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1945, August: U.S. Atomic Bombs Level Two Japanese Cities.
The dropping of these bombs brought the war of Asia to an end.
1947, April 15: Jackie Robinson joins the Brooklyn Dodgers.
He was the first African American to join a major league baseball team.
1948, May 14: Israel becomes a nation.
1950, June 25: The Cold War begins in Korea.
After Korea was split into a north and south after the end of WW II.
1956, January 17: Elvis Presley's hit single Heartbreak Hotel is released.
1961-1980
1961, August 13: The Berlin wall is built.
Russia built this wall to divide their country from Germany as protection.
1963, November 22: American president John F. Kennedy is assassinated.
1969, January 12: Woodstock took stage.
A three day music and arts festival in Bethel, NY.
1973, January 22: Abortion is legalized in America.
1974, August 9: American president Richard Nixon Resigns after Watergate scandal.
1981-2000
1989, March 24: The wreck of The Exxon Valdez.
Giant oil spill in Alaska.
1991, January 17: The Persian Gulf War begins.
Iraq invades Kuwait and refuses to withdraw.
1993, September 13: Israel makes peace with the Palestinians.
1994, April: Apartheid ends in South Africa.
1995, April 19: The Oklahoma City Bombing.
Killed 168 people, including 19 children in addition to an injured 400.
1996, July 5: A cloned sheep is made in south of Edinburgh.
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