1900s Timeline
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Ehrlich and Metchnikoff Pioneer Field of Immunology, 1900's
Einthoven Develops EKG 1900's
Hilbert Presents His Twenty-three Problems, 1900
Landsteiner Discovers Human Blood Groups, 1900-1901
United States Reforms Extend the Vote, 1900-1913
Evans Unearths Minoan Civilization, 1900
Boxer Rebellion Tries to Drive Foreigners from China, 1900
Reed Discovers Cause of Yellow Fever, 1900-1901
Zeppelin Builds Rigid Airship, 1900
Hurricane Levels Galveston, Texas, 1900
Planck Articulates Quantum Theory, 1900
Commonwealth of Australia and Dominion of New Zealand Are Born, 1901, 1907
Booth Invents Vacuum Cleaner (needed after women get vote), 1901
Dutch Researchers Discover Cause of Beriberi, 1901
Elster and Geitel Demonstrate Natural Radioactivity, 1901
First Synthetic Vat Dye Is Synthesized, 1901
Ivanov Develops Artificial Insemination, 1901
Kipping Discovers Silicones, 19004
Banach Sets Stage for Abstract Spaces, 1903
Insular Cases Determine Status of U.S. Possessions Overseas, 1901
Theodore Roosevelt Becomes U.S. President, 1901
Marconi Receives First Transatlantic Radio Transmission, 1901
Kennelly and Heaviside Theorize Existence of Ionosphere, 1902
Zsigmondy Invents Ultramicroscope, 1902
Sutton Predicts That Chromosomes Carry Hereditary Traits, 1902
Pavlov Introduces Concept of Reinforcement in Learning, 1902-1903
Mathematics Responds to Crisis of Paradox, 1902
French Archaeologists Decipher Hammurabi's Code, 1902
Bayliss and Starling Discover Hormones, 1902
Anthracite Coal Miners Strike, 1902
Tsiolkovsky Proposes Using Liquid Oxygen for Rocket Fuel, 1903
Benedictus Develops Laminated Glass, 1903-1909
United States Acquires Panama Canal Zone, 1903
Wright Brothers Fly First Successful Airplane, 1903
Edison Develops First Alkaline Storage Battery, 1904
Elster and Geitel Devise First Practical Photoelectric Cell, 1904
Hartmann Discovers Interstellar Matter, 1904
Kapteyn Determines Rotation of Galaxy, 1904
Gorgas Controls Yellow Fever in Panama Canal Zone, 1904-1905
Russia and Japan Battle over Territory, 1904-1905
Great Britain and France Form Entente Cordiale, 1904
Fleming Patents First Vacuum Tube, 1904
Einstein Describes Photoelectric Effect, 1905
Hertzsprung Notes Relationship Between Stellar Color and Luminosity, 1905
Punnett Argues for Acceptance of Mendelism, 1905
Baekeland Produces First Artificial Plastic, 1905-1907
Boltwood Uses Radioactivity to Date Rocks, 1905-1907
Russian Workers and Troops Clash on Bloody Sunday, 1905
Lowell Predicts Existence of Planet Pluto, 1905
Einstein Articulates Special Theory of Relativity, 1905
Norway Becomes Independent, 1905
Russia's October Manifesto Promises Constitutional Government, 1905
Crile Performs First Human Blood Transfusion, 1905
Ansch?tz-Kaempfe Perfects Gyrocompass, 1906
Nernst Develops Third Law of Thermodynamics, 1906
Oldham and Mohorovicic Determine Inner Structure of Earth, 1906, 1910
Coolidge Patents Tungsten Filament, 1906-1911
Willstaetter Discovers Composition of Chlorophyll, 1906-1913
First Russian Duma Convenes, 1906
Germany Launches First U-Boat, 1906
Battleship Dreadnought Revolutionizes Naval Architecture, 1906
Fessenden Transmits Music and Voice by Radio, 1906
Lumiere Brothers Invent Color Photography, 1907
Thomson Confirms Existence of Isotopes, 1907-1910
Einstein Develops General Theory of Relativity, 1907-1919
Second Hague Peace Conference Convenes, 1907
Britain, France, and Russia Form Triple Entente, 1907
Haber Converts Atmospheric Nitrogen into Ammonia, 1908
Hardy and Weinberg Model Population Genetics, 1908
Hughes Revolutionizes Oil-Well Drilling, 1908
Spangler Makes First Electric Vacuum Cleaner, 1908
GE socialist chief engineer Steinmetz Warns of Future Air Pollution, 1908
Geiger and Rutherford Develop Geiger Counter, 1908
Muller v. Oregon Upholds Sociological Jurisprudence, 1908
Hale Discovers Magnetic Fields in Sunspots, 1908
Kamerlingh Onnes Liquefies Helium, 1908
Austria Annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1908
Belgium Annexes Congo Free State, 1908
Boule Reconstructs Neanderthal Man Skeleton, 1908
Johannsen Coins Gene, Genotype, and Phenotype, 1909
Taft Conducts Dollar Diplomacy, 1909-1913
Millikan Conducts Oil-Drop Experiment, 1909
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Is Formed, 1909
Crystal Sets Lead to Modern Radios, 1910
Electric Washing Machine Is Introduced, 1910
Hale Telescope Begins Operation on Mount Wilson, 1910
Rous Discovers Cancer-Causing Viruses, 1910
Electric Refrigerators Revolutionize Home Food Preservation, 1910-1939
Antisyphilis Drug Salvarsan Is Introduced (leads to flappers), 1910
Union of South Africa Is Established, 1910
Portugal Becomes Republic, 1910
Boas Lays Foundations of Cultural Anthropology, 1911
Italy Annexes Tripoli, Lybia, seeking New Roman Empire 1911
British Parliament Passes National Insurance Act, 1911
Bingham Discovers Lost Inca City of Machu Picchu, 1911
British Parliament Limits Power of House of Lords, 1911
France and Germany Sign Treaty on Morocco, 1911
First Diesel Locomotive Is Tested, 1912
Fischer Discovers Chemical Process for Color Films, 1912
Leavitt Measures Interstellar Distances, 1912
United States Establishes Public Health Service, 1912
Bohr Develops Theory of Atomic Structure, 1912-1913
Shuman Builds First Practical Solar Thermal Engine, 1912-1913
Abel Develops First Artificial Kidney, 1912-1914
Braggs Invent X-Ray Crystallography, 1912-1915
Wegener Articulates Theory of Continental Drift, 1912
China's Manchu Dynasty Is Overthrown, 1912
Rutherford Presents Theory of the Atom, 1912
Home Rule Stirs Debate in Ireland and Great Britain, 1912-1914
Iceberg Sinks Unsinkable Ocean Liner Titanic, 1912
U.S. Marines Go to Nicaragua to Quell Unrest, 1912
Hess Determines Extraterrestrial Origins of Cosmic Rays, 1912
Balkan Wars Liberate Thessaloniki, 1912
Wilson Is Elected U.S. President, 1912
Burton's Thermal Cracking Process Improves Gasoline Production, 1913
Edison Develops Talking Pictures (gets headache), 1913
Geothermal Power Is Produced for First Time, 1913
Gutenberg Discovers Earth's Mantle-Outer Core Boundary, 1913
Salomon Develops Mammography to Detect Breast Cancer, 1913
Schick Introduces Test for Diphtheria, 1913
Sixteenth Amendment Legalizes Income Tax, 1913
Ford Develops Assembly Line, 1913-1914
Congress Passes Federal Reserve Act, 1913
