Event | Year |
Columbus sails from Spain to the New World | |
The Salem Witch Trials begin in Salem, Massachusetts | |
English civil war begins | |
Magnus I of Norway becomes King of Denmark | |
Henry II becomes King of Germany | |
The country of Georgia is founded | |
Barack Obama is elected as the first African American president of the United States | |
The 9/11 terrorist attacks take place in New York City and Washington D.C. | |
The Vikings, led by Leif Eriksson, land in North America | |
Thomas Jefferson becomes the 3rd president of the United States | |
The American Civil War begins | |
Yuri Gagarin becomes first person to travel into space | |
JFK is assassinated in Dallas, Texas | |
Treaty of Paris ends the French and Indian War | |
The Boston Tea Party takes place | |
Roe v. Wade court case affirms women's right to have abortions | |
The Great Mississippi and Missouri River Floods occur across the Midwest | |
Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africa's first black president | |
Brown v. Board of Education determines that racial segregation in schools is unconstitutional | |
The Korean War begins | |
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