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Updated by Freya Lauren Kellet on May 19, 2014

Events Throughout History that Changed the World

Listly by Freya Lauren Kellet

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Fall of the Berlin Wall 1989

Fall of the Berlin Wall 1989

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Black Death 1348 - 1350

Black Death 1348 - 1350

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Battle of Waterloo (Napoleon defeated) 1815

Battle of Waterloo (Napoleon defeated) 1815

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9/11 Terrorist Attacks

9/11 Terrorist Attacks

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Atomic Bomb Hiroshima 1945

Atomic Bomb Hiroshima 1945

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Martin Luther King’s Speech 1963

Martin Luther King’s Speech 1963

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Pearl Harbor 1941

Pearl Harbor 1941

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Assassination of Archduke F. Ferdinand

Assassination of Archduke F. Ferdinand

Causing Outbreak of WW1

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Christopher Columbus discovered North America 1492

Christopher Columbus discovered North America 1492

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Spanish Armada Defeated 1588

Spanish Armada Defeated 1588

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Americans declare independence from Britain 1776

Americans declare independence from Britain 1776

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Russian Revolution (October Revolution) 1917

Russian Revolution (October Revolution) 1917

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Holocaust

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Creation of the United Nations

Creation of the United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization established on 24 October 1945 to promote international co-operation.