Russell Announces Theory of Stellar Evolution, 1913
Mexico World's First Communist Country 1914
Serb Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand Begins World War I, 1914
France and Germany Fight First Battle of the Marne, 1914
Submarine Warfare Begins, 1914
Spain Declares Neutrality in World War I, 1914
Morgan Develops Gene-Chromosome Theory, 1915
Turks Massacre Two Million Armenians and Assyrians, 1915-1916
Japan Presents China with Twenty-one Demands, 1915
Allies Fight Turkey at Gallipoli, 1915-1916
First Transcontinental Telephone Call Is Made, 1915
Italy Enters World War I, 1915
Corning Trademarks Pyrex Glass, 1915
Fokker Designs First Propeller-Coordinated Machine Guns, 1915
McLean Discovers Anticoagulant Heparin, 1915-1916
Transatlantic Radio Communication Begins, 1915
Garvey Founds Universal Negro Improvement Association, 1916
Schwarzschild Theorizes Existence of Black Holes, 1916
Ricardo Designs Modern Internal Combustion Engine, 1916-1922
Nearly One Million Die in Battle of Verdun, 1916
Pershing Leads U.S. Military Expedition into Mexico, 1916
Easter Rebellion Fails to Win Irish Independence, 1916
British Navy Faces Germany in Battle of Jutland, 1916
Birdseye Develops Food Freezing, 1917
Langevin Develops Active Sonar, 1917
Insecticide Use Increases in American South, 1917
Congress Passes Espionage and Sedition Acts, 1917-1918
United States Enters World War I, 1917
War Industries Board Is Organized, Nationalized Telephones, 1917
Hooker Telescope Begins Operation on Mount Wilson, 1917
Balfour Declaration Supports Jewish Homeland in Palestine, 1917
Bolsheviks Seize Power During October Revolution, 1917
National Telephone Monopoly Privatized as ATT, 1918
Influenza Epidemic Kills Millions Worldwide, 1918
Soviets and Anti-Soviets Clash in Great Russian Civil War, 1918-1921
Shapley Proves Solar System Is Near Edge of Galaxy, 1918
Allies Dominate in Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 1918
Harding Is Elected U.S. President, 1918
Habsburg Monarchy Ends, 1918
Aston Builds First Mass Spectrograph, 1919
Frisch Learns That Bees Communicate (gets stung), 1919
Red Scare Threatens Personal Liberties, 1919-1920
Bjerknes Discovers Atmospheric Weather Fronts, 1919-1921
Mises Develops Frequency Theory of Probability, 1919-1933
Students Call for Reform in China's May Fourth Movement, 1919
League of Nations Is Created, 1919
Treaty of Versailles Is Concluded, 1919
Weimar Constitution Guides New German Republic, 1919
Einstein's Theory of Gravitation Is Confirmed, 1919
Slipher Measures Redshifts of Spiral Nebulas, 1920's
Millikan Explains Cosmic Rays, 1920-1930
Gandhi Leads Indian Reform Movement, 1920-1940
Eighteenth Amendment Bans Sale of Liquor, 1920
Allies and Hungary Make Peace in Treaty of Trianon, 1920
Nineteenth Amendment Gives Women the Vote, 1920
Michelson Measures Star's Diameter (melts tape measure), 1920
Calmette and Guerin Develop Tuberculosis Vaccine, 1921
Banting and Best Discover Insulin Hormone, 1921
Mussolini Formulates Fascist Doctrine, 19222
Scandals Rock Harding's Administration, 1922
Lenin Decrees New Economic Policy, 1922
Goedel Proves Incompleteness of Formal Systems, 1923
Sacco and Vanzetti Are Convicted of Murder, 1921
Washington Disarmament Conference Meets, 1922
Irish Free State Becomes Dominion, 1921
McCollum Uses Vitamin D Against Rickets, 1922
Bocage Devises Theory of Tomography, 1922
Compton Effect Confirms Quantum Theory of Radiation, 1922-1923
Dawes Plan Aids Germany, 1922
Mussolini Takes Power in Italy, 1922
Carter Finds Tutankhamen's Tomb in Egypt, 1922
Andrews Discovers Fossil Dinosaur Eggs, 1923
Barnay Develops Rotary Dial Telephone, 1923
De Broglie Explains Wave-Particle Duality of Light, 1923
Zworykin Develops Concept of Television, 1923
Kahn Develops Simple Syphilis Test, 1923, 1951
Zdansky Discovers Peking Man (not to be confused with Man in Peking), 1923
Hubble Measures Distance to Andromeda Nebula, 1924
Svedberg Develops Ultracentrifuge, 1924
Eddington Relates Stellar Mass to Luminosity, 1924
Dart Finds Fossil Linking Apes and Humans, 1924
Coolidge Is Elected U.S. President, 1924
Hubble Shows That Universe Contains Many Galaxies, 1924
Scopes Monkey Trial Tests Academic Freedom, 1925
Pauli Formulates Exclusion Principle, 1925
Whipple Discovers Iron's Importance in Red Blood Cells, 1925
Bush Builds First Differential Analyzer, 1925-1930
Pahlavi Shahs Attempt to Modernize Iran, 1925-1977
Widow of Wyoming's Governor Ross Becomes First Woman Governor, 1925
Meteor Expedition Discovers Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 1925-1927
Hitler Publishes Mein Kampf, 1925-1926
Locarno Conference Promises Post-World War I Security, 1925
British Workers Mount General Strike, 1926
Schroedinger Proposes Wave-Mechanical Theory of Atom, 1926
First Synthetic Rubber Is Invented, 1926
Goddard Launches First Liquid-Fuel-Propelled Rocket, 1926
Warner Bros. Puts Sound into Movie Theaters, 1926
Bell System Demonstrates Long-Distance Television, 1927
Heisenberg Proposes Uncertainty Principle, 1927
Haldane Builds First Heat Pump, 1927
Lemaitre Proposes Theory of Expanding Universe, 1927
Oort Proves Spiral Structure of Milky Way Galaxy, 1927
Civil War Rages in China, 1927-1949
Lindbergh Makes First Solo Nonstop Transatlantic Flight, 1927
Kemal Institutes His Nazi Program, 1927
Gamow Explains Radioactive Alpha Decay, 1928
Papanicolaou Develops Uterine Cancer Test, 1928
Von Neumann Publishes Minimax Theorem and Establishes Game Theory, 1928
Szent-Gyoergyi Discovers Vitamin C, 1928-1932
Stalin Introduces First Soviet Five-Year Plan, 1928-1933
Mead Publishes Coming of Age in Samoa, 1928
Kellogg-Briand Pact Outlawing War (!) Is Signed, 1928
Fleming Discovers First Wonder Drug, Penicillin, 1928
Smith-Hoover Campaign Revolutionizes U.S. Politics, 1928
Hubble Confirms That Universe Is Expanding, 1929
Marrison Fabricates Electric Clock with Quartz Resonator, 1929
Gericke Reveals Significance of Hydroponics, 1929-1936
Great Depression Brings Economic Crisis, 1929-1939
France Builds Maginot Line, 1929-1940
Trotsky Is Sent into Exile, 1929
Italy Recognizes Vatican Sovereignty, 1929
Berger Devises Electroencephalogram, 1929
Drinker and Shaw Invent Iron Lung, 1929
Arabs Attack Jews in Palestine, 1929
Wall Street's Stock Market Crashes, 1929
Practical Contact Lenses Are Developed, 1930's
