Australian History
On January 1, 1901, the six self-governing British colonies officially joined together to form this new nation
The Commonwealth of Australia
"A date which will live in infamy," this December 7, 1941 attack prompted the United States to officially enter World War II.
Pearl Harbour
Adolf Hitler invades this country, violating their non-aggression pact and starting World War II
Poland
In 1947, the Partition of India was the division of British India into two independent nations: India and this other country
Pakistan
By 1914, European empires controlled roughly how much (%) of Africa.
90%
This ANZAC campaign ends in a failure in WWI featuring heavy losses of Australian troops.
Gallipoli Campagin
On July 20, 1969, this Apollo 11 astronaut became the first human to step foot on the Moon, declaring it "one giant leap for mankind."
Neil Armstrong
Offically formed on December 30, 1922, the country formally known as the Russian Federation became known as this
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (The Soviet Union)
On August 6 and 9, 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on these two Japanese cities, prompting Japan's unconditional surrender in World War II.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1946 marks the beginning of the apartheid, a political and legal system of strict racial segregation and discrimination, in this Southern African country
South Africa
This Prime Minister goes missing while swimming. The City of Stonnington cleverly name a pool after him
Harold Holt
Refusing to yield her seat on a segregated Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955, she sparked the historic Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Rosa Parks
While it does not have an official start date, this war is widely considered to start just after WWII, but officially ends on December 26, 1991
The Cold War
Fought from 1950 to 1953, this Cold War conflict ended in a armistice that created a 2.5-mile-wide Demilitarized Zone along the 38th parallel.
The Korean War
After spending 27 years in prison, this anti-apartheid leader was elected as South Africa's first Black president in 1994
Nelson Mandela
This massacre in Tasmania led to tighter gun regulations in 1996
Port Arthur Massacre
IN 1963, the assassination of this President means that Lyndon B. Johnson assumes office as President of the United States.
John F. Kennedy
Constructed in 1961 to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West, its dramatic fall in November 1989 came to symbolize the collapse of European communism
The Berlin Wall
On October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong officially proclaimed the founding of this communist nation in Beijing's Tiananmen Square
The People's Republic of China
Upon gaining independence, Belgian Congo renames itself into this country, though, more people would recognise that it proceeded to the Round of 32 at the World Cup this year
Democratic Republic of the Congo
First introduced in 1984 under the Hawke Labor Government, this universal healthcare system replaced the earlier Medibank scheme.
Medicare
In 1959, this state became the 49th State of the United States. Notably, it is the first that is not apart of the contiguous United States
Alaska
In 1993, the Maastricht Treaty officially established this political and economic union, creating a unified single market across much of Europe.
The European Union
Founded in 1946 as Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo, this Japanese electronics giant introduced the world's first mass-market pocket transistor radio and the Walkman.
Sony
This country was host to the the vital clashes, The Battles of El Alamein, the Allies stopped the Nazi's advance toward the Suez Canal
Egypt