Top News Stories of the 20th Century

gable1939 Published 08/29/2016

Here is a list of some the top news stories of the 20th century...

1.
1903 Wilbur and Orville Wright fly the first powered airplane
2.
1906 Earthquake hits San Francisco
3.
1912 'Unsinkable' Titanic, largest man-made structure, sinks
4.
1917 U.S. enters World War I
5.
1920 Women win the vote
6.
1925 Teacher John Scopes' trial pits creation against evolution in Tennessee
7.
1933 Adolf Hitler named Chancellor of Germany: Nazi Party begins to seize power
8.
1939 Television debuts in America at New York World's Fair
9.
1945 Atomic bomb tested in New Mexico
10.
1946 UNIVAC, the first commercial computer for business and government applications
11.
1953 Structure of DNA discovered
12.
1955 Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott begins after Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white person
13.
1961 Alan Shepard becomes first American in space
14.
1963 President John F. Kennedy assassinated in Dallas
15.
1974 President Richard M. Nixon resigns after Watergate scandal
16.
1978 Louise Brown, first "test-tube baby," born healthy
17.
1981 Deadly AIDS disease identified
18.
1989 Berlin Wall falls as East Germany lifts travel restrictions
19.
1995 People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson
20.
1997 Pathfinder lands on Mars, sending back astonishing photos

1.
1903 Wilbur and Orville Wright fly the first powered airplane
2.
1906 Earthquake hits San Francisco
3.
1912 'Unsinkable' Titanic, largest man-made structure, sinks
4.
1917 U.S. enters World War I
5.
1920 Women win the vote
6.
1925 Teacher John Scopes' trial pits creation against evolution in Tennessee
7.
1933 Adolf Hitler named Chancellor of Germany: Nazi Party begins to seize power
8.
1939 Television debuts in America at New York World's Fair
9.
1945 Atomic bomb tested in New Mexico
10.
1946 UNIVAC, the first commercial computer for business and government applications
11.
1953 Structure of DNA discovered
12.
1955 Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott begins after Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white person
13.
1961 Alan Shepard becomes first American in space
14.
1963 President John F. Kennedy assassinated in Dallas
15.
1974 President Richard M. Nixon resigns after Watergate scandal
16.
1978 Louise Brown, first "test-tube baby," born healthy
17.
1981 Deadly AIDS disease identified
18.
1989 Berlin Wall falls as East Germany lifts travel restrictions
19.
1995 People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson
20.
1997 Pathfinder lands on Mars, sending back astonishing photos