United States Adopts Good Neighbor Policy Toward Latin America, 1930
Racist Theories Give Rise to Nazi Politics, 1930
Construction of Empire State Building Begins, 1930
Midgley's Refrigerant Gas Makes Home Refrigerators Feasible, 1930
Zinsser Develops Typhus Vaccine, 1930
Pauling Develops Chemical Bond Theory, 1930-1931
Jansky Detects Radio Signals from Outside Solar System, 1930-1932
Armstrong Invents FM Radio, 1930-1935
Tombaugh Discovers Planet Pluto, 1930
First World Cup Soccer Championship Is Held in Uruguay, 1930
Statute of Westminster Creates British Commonwealth, 1931
Urey Discovers Deuterium and Heavy Water, 1931
Scottsboro Trials Reveal American Racism, 19337
Lawrence Invents Particle Accelerator Cyclotron, 1931
India Signs Delhi Pact, 1931
Ruska Creates First Electron Microscope, 1931
Second Spanish Republic Is Proclaimed, 1931
Piccard Reaches Stratosphere in Balloon, 1931
Manchurian Crisis Marks Rise of Japanese Militarism, 19333
Du Pont Introduces Neoprene, 1931
Hoover-Stimson Doctrine Condemns Japanese Imperialism, 1932
Bacon Designs First Fuel Cell, 1932
Domagk and Ehrlich Develop Antibacterial Drugs, 1932-1935
El Salvador's Army Massacres Civilians in La Matanza, 1932
Reconstruction Finance Corporation Is Established, 1932
Chadwick Proves Existence of Neutrons, 1932
Geneva Conference Seeks Disarmament, 1932-1934
Cockcroft and Walton Split the Atom, 1932
Bolivia and Paraguay Battle over Chaco Wilderness, 1932-1935
Anderson Discovers Positrons, 1932
Franklin D. Roosevelt Is Elected U.S. President, 1932
United States Recognizes Soviet Union, 1933
Fermi Predicts Existence of Neutrinos, 1933
RCA Begins Electronic Television Broadcasts, 1933
Joliot and Joliot-Curie Create First Artificial Radioactive Element, 1933-1934
First Commercial Airliners Begin Operating, 1933-1936
Nazis Persecute Germany's Jews, 1933-1939
Flosdorf Demonstrates Freeze-Drying of Food, 1933-1954
Hitler Takes Power in Germany, 1933
Japan Withdraws from League of Nations, 1933
Germany's Reichstag Goes Up in Flames, 1933
Congress Passes Emergency Legislation During Roosevelt's First 100 Days, 1933
Germany's Enabling Act Gives Hitler Unchecked Power, 1933
Tennessee Valley Authority Is Created, 1933
Zwicky and Baade Theorize Existence of Neutron Stars, 1934
Benedict Publishes Patterns of Culture, 1934
Cherenkov Discovers Cherenkov Effect, 1934
Yukawa Proposes Existence of Mesons, 1934
Drought Creates Dust Bowl, 1934-1938
Stavisky Riots Threaten French Republic, 1934
Dionne Sisters Are First Quintuplets to Survive, 1934
Hitler Purges Enemies, 1934
Austrian Nazis Murder Chancellor Dollfuss, 1934
Beebe and Barton Use Bathysphere to Explore Ocean Depths, 1934
Stalin Begins Soviet Purge Trials, 1934
Italy Occupies Ethiopia, 1934-1936
Chapman Measures Lunar Atmospheric Tides, 1935
Radar Is Invented, 1935
Congress Passes Neutrality Acts, 1935-1939
Richter Develops Earthquake Scale, 1935
Carothers Synthesizes Nylon, 1935
Germany Renounces Treaty of Versailles, 1935
Works Progress Administration Is Formed, 1935
Congress Passes National Labor Relations Act, 1935
Congress Passes Social Security Act, 1935
Egas Moniz Pioneers Prefrontal Lobotomy, 1935
Congress of Industrial Organizations Is Formed, 1935-1938
British King Edward VIII Abdicates, 1936
Lehmann Discovers Earth's Inner Core, 1936
M?ller Invents Field Emission Microscope, 1936-1937
Turing Predicts Artificial Intelligence, 1936-1937
Paraguay Introduces Corporatism to the Americas, 1936
Boulder Dam Is Completed, 1936
Germany Remilitarizes Rhineland, 1936
Popular Front Wins Power in France, 1936
Civil War Erupts in Spain, 1936
Fluorescent Lighting Is Introduced, 1936
Theiler Introduces Yellow Fever Vaccine, 1937
Krebs Describes Body's Citric Acid Cycle, 1937
Aviator Earhart Disappears in Flight over South Pacific (Tahiti too fun), 1937
Japan Conducts Military Campaigns in China, 1937-1945
Weidenreich Reconstructs Face of Peking Man (then eats Peking Duck), 1937-1938
HUAC Begins Investigating Suspected Communists, 1938
Carlson Invents Xerography, 1938
Hofmann Synthesizes Psychedelic Drug LSD-25, 1938
Polystyrene Is Marketed, 1938
Tisza Explains Superfluidity, 1938
United States Establishes Two-Ocean Navy, 1938-1941
Hitler Takes Control of Germany's Diplomatic and Military Hierarchy, 1938
Germany Absorbs Austria in Anschluss, 1938
Plunkett Synthesizes Teflon, 1938
Chamberlain Appeases Germany at Munich, 1938
Welles's Broadcast of The War of the Worlds Panics Nation, 1938
Physicists Split Uranium Atom, 1938
British White Paper Restricts Jewish Immigration to Palestine, 1939
Bourbaki Circle Publishes Elements de mathematique, 1939
M?ller Develops Potent Insecticide DDT, 1939
United States Mobilizes for War, 1939-1941
United States Decides to Make Atomic Bomb, 1939-1942
Germany Tries to Exterminate European Jews, 1939-1945
Germany and Soviet Union Form Pact, 1939
Allies Win Battle of Atlantic, 1939-1945
Germany Invades Poland, 1939
First Color Television Signals Are Broadcast, 1940
Landsteiner Identifies Rhesus Factor, 1940
Royal Air Force Wins Battle of Britain, 1940-1941
Spencer Discovers Principle of Microwave Cooking, 1940-1955
Germany Invades Norway, 1940
Antibiotic Penicillin Is Developed, 1940
Churchill Becomes British Prime Minister, 1940
British Evacuate from Dunkirk, 1940
France Surrenders to Germany, 1940
Japan Occupies Indochina, 1940-1941
Boys Discover Prehistoric Cave Paintings at Lascaux, 1940
Polyester Is Patented (schlock begins), 1941
Touch-Tone Telephone Dialing Is Introduced, 1941
Seaborg and McMillan Create Plutonium, 1941
Germany Invades Balkan Peninsula, 1941
Ho Chi Minh Organizes Viet Minh, 1941
Whittle's Jet Engine Is Tested, 1941
Germany Invades Soviet Union, 1941
Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor, 1941
Japan Occupies Dutch East Indies, Singapore, and Burma, 19445
Germany and Italy Declare War on United States, 1941
Kodak Perfects Color Film for Infrared Photography, 1942
Reber Makes First Radio Maps of Universe, 1942-1947
Orlon Fibers Are Introduced (to each other), 1942-1950
Roosevelt Approves Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942
British Mount First Thousand-Bomber Raid on Germany, 1942
Battle of Midway Turns Tide in Pacific, 1942
Allies Win Battle of Guadalcanal, 1942-1943
Battle of Alamein Heralds German Defeat, 1942
Allied Forces Invade North Africa, 1942 (really reading this far?)
