Important Dates Flashcards
0
Q
Britain and France declare war
A
1939
1
Q
Kristallnacht
A
1938
2
Q
Germany invades Soviet Union
A
1941
3
Q
Pearl Harbor
A
Dec 11, 1941
4
Q
D-day
A
June 6 1944
5
Q
Yalta conference
A
1945
6
Q
Fdr dies
A
Apr 12 1945
7
Q
Hitler commits suicide
A
April 30 1945
8
Q
Hiroshima and nagasak
A
Aug 6 and 8 1945
9
Q
End of ww2
A
Sept 2 1945
10
Q
Sputnik launched
A
1957
11
Q
Truman doctrine
A
1947
12
Q
NATO formed
A
1949
13
Q
Warsaw Pact formed
A
1955
14
Q
Bay of pigs
A
1961
15
Q
Gulf of Tonkin
A
1964
16
Q
Pentagon papers
A
1971
17
Q
Nixon visits china
A
1972
18
Q
Nixon resigns
A
1974
19
Q
Iran hostage crisis
A
1979
20
Q
Gorbachevs rise to power
A
1985
21
Q
Cold War ends
A
1990
22
Q
Berlin Wall torn down
A
1989
23
Q
Gulf war
A
1990
24
Q
World Trade Center bombed
A
1993
25
Q
Rwandan genocide
A
1994
26
Q
Oklahoma City bombing
A
1995
27
Q
Dolly the sheep cloned
A
1997
28
Q
Columbine high school massacre
A
1999
29
Q
9/11
A
2001
