest building until the North Tower of the World Trade Center was topped out in 1970; following the September 11 attacks in 2001, the Empire State Building was once more Ne… - summary
France1916Wars
Battle of the Somme Begins
It took place between 1 July and 17 November 1916 on both sides of the upper reaches of the river Somme in France. - summary
Australia1915Wars
Churchill's gamble turned into eight months of trenches and blood.
A navigation error placed the ANZACs about a mile north of their intended beach, depositing them at the base of steep cliffs held by Ottoman forces under Mustafa Kemal. - summary
United Kingdom1912Disasters
The 'unsinkable' luxury liner struck an iceberg and sank with 1,500 lives lost, exposing maritime safety failures and class inequality.
On April 15, 1912, the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sank in just two hours and forty minutes, killing approximately 1,500 of the 2,224 people aboard. - summary
United States1906Disasters
on April 18, 1906, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake ruptured the San Andreas Fault, shaking the San Francisco Bay Area with violent force. - summary
United States1904Sports
6 female athletes represented a negligible percentage of competitors (less than 1%), not 'significant numbers.' The phrasing should reflect this was a minimal, not meaningful, first step. - summary
United States1903Tech launches
Two bicycle mechanics proved gravity wrong with math and stubbornness.
Orville and Wilbur Wright were bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio, who built their first aircraft-the Flyer-largely from materials sourced from local hardware and bicycle shops. - summary
Global1898Wars
The Treaty of Paris, signed on December 10, 1898, formally concluded the Spanish-American War and redrew the map of the Caribbean and Pacific. - summary
Sudan1898Wars
In the 1880s, Sudan had fallen under the control of the Mahdi and his successor, the Khalifa Abdullahi ibn Muhammad, who led a religious insurgency that rejected Egyptian and British authority. - summary
Greece1896Sports
Verify the original motivation for including the marathon and confirm the exact race distance (sources vary between 40-42.195 km). - summary
United Kingdom1879Disasters
Structural collapse of Scotland's newly completed railway bridge, killing 75 and exposing deficiencies in Victorian engineering standards.
The Tay Bridge disaster occurred during a violent European windstorm on Sunday 28 December 1879, when the first Tay Rail Bridge collapsed as a North British Railway (NBR) passenger train on the Edinburgh to Aberdeen L… - summary
United States1856Wars
Violence erupted in earnest that spring. - summary
United States1835Disasters
A catastrophic fire destroyed much of lower Manhattan's commercial district, killing at least 13 people and exposing critical gaps in urban firefighting infrastructure.
The Great Firewall is the combination of legislative actions and technologies enforced by the People's Republic of China to regulate the Internet domestically. - summary
Ottoman Empire1832Wars
The Treaty of Constantinople, signed on July 16, 1832, emerged from the wreckage of the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829 and the Greek War of Independence. - summary
United States1831Protests
The act didn't explicitly mandate forced removal, but it provided the legal framework and federal funding for what became one of the most brutal chapters in American history. - summary
France1789Revolutions
Parisians stormed the royal fortress on July 14th, a symbolic act that catalyzed the violent overthrow of feudalism across Europe.
The Storming of the Bastille, which occurred in Paris, France, on 14 July 1789, was an act of political violence by revolutionary insurgents who attempted to storm and seize control of the medieval armoury, fortress, … - summary
England1712Tech launches
Thomas Newcomen's atmospheric engine provided the first practical mechanical pump and paved the way for the Industrial Revolution's mechanization.
The steam engine uses the force produced by steam pressure to push a piston back and forth inside a cylinder. - summary