The Beginning of the Bronze Age
The Beginning of the Iron Age
First record of The Olympic Games
The Roman Republic is Founded
Joan of Arc is burned at the stake
The Great Fire of London
U.S. Declaration of Independence
The F.B.I. is established
Mickey Mouse is created by Walt Disney
Persia becomes Iran
First FIFA World Cup is hosted
Beginning of World War 2
Division of North and South Korea
The first wave of the "Black Death" spreads throughout Europe
Christopher Columbus first arrived in America
Leonardo da Vinci begins the "Mona Lisa"
First Viking raid in England
Battle of Hastings takes place
Gunpowder is invented
First programmable electric computer is built
First images of Earth taken from space
The People's Republic of China is formed
Napolean Bonaparte dies
Abolition of slavery in the U.S.A.
The word "dinosaur" is first used to describe the animals
First commercial automobile sold
Fingerprinting is officially adopted
The Eiffel Tower is completed
The film "Predator" is released
Artist Salvador Dali dies
Hubble Space Telescope is launched
The fall of the Soviet Union
The Chernobyl Disaster
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Channel Tunnel is opened
The first website becomes publicly available online