1861 - End of Russian serfdom / Italian unification 1939 - German blitzkrieg in Poland 1863 - Emancipation Proclamation in US 1941 - Pearl Harbor, entry of US into WWII 1871 - German unification 1945 - End of WWII 1885 - Berlin Conference - division of Africa 1947 - Independence & partition of India 1898 - Spanish-American War- U.S. gets territory 1948 - Birth of Israel 1899 - Boer War - British in control of South Africa 1949 - Chinese Communist Revolution 1905 - Russo-Japanese war 1950 - 1953 - Korean War 1910-1920 - Mexican Revolution 1956 Nasser nationalizes Suez Canal – 1911 - Chinese Revolution (Qing overthrown) 1959 - Cuban Revolution 1962 - missile crisis Period 6: 1900 to the present 1967 - 6-Day War / Chinese Cultural Revolution 1914 WWI begins 1979 - Iranian Revolution – 1917 - Russian Revolution 1989 - Tiananmen Square / fall of Berlin Wall 1919 - Treaty of Versailles - end of WWI 1991 - fall of USSR / 1st Gulf war 1929 - Stock market crash 1994 Rwanda genocide; Mandela in S. Africa – 1931 - Japanese invasion of Manchuria 2001 - 9/11 Attacks 1935 - Italian invasion of Ethiopia 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq –
1861 - End of Russian serfdom / Italian unification 1863 - Emancipation Proclamation in US 1871 - German unification 1885 - Berlin Conference - division of Africa 1898 - Spanish-American War- U.S. gets territory 1899 - Boer War - British in control of South Africa 1905 - Russo-Japanese war 1910-1920 - Mexican Revolution 1911 - Chinese Revolution (Qing overthrown) Period 6: 1900 to the present 1914 – WWI begins 1917 - Russian Revolution 1919 - Treaty of Versailles - end of WWI 1929 - Stock market crash 1931 - Japanese invasion of Manchuria 1935 - Italian invasion of Ethiopia 1939 - German blitzkrieg in Poland 1941 - Pearl Harbor, entry of US into WWII 1945 - End of WWII 1947 - Independence & partition of India 1948 - Birth of Israel 1949 - Chinese Communist Revolution 1950 - 1953 - Korean War 1956 – Nasser nationalizes Suez Canal 1959 - Cuban Revolution 1962 - missile crisis 1967 - 6-Day War / Chinese Cultural Revolution 1979 - Iranian Revolution 1989 - Tiananmen Square / fall of Berlin Wall 1991 - fall of USSR / 1st Gulf war 1994 – Rwanda genocide; Mandela in S. Africa 2001 - 9/11 Attacks 2003 – U.S. invasion of Iraq
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