Germans Besiege Stalingrad, 1942-1943
Fire in Boston's Coconut Grove Nightclub Kills 492 People, 1942
Fermi Creates Controlled Nuclear Fission Chain Reaction, 1942
DNA Is Identified as Genetic Key, 1943-1944
Weizsaecker Completes Theory of Planetary Formation, 1943-1944
Eckert and Mauchly Create ENIAC Computer, 1943-1946
Frederick Sanger Determines Structure of Insulin, 1943-1955
Allied Leaders Meet (Bogart) at Casablanca, 1943
Cousteau and Gagnan Develop Aqualung, 1943
Waksman Discovers Streptomycin Antibiotic, 1943-1944
Western Allies Invade Italy, 1943
First Nuclear Reactor Is Activated, 1943
British Scientists Create Colossus Computer, 1943
German V-2 Rockets Enter Production, 1944
IBM Completes Development of Mark I Calculator, 1944
Hodgkin Uses Computer to Find Structure of Penicillin, 1944-1949
Ryle Locates First Known Radio Galaxy, 1944-1952
Soviets Invade Eastern Europe, 1944-1945
Allies Invade France, 1944
U.S. B-29's Bomb Japan, 1944
Congress Passes G.I. Bill, 1944
Arab League Is Formed, 1944-1945
Allies Gain Control of Pacific in Battle for Leyte Gulf, 1944
Blalock Performs First Blue Baby Operation on Heart, 1944
Allies Defeat Germany at Battle of the Bulge, 1944-1945
Duggar Discovers First Tetracycline Antibiotic, Aureomycin, 1945
Americans Return to Peace After World War II, 1945-1946
Marshall Mission Attempts to Unify China, 1945-1947
Municipal Water Supplies Are Fluoridated, 1945
Battle of Germany Ends World War II in Europe, 1945
Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin Meet at Yalta, 1945
United Nations Is Created, 1945
France Quells Algerian Nationalist Revolt, 1945
Germany Surrenders on V-E Day, 1945
First Atom Bomb Is Detonated, 1945
Potsdam Conference Decides Germany's Fate, 1945
Labour Party Leads Postwar Britain, 1945
United States Drops Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, 1945
General MacArthur Oversees Japan's Reconstruction, 1945-1952
Nuremberg Trials Convict War Criminals, 1945-1946
Congress Passes Employment Act of 1946, 1946
Peron Creates Populist Alliance in Argentina, 1946
Churchill Delivers Iron Curtain Speech, 1946
Philippines Republic Regains Its Independence, 1946
Schaefer Seeds Clouds with Dry Ice, 1946
Paris Peace Conference Makes Treaties with Axis Powers, 1946-1947
Physicists Build Synchrocyclotron, 1946
Gabor Invents Holography, 1947
Libby Uses Carbon 14 to Date Ancient Objects, 1947-1949
Truman Presents His Doctrine of Containment, 1947
Marshall Plan Helps Rebuild Europe, 1947
Dead Sea Scrolls Are Found, 1947
Congress Passes National Security Act, 1947
India Is Partitioned, 1947
Bell's X-1 Rocket Plane Breaks Sound Barrier, 1947
Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain Invent Transistors, 1947
Nationalists Take Power in South Africa, 1948
Gamow Proposes Big Bang Theory of Universe, 1948
Lyons Constructs First Atomic Clock, 1948
Hoyle Advances Steady-State Theory of Universe, 1948
Piccard Invents Bathyscaphe, 1948-1960
Communists Take Over Czechoslovakia, 1948
Organization of American States Is Formed, 1948
Communists Lose Italian Elections, 1948
Jewish State of Israel Is Born, 1948
Hale Telescope Begins Operation at Mount Palomar, 1948
Western Allies Mount Berlin Air Lift, 1948-1949
Cominform Expels Yugoslavia, 1948
Truman Orders End of Segregation in U.S. Military, 1948
World Council of Churches Is Formed, 1948
Truman Is Elected U.S. President, 1948
Land Invents Instant Photography, 1948
First Multistage Rocket Is Launched, 1949
Twelve Nations Sign North Atlantic Treaty, 1949
BINAC Computer Uses Stored Programs, 1949
Soviet Union Explodes Its First Nuclear Bomb, 1949
Germany Is Split into Two Countries, 1949
People's Republic of China Is Formed, 1949
Li Isolates Human Growth Hormone, 1950's
McCarthy Conducts Red-Baiting Campaign, 1950
Abbott Labs Introduces Artificial Sweetener Cyclamate, 1950
Oort Postulates Origin of Comets, 1950
Morel Multiplies Plants in Vitro, Revolutionizing Agriculture 1950-1964,
United States Enters Korean War, 1950
Truman and MacArthur Clash over Korea Policy, 1950-1951
United Nations Forces Land at Inchon, 1950
China Occupies Tibet, 1950
President Truman Escapes Assassination Attempt, 1950
United States Explodes First Hydrogen Bomb, 1951
Lipmann Discovers Acetyl Coenzyme A, 1951
UNIVAC I Computer Is First to Use Magnetic Tape, 1951
Watson and Crick Develop Double-Helix Model of DNA, 19553
First Breeder Reactor Begins Operation, 1951
Bell Labs Introduces Electronically Amplified Hearing Aids, 1952
Wilkins Introduces Reserpine to Treat High Blood Pressure, 1952
Aserinsky Discovers REM Sleep, 1952
M?ller Invents Field Ion Microscope, 1952-1956
Bevis Shows How Amniocentesis Can Reveal Fetal Problems, 1952
Salk Develops First Polio Vaccine, 1952
Kenya's Mau Mau Uprising Creates Havoc, 1952
Eisenhower Is Elected U.S. President, 1952
De Vaucouleurs Identifies Local Supercluster of Galaxies, 1953
Du Vigneaud Synthesizes First Artificial Hormone, 1953
Miller Synthesizes Amino Acids, 1953
Ziegler Develops Low-Pressure Process for Making Polyethylene, 1953
Cockerell Invents Hovercraft, 1953-1959
Stalin's Death Ends Oppressive Soviet Regime, 1953
Gibbon Develops Heart-Lung Machine, 1953
Hillary and Tenzing Are First to Reach Top of Mount Everest, 1953
Rosenbergs Are First Americans Executed for Espionage During Peace Time, 1953
Battle of Dien Bien Phu Ends European Domination in Southeast Asia, 1953-1954
Ochoa Creates Synthetic RNA Molecules, 1950's
Atomic-Powered Submarine Nautilus Is Launched, 1954
Barghoorn and Tyler Discover Two-Billion-Year-Old Microfossils, 1954
Bell Labs Develops Photovoltaic Cell, 1954
U.S. Supreme Court Orders Desegregation of Public Schools, 1954
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Is Formed, 1954-1955
Ryle Constructs First Radio Interferometer, 1955
Backus Invents FORTRAN (we call it FORTRASH) Computer Language, 1955-1957
Congress Passes Formosa Resolution, 1955
East European Nations Sign Warsaw Pact, 1955
Geneva Summit Conference Opens East-West Communications, 1955
Sudanese Civil War Erupts, 1955
American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations Merge,1955
African Americans Boycott Montgomery, Alabama, Buses, 1955-1956
First Transatlantic Telephone Cable Starts Operation, 1956
Heezen and Ewing Discover Midoceanic Ridge, 1956
