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The 20th century changed the world in unprecedented ways. The World Wars sparked tension between countries and led to the creation of atomic bombs, the Cold War led to the Space Race and the creation of space-based rockets, and the World Wide Web was created.
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
The Event Horizon Telescope takes the first ever image of a black hole, at the core of galaxy Messier 87. Fossil fragments found in the Callao Cave in the Philippines reveal the existence of the Homo luzonensis species of humans. April 15: A major fire engulfs Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, resulting in the roof and main spire collapsing.
The event was conceived by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. October – November: Typhoon Angela leaves the Philippines and Vietnam devastated, with 882 deaths and US$315 million in damage. November 4: Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Prime Minister and Defence Minister, by Yigal Amir, an Israeli right-wing extremist.
Many horrific catastrophes have rocked the world and shaped history forever. However, some of these events were apparently worse than initially perceived. A Reddit question recently went viral ...
1926 – NBC founded as the U.S.'s first major broadcast network; 1926 – United States intervenes in Nicaragua; 1926 – Opportunity Magazine publishes Langston Hughes' The Weary Blues; 1926 – The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway is published.
Here follows a list of some of the most significant space events of the year that was. Japan and Intuitive Machines land on the moon — sort of 2024 saw a number of moon landing attempts.
Then-presidential candidate Donald Trump during his caucus-night event at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 15. ... a quarter of an inch of taking my life,” Trump said ...