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On December 7, 1941, this U.S. naval base in Hawaii was attacked, bringing the United States into World War II.
What is Pearl Harbor?
This U.S. president announced the Marshall Plan to help rebuild Europe after World War II.
Who is Harry Truman?
This U.S. president resigned from office in 1974 because of the Watergate scandal.
Who is Richard Nixon?
In 1968, this civil rights leader was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
In 1948, this nation declared its independence, becoming a major focus of Middle Eastern history.
What is Israel?
This Allied invasion of France took place on June 6, 1944.
What is D-Day?
This Soviet satellite became the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth in 1957.
What is Sputnik?
This massive nuclear accident occurred at a power plant in Pennsylvania in 1979.
What is Three Mile Island?
In 1957, nine Black students integrated Central High School in this Arkansas city.
This 1973 Supreme Court decision concerned a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion.
What is Roe v. Wade?
In 1945, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb used in warfare on this Japanese city.
What is Hiroshima?
In 1963, this U.S. president was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
In 1981, this space shuttle made the first flight of NASA’s Space Shuttle program.
What is Columbia?
This 1962 confrontation between the United States and Soviet Union brought the world close to nuclear war.
What is The Cuban Missile Crisis?
In 1945, representatives from 50 nations met in San Francisco to establish this international organization.
What is The United Nations?
This woman became the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court in 1981.
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered this famous speech in Washington, D.C., in 1963.
What is "I Have a Dream"?
This famous wall, a symbol of the Cold War, fell in 1989.
What is the Berlin Wall?
In 1970, four students were killed during protests at this Ohio university.
What is Kent State?
In 1954, this Supreme Court decision ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
In 1980, this American city hosted the Winter Olympics, remembered for the U.S. hockey team's famous upset of the Soviet team.
What is Lake Placid, NY?
This U.S. president was known as “Ike” and served as president during much of the 1950s.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
In 1990, this South African leader was released from prison after 27 years and later became president.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
In 1986, this NASA space shuttle broke apart shortly after launch, killing all seven crew members.
What is the Challenger?
In 1983, Sally Ride made history as the first American woman to travel into this.
What is space?