Pottery Suggests Early Contact Between Asia and South America, 1956-1961
Soviet-Chinese Dispute Creates Communist Rift, 1956-1964
Soviet Premier Khrushchev Denounces Stalin, 1956
First Birth Control Pills Are Tested, 1956
Mao Delivers His Speech of One Hundred Flowers, 1956
Egypt Seizes Suez Canal, 1956
Soviets Crush Hungarian Uprising, 1956
Castro Takes Power in Cuba, 1956-1959
Calvin Explains Photosynthesis, 1957
Isaacs and Lindenmann Discover Interferons, 1957
Sabin Develops Oral Polio Vaccine, 1957
Esaki Demonstrates Electron Tunneling in Semiconductors, 1957
Sony Develops Transistor Radio, 1957
Velcro Is Patented, 1957
Eisenhower Articulates His Middle East Doctrine, 1957-1958
Senning Invents Implanted Heart Pacemaker, 1957-1972
Bardeen, Cooper, and Schrieffer Explain Superconductivity, 1957
Ghana Is First Black African Colony to Win Independence, 1957
Western European Nations Form Common Market, 1957
Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope Is Completed, 1957
Federal Troops Help Integrate Little Rock's Central High School, 1957
Soviet Union Launches First Artificial Satellite, Sputnik, 1957
Duvalier Takes Control of Haiti, 1957
United States Opens First Commercial Nuclear Power Plant, 1957
Ultrasound Permits Safer Examination of Unborn Children, 1958
Van Allen Discovers Earth's Radiation Belts, 1958
Parker Predicts Existence of Solar Wind, 1958
United States Launches Its First Satellite, Explorer 1, 1958
Egypt and Syria Join to Form United Arab Republic, 1958
China's Great Leap Forward Causes Famine and Social Dislocation, 1958
France's Fourth Republic Collapses, 1958
Cohen Begins Research on Neutron Bomb, 1958
Hopper Invents COBOL Computer Language, 1959
IBM Model 1401 Computers Initiate Personal Computer Age, 1959
Price Investigates Ancient Greek Astronomical Computer, 1959
X-Ray Image Intensifier Makes Daylight Fluoroscopy Possible, 1959
Congo Crisis Ends in Independence, 1959-1965
Alaska and Hawaii Gain Statehood, 1959
St. Lawrence Seaway Opens, 1959
Leakeys Find 1.75-Million-Year-Old Hominid Fossil, 1959
First Commercial Atomic-Powered Ship, Savannah, Is Launched, 1959
Luna 2 Is First Human-Made Object to Land on Moon, 1959
Luna 3 Captures First Views of Far Side of Moon, 1959
Sperry Conducts Split-Brain Experiments, 1960's
American Society Becomes Politically Polarized, 1960's
Congress Passes Civil Rights Acts, 1960's
Consumers Call for Safer Products, 1960's
Drug Use Rises, 1960's
Iraq Tries to Exterminate Kurds, 1960's
Poverty Haunts Affluent U.S. Society, 1960's
IBM 370 Computer Is First Virtual Machine, 1960's
Buehler Develops First Memory Metal, Nitinol, 1960
First Electronic Telephone Switching System Begins Operation, 1960
Friedman and Smith Discover How to Date Ancient Obsidian, 1960
International System of Units Is Adopted, 1960
Moessbauer Effect Helps Detect Gravitational Redshifting, 1960
Many New Nations Emerge During Africa's Year of Independence, 1960
Hess Attributes Continental Drift to Seafloor Spreading, 1960-1962
German Measles Vaccine Is Developed, 1960-1969
Chavez Organizes Farm Workers, 1960's-1970's
Separatist Movement Grows in Quebec, 1960-1976
Oro Detects Chemical Reaction Pointing to Origin of Life, 1960
First Weather Satellite, Tiros 1, Is Launched, 1960
Soviets Capture American U-2 Spy Plane, 1960
Maiman Develops First Laser, 1960
First Passive Communications Satellite, Echo, Is Launched, 1960
Cyprus Becomes Independent, 1960
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Is Formed, 1960
Kennedy Is Elected U.S. President, 1960
Peace Corps Is Formed, 1961
Horsfall Discovers Cause of Cancer, 1961
Nirenberg's Experimental Technique Cracks Genetic Code, 1961
Slagle Invents First Expert System, SAINT, 1961
Gagarin Is First Human to Orbit Earth, 1961
Cuba Repels Bay of Pigs Invasion, 1961
Shepard Is First American in Space, 1961
Soviets Build Berlin Wall, 1961
Atlas-Centaur Rocket Is Developed, 1962
Unimates, First Industrial Robots, Are Mass-Produced, 1962
Giacconi Discovers X-Ray Sources Outside Solar System, 1962
Lasers Are Used in Eye Surgery, 1962
Supreme Court Rules on Reapportionment Cases, 1962-1964
Researchers Reconstruct Ancient Near Eastern Trade Routes, 1962-1967
Glenn Is First American to Orbit Earth, 1962
Algeria Wins Its Independence (turns France into Cous Cous), 1962
Telstar Relays Live Transatlantic Television Pictures, 1962
Mariner 2 Is First Spacecraft to Study Venus, 1962-1963
Carson's Silent Spring Warns of Pesticides, 1962
Cuban Missile Crisis Fuels Fears of War, 1962
Second Vatican Council Meets, 1962-1965
Meredith Integrates University of Mississippi, 1962
Audiocassette Recording Is Introduced, 1963
Cohen Proves Independence of Continuum Hypothesis, 1963
Schmidt Discovers Quasars, 1963
Lorenz Demonstrates Chaotic Dynamics in Weather Systems, 1963
Penzias and Wilson Discover Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation, 1963-1965
Gideon v. Wainwright Defines Rights of Accused Criminals, 1963
U.S. Civil Rights Protesters Attract World Attention, 1963
Organization of African Unity Is Founded, 1963
Supreme Court Rules Against Bible Reading in Public Schools, 1963
Martin Luther King, Jr., Delivers I Have a Dream Speech, 1963
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Is Signed, 1963
President Kennedy Is Assassinated, 1963
Ethnic Conflicts Split Republic of Cyprus, 1963
United States Enters Vietnam War, 1964
Gell-Mann and Zweig Postulate Existence of Quarks, 1964
Moog and Others Produce Portable Electronic Synthesizers, 1964
Kemeny and Kurtz Develop BASIC Computer Language, 1964-1965
Refugees Form Palestine Liberation Organization, 1964
Doell and Dalrymple Discover Magnetic Reversals of Earth's Poles, 1964-1965
Three Civil Rights Workers Are Murdered in Mississippi, 1964
Students Revolt in Berkeley, California, 1964
First Bullet Train Begins Service in Japan, 1964
Soviet Hard-Liners Oust Khrushchev, 1964
Johnson Is Elected U.S. President, 1964
New York's Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (to Stranded Island) Opens, 1964
Zimbabwe Nationalist Movements Arise in Rhodesia, 1965-1980
Civil War Ravages Chad, 1965-1980's
Black Nationalist Leader Malcolm X Is Assassinated, 1965
Soviet Cosmonauts Make First Space Walk, 1965
U.S. Troops Occupy Dominican Republic, 1965
Sealab 2 Expedition Concludes, 1965
