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1613 - Galileo discovers sunspots
1906 - The most disastrous earthquake in American history hit San Francisco
1917 - US enters World War
1920 -
Women gain the right to vote
1927
- Charles Lindberg crosses the Atlantic by plane on May 20th
1937 - Hindenburg blows up for "unknown
reasons"
1939 - WWII begins
1947 -
U.S. breaks the sound barrier
1957 - The Soviet
Union launches Sputnik, the first artificial satellite
1958
- "Score", the first communications satellite launched by the US
1969 - first manned mission to the moon
Mets
win World Series
1980 - launch of the Solar Maximum Mission satellite
1981 - first flight of the space shuttle
1986 - Mets win the World
Series
1987 - Dow loses 508 points on Oct 29th, the worst percentage single day
drop in history
1989 -
Berlin Wall comes down
San Francisco
earthquake kills 566 and costs $10 billion
2001 - World Trade Center bombed
2003 - War with Iraq begins
2008-2009 - Stock Market Crash
2012 - Hurricane Sandy
2013 - Boston Marathon bombed