Race Riots Erupt in Los Angeles's Watts District, 1965
Rhodesia Unilaterally Declares Independence, 1965
Gemini 6 and 7 Rendezvous in Orbit, 1965
First Tidal Power Plant Begins Operation, 1966
China's Cultural Revolution Starts Wave of Repression, 1966-1976
Shock Waves Are Used to Pulverize Kidney Stones, 1966-1980
Soviet Intellectuals Disagree with Party Policy, 1966-1991
Simons Identifies Thirty-Million-Year-Old Primate Skull, 1966
France Withdraws from NATO, 1966
Luna 9 Soft-Lands on Moon, 1966
Venera 3 Lands on Venus, 1966
National Organization for Women Is Formed, 1966
U.S. Government Begins Medicare Program, 1966
Lunar Orbiter Sends Images from Moon's Surface, 1966
Davis Constructs Giant Neutrino Detector, 1967
Favaloro Develops Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, 1967
Dolby Invents Noise Reducer for Music Recording, 1967
Manabe and Wetherald Warn of Global Warming, 1967
Amino Acids Are Found in Three-Billion-Year-Old Rocks, 1967-1968
Ethnic Conflict Leads to Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970
Greek Coup Leads to Military Dictatorship, 1967
Israel Fights Arab Nations In Six-Day War, 1967
Kornberg Discovers How to Synthesize DNA, 1967
Marshall Becomes First African American Supreme Court Justice, 1967
Bell Discovers Pulsars, 1967-1968
Saturn 5 Booster Rocket Is Tested at Cape Kennedy, 1967
Barnard Performs First Human Heart Transplant, 1967
Glomar Challenger Explores Ocean Floor, 1968
International Practical Temperature Scale Is Established, 1968
Friedman, Kendall, and Taylor Discover Quarks, 1968
Wheeler Coins Term Black Hole, 1968
International Terrorism Increases, 1968
Alaska Pipeline Is Built, 1968-1977
Brezhnev Doctrine Limits Soviet Satellites' Independence, 1968-1989
North Korea Seizes U.S. Navy Ship Pueblo, 1968
Viet Cong Lead Tet Offensive in Vietnam, 1968
Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy Are Assassinated, 1968
Pope Paul VI Denounces Contraception, 1968
Soviet Union Invades Czechoslovakia, 1968
Chicago Riots Mar Democratic Party Convention, 1968
Caetano Becomes Premier of Portugal, 1968
First Cameron Press Begins Operation, 1968
Nixon Is Elected U.S. President, 1968
Brazil Begins Period of Intense Repression, 1968
Bubble Memory Is Touted as Ideal Information Storage Device, 1969
Internetting Project Begins, 1969
Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 Dock in Orbit, 1969
Jumbo Jet Passenger Service Is Introduced, 1969-1970
Very Long Baseline Interferometry Is Developed, 1969-1974
Congress Launches Environmental Legislation, 1969-1979
United States and Soviet Union Conduct SALT Talks, 1969-1979
Optical Disks Revolutionize Computer Data Storage, 1969-1983
Soviet Union and China Wage Border War, 1969
France's President De Gaulle Steps Down, 1969
Stonewall Rebellion Launches Gay Rights Movement, 1969
Humans Land on Moon, 1969
Woodstock Festival Marks Cultural Turning Point, 1969
Brandt Wins West German Elections, 1969
U.S. Voting Age Is Lowered to Eighteen, 1970
IBM Introduces Computer Floppy Disk, 1970
Philips Introduces Home Videocassette Recorder, 1970
Hybrid Mouse-Human Cells Make Pure Antibodies, 1970-1975
Virtual Reality Becomes Reality, 1970-1980
United States Invades Cambodia, 1970
National Guard Kills Demonstrators at Kent State University, 1970
Soviet Union Lands Self-Propelled Lunokhod on Moon, 1970-1971
Computer Chips Are Introduced (then DIPped), 1971
Direct Transoceanic Telephone Dialing Begins, 1971
Oral Rehydration Therapy Reduces Diarrhea Deaths, 1971
Mariner 9 Orbits Mars, 19772
India-Pakistan War Leads to Creation of Bangladesh, 1971
Amin's Regime Terrorizes Uganda, 1971
Supreme Court Approves Busing to Desegregate Schools, 1971
United States Lowers Value of Dollar, 1971
International Monetary System Is Reformed, 19774
United Nations Admits People's Republic of China, 1971
Mars 2 Lands on Mars, 1971
Congress Passes Equal Employment Opportunity Act, 1972
Gell-Mann Formulates Theory of Quantum Chromodynamics, 1972
Hounsfield Develops CAT Scanner, 1972
Janowsky Explains Manic Depression, 1972
Equal Rights Amendment Passes Congress but Is Not Ratified, 1972-1982
Irish and British Clash in Ulster's Bloody Sunday, 1972
United States and China Reopen Relations, 1972
Pioneer 10 Explores Outer Planets, 1972-1983
Philippines President Marcos Declares Martial Law, 1972
Texas Instruments Introduces Pocket Calculators, 1972
Arab Terrorists Kill Eleven Israeli Athletes at Munich Olympics, 1972
U.S. Government Bans Insecticide DDT, 1972
Cohen and Boyer Develop Recombinant DNA Technology, 1973
Great Britain Joins Common Market, 1973
Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade Decision Legalizes Abortion, 1973
U.S. Military Forces Withdraw from Vietnam, 1973
Native Americans Take Stand at (on?) Wounded Knee, 1973
Skylab Space Station Is Launched, 1973
East and West Germany Establish Relations, 1973
Oppressive Military Rule Comes to Democratic Uruguay, 1973
Chile's President Allende Is Overthrown, 1973
Arabs and Israelis Clash in Yom Kippur War, 1973
Arab Oil Embargo Precipitates Energy Crisis, 1973-1974
Agnew Resigns After writing "Go Quietly Or Else" proving nuts, 1973
Mariner 10 Uses Gravity of Venus to Reach Mercury, 1973-1975
Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie Is Overthrown, 1974
Georgi and Glashow Propose First Grand Unified Theory, 1974
Organic Molecules Are Found in Comet Kohoutek, 1974
Symbionese Liberation Army Kidnaps Patty Hearst, 1974
Rowland and Molina Warn of CFC Gas Threat to Ozone Layer, 1974
Greeks Stage Coup on Cyprus, 1974
Watergate Affair Forces President Nixon to Resign, 1974
Johanson Discovers Lucy, Three-Million-Year-Old Hominid Skeleton, 1974
United Nations Adopts Economic Rights Charter, 1974
Cambodia Falls to Khmer Rouge, 1975
Cuba Intervenes in Angola's Civil War, 1975-1976
Philips Corporation Develops Laser-Diode Recording Process, 1975-1979
Fax Machines Become Common Office Equipment, 1975-1990
South Vietnam Falls to North Vietnam, 1975
Lebanese Civil War Redistributes Sectarian Power, 1975-1990
Cambodia Seizes U.S. Merchant Ship Mayaguez, 1975
Apollo-Soyuz Rendezvous Inaugurates International Cooperation in Space, 1975
Helsinki Agreement Seeks to Reduce East-West Tensions, 1975
President Ford Survives Two Assassination Attempts (while tripping), 1975
Venera Space Probes Transmit Pictures from Venus, 1975
Franco's Death Returns Spain to Democracy, 1975
Kibble Proposes Theory of Cosmic Strings, 1976
Seymour Cray Creates First Supercomputer, 1976
Argentine Military Conducts Dirty War Against Leftists, 1976-1979
Radar-Invisible Stealth Aircraft Are Introduced, 1976-1988
Deaths of Mao and Zhou Rock China's Government, 1976
South Africa's Black Nationalists Mobilize, 1976
Supreme Court Reverses Itself on Death Penalty, 1976
Israeli Commandos Rescue Hijack Hostages in Entebbe, Uganda, 1976
Viking Spacecraft Transmit Pictures from Mars, 1976
Carter Is Elected U.S. President, 1976
Mandelbrot Introduces Fractals, 1977
Oceanographers Discover Deep-Sea Vents and Strange Life-Forms, 1977
Communists Struggle for Africa's Horn, 1977-1978
Radar Images Reveal Ancient Mayan Canals, 1977-1980
Modern Cruise Missiles Are Introduced, 1977-1985
United States Pardons Vietnam War Draft Evaders, 1977
Episcopal Church Ordains Its First Woman Priest, 1977
Preassembled Apple II Computer Is Introduced, 1977
AT&T Tests Fiber-Optic Telecommunications, 1977
Voyagers 1 and 2 Explore Solar System, 1977-1989
Gruentzig Uses Angioplasty to Unclog Arteries, 1977
United Nations Imposes Mandatory Arms Embargo on South Africa, 1977
Egyptian President Sadat Is First Arab Leader to Visit Israel, 1977
Toxic Waste Is Discovered at New York's Love Canal, 1978
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Produces Brain Images, 1978
First Cellular Telephone System Is Tested, 1978
Islamic Revolutionaries Overthrow Iran's Shah, 1978-1979
Rohrer and Binnig Invent Scanning Tunneling Microscope, 1978-1981
Guatemalan Death Squads Target Indigenous Indians, 1978-1985
Panama Canal Treaties Are Ratified, 1978
English Woman Delivers First Test-Tube Baby, 1978
China and Japan Sign Ten-Year Peace Treaty, 1978
Poland's Wojtyla Becomes First Non-Italian Pope Since 1522, 1978
People's Temple Cultists Commit Mass Suicide in Guyana, 1978
Compressed-Air-Accumulating Power Plant Opens in Germany, 1978
Vietnam Conquers Cambodia, 1979
Philips Corporation Proposes Compact Disc, 1979
World Meteorological Organization Starts World Climate Programme, 1979-1980
Ayatollah Khomeini Rules Iran, 1979-1989
Scientists Implicate p53 Gene in Many Cancers, 1979-1990
United States and China Establish Full Diplomatic Relations, 1979
China Invades Vietnam, 1979
Voyager 1 Discovers Jupiter's Ring, 1979
Egypt and Israel Sign Peace Treaty, 1979
Nuclear Accident Occurs at Three Mile Island, 1979
Thatcher Becomes Great Britain's First Woman Prime Minister, 1979
Direct Election to European Parliament Begins, 1979
United States and Soviet Union Sign SALT II Agreement, 1979
Sandinistas Overthrow Nicaragua's President Somoza, 1979
Archaeologists Find Ancient Sanctuary in Spain, 1979
Salvadoran Coup Topples Romero Dictatorship, 1979
Iranian Revolutionaries Take Americans Hostage, 1979
World Health Organization Announces Eradication of Smallpox, 1979
Soviet Union Invades Afghanistan, 1979
Tamil Separatist Violence Erupts in Sri Lanka, 1980's
Spain Grants Home Rule to Basques, 1980
South Africa Invades Angola, 1980
Gilbert and Sanger Develop DNA Sequencing Techniques, 1980
Guth Proposes Inflationary Model of Universe, 1980
Paleontologists Postulate Asteroid That Caused Extinction of Dinosaurs, 1980
Saudi Arabia Executes Radical Muslims for Attack on Mecca, 1980
Liberian Soldiers Overthrow Americo-Liberian Regime, 1980
Rhodesia Becomes Independent as Zimbabwe, 1980
International Monetary Fund Predicts Worldwide Recession, 1980
Pluto's Atmosphere Is Discovered, 1980
Abscam Trial Ends in Convictions of Congresscritters, 1980
Solidarity Is Founded in Poland, 1980
Iran-Iraq Conflict Escalates into War, 1980
Reagan Is Elected U.S. President, 1980
U.S. Centers for Disease Control Recognizes Existence of AIDS, 1981
China Sentences Gang of Four, 1981
Would-be Assassin Shoots President Reagan, 1981
Mitterrand Is Elected France's President, 1981
Israel Destroys Iraqi Nuclear Reactor, 1981
IBM Introduces DOS-Based Personal Computer, 1981
Reagan's Budget and Tax Plans Become Law, 1981
O'Connor Becomes First Woman on Supreme Court, 1981
Egypt's President Sadat Is Assassinated, 1981
Professional Air Traffic Controllers Are Decertified, 1981
Columbia Flight Proves Practicality of Space Shuttle, 1981
Great Britain Wins Falkland Islands War, 1982
DeVries Implants First Jarvik-7 Artificial Heart, 1982
Exploratory Oil Well Is Drilled at Record Depth, 1982
First Household Robot, Hero 1, Is Invented, 1982
Baulieu Develops Abortion Pill, 1982
Astronomers Discover Neptune's Rings, 1982, 1989
Compact Disc Players Are Introduced, 1982-1983
Congress Bans Covert Aid to Nicaraguan Contras, 1982-1986
Nicaragua Suspends Its Constitution, 1982
El Salvador Holds Elections, 1982
Solar One Power Plant Begins Operation, 1982
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Is Enacted, 1982
Law of the Sea Treaty Is Completed, 1982
Eli Lilly Markets Genetically Engineered Human Insulin, 1982
Salvadoran Troops Are Accused of Killing Civilians, 1982
Peru Faces State of Emergency, 1983
FDA Approves Artificial Sweetener Aspartame, 1983
Rubbia and Van Der Meer Discover Three New Particles, 1983
Woman Bears Transplanted Child, 1983-1984
IBM Introduces Personal Computers with Hard Drives, 1983
NASA Places First TDRS in Orbit, 1983
Ride Becomes First American Woman in Space, 1983
Martial Law Ends in Poland, 1983
Philippine Opposition Leader Aquino Is Assassinated, 1983
Murray and Szostak Create First Artificial Chromosome, 1983
Soviet Union Downs South Korean Airliner, 1983
Laser Vaporization Is Used to Treat Blocked Arteries, 1983
United States Invades Grenada, 1983
Jackson Is First Major Black Presidential Candidate, 1983
Spacelab 1 Is Launched, 1983
Nigerian Government Is Overthrown, 1983
Sikhs Revolt in India's Punjab State, 1984
Iran-Iraq War Escalates, 1984
Humans and Chimpanzees Are Found to Be Genetically Linked, 1984
Willadsen Splits Sheep Embryos, 1984
Twelve European Community States Resolve to Create True Common Market, 1984-198
AT&T Divestiture Takes Effect, 1984
El Salvador Has First Military-Free Election in Fifty Years, 1984
World Court Orders U.S. to Stop Blockading Nicaragua, 1984
Great Britain Promises to Leave Hong Kong in 1997, 1984
China Adopts New Economic System, 1984
India's Prime Minister Gandhi Is Assassinated, 1984
Ethiopian Famine Gains International Attention, 1984
Union Carbide Gas Leak Kills Hundreds in Bhopal, India, 1984
Buckminsterfullerene Is Discovered, 1985
Construction of Keck Telescope Begins on Hawaii, 1985
Norway Begins First Reactor to Use Wave Energy, 1985
Scientists Discover Hole in Ozone Layer, 1985
Iran-Contra Scandal Taints Reagan Administration, 1985-1987
Jeffreys Produces Genetic Fingerprints, 1985
Gorbachev Becomes General Secretary of Soviet Communist Party, 1985
Japan's Seikan Tunnel Is Completed, 1985
French Agents Sink Greenpeace Ship Rainbow Warrior, 1985
Tevatron Accelerator Begins Operation, 1985
Palestinians Seize Achille Lauro Cruise Ship, 1985
Great Britain Approves Ulster Pact, 1985
U.S.-Soviet Summit Begins in Geneva, 1985
Argentine Leaders Are Convicted of Human Rights Violations, 1985
Tully Discovers Pisces-Cetus Supercluster Complex, 1986-1987
M?ller and Bednorz Discover Superconductivity at High Temperatures, 1986
Space Shuttle Challenger Explodes on Launch, 1986
Haiti's Duvalier Era Ends, 1986
Mir Space Station Is Launched, 1986
President Ferdinand Marcos Flees Philippines, 1986
U.S. and Libyan Forces Clash over Gulf of Sidra, 1986
Accident at Ukraine's Chernobyl Nuclear Plant Endangers Europe, 1986
United Nations Drafts Plan for African Economic Recovery, 1986
Rehnquist Becomes Chief Justice of the United States, 1986
Rutan and Yeager Fly Voyager Nonstop Around World, 1986
Muslims Riot Against Russians in Kazakhstan, 1986
Black Workers Strike in South Africa, 1987
Anthropologists Find Earliest Evidence of Modern Humans, 1987-1988
Supernova 1987A Supports Theories of Star Formation, 1987
Gallo and Montagnier Are Recognized as Codiscoverers of HIV, 1987
Iraqi Missiles Strike U.S. Navy Frigate Stark, 1987
Hundreds Die in Riots at Mecca's Great Mosque, 1987
Miller Discovers Oldest Known Embryo in Dinosaur Egg, 1987
Palestinian Intifada Begins, 1987
United States and Soviet Union Sign Nuclear Forces Agreement, 1987
Ethnic Riots Erupt in Armenia, 1988
Hunger Becomes Weapon in Sudan's Civil War, 1988
Peace Virus Attacks Mac Computers, 1988
Recruit Scandal Rocks Japan's Government, 1988-1989
Pakistani Bank Is Charged with Money Laundering, 1988-1991
Canada and United States Sign Free Trade Agreement, 1988
U.S. Cruiser Vincennes Shoots Down Iranian Airliner, 1988
Ayatollah Khomeini Calls Halt (Fatwa has it beheaded) to Iran-Iraq War, 1988
Jordan Abandons Its West Bank, 1988
Congress Formally Apologizes to Wartime Japanese Internees, 1988
Iraq Uses Poison Gas Against Kurds, 1988
Gorbachev Becomes President of Supreme Soviet, 1988
Congress Passes Comprehensive Drug Bill, 1988
Bhutto Is First Woman Elected Leader of Muslim Country, 1988
George Bush Is Elected U.S. President, 1988
Namibia Is Liberated from South African Control, 1988
Vietnamese Troops Withdraw from Cambodia, 1989
Soviet Troops Leave Afghanistan, 1989
Kashmir Separatists Demand End to Indian Rule, 1989
Hungary Adopts Multiparty System, 1989
Three Colombian Presidential Candidates Are Assassinated, 1989-1990
Kenya Cracks Down on Dissent, 1989-1991
Green and Burnley Solve Mystery of Deep Earthquakes, 1989-1992
U.S. Fighter Planes Down Two Libyan Jets, 1989
Japan's Emperor Hirohito Dies and Is Succeeded by Akihito, 1989
Exxon Valdez Spills Crude Oil Off Alaska, 1989
Solidarity Regains Legal Status in Poland, 1989
China Crushes Prodemocracy Demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, 1989
Fraud Taints Panama's Presidential Election, 1989
Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini Dies, 1989
Panamanian President Noriega Survives Bungled Coup, 1989-1990
Berlin Wall Falls, 1989
Chileans Vote Pinochet Out of Power, 1989
Romanian President Ceausescu Is Overthrown, 1989
Havel Is Elected President of Czechoslovakia, 1989
Political Reforms Come to Albania, 1990
South African Government Frees Mandela, 1990
Sandinistas Lose Nicaraguan Elections, 1990
Soviet Troops Withdraw from Czechoslovakia, 1990
Supreme Court Overturns Law Banning Flag Burning, 1990
Algeria Holds First Free Multiparty Elections, 1990
Iraq Occupies Kuwait, 1990
Cambodians Accept U.N. Peace Plan, 1990
First Patient Undergoes Gene Therapy, 1990
Biologists Initiate Human Genome Project, 1990
East and West Germany Reunite, 1990
Thatcher Resigns as British Prime Minister, 1990
Wal/esa Is Elected President of Poland, 1990
Ethnic Strife Plagues Soviet Union, 1991
Hostages Are Freed from Confinement in Lebanon, 1991
Scientists Identify Crater Associated with Dinosaur Extinction, 1991
Civil War Rages in Yugoslavia, 19992
Soviet Union Tries to Suppress Baltic Separatism, 1991
South Africa Begins Dismantling Apartheid, 1991
East European Nations Dissolve Warsaw Pact, 1991
Soviet Union Disintegrates, 1991
President George Bush Announces Nuclear Arms Reduction, 1991
Senate Confirms Thomas's Appointment to Supreme Court, 1991
Middle East Peace Talks Are Held in Madrid, 1991
European Economic Community Tries to Create Single Market, 1992
Scientists Find Strong Evidence for Big Bang, 1992
Astronomers Detect Planets Orbiting Another Star, 1992
Yugoslav Federation Dissolves At Pope's Urging, 1992
El Salvador's Civil War Ends, 1992
Kenyans Demonstrate Against Moi's Government, 1992
Muslim Refugees Flee Persecution in Myanmar, 1992
Russia and United States End Cold War, 1992
United States Resumes Repatriating Haitian Boat People, 1992
International Agencies Pledge Funds for Ethiopia, 1992
Israelis Assassinate Hezbollah Leader, 1992
Civil War Intensifies in Sudan, 1992
South Africans Vote to End Apartheid, 1992
Kurds Battle Turkey's Government, 1992
Commonwealth of Independent States Faces Economic Woes, 1992
Nepalese Police Fire on Kathmandu Protesters, 1992
Keating Is Sentenced for Securities Fraud, 1992
United Nations Allows Sanctions Against Libya, 1992
Acquittals of Police, Who Beat King, Trigger Riots, 1992
Muslim Fundamentalists Attack Egyptian Coptic Christians, 1992
Lebanon's Prime Minister Karami Resigns, 1992
Thailand Declares National Emergency, 1992
China Detonates Powerful Nuclear Device, 1992
United Nations Holds Earth Summit in Brazil, 1992
Navy Secretary Resigns in Wake of Tailhook Scandal, 1992
Group of Seven Holds Summit, 1992
Americans with Disabilities Act Goes into Effect, 1992
Violence Against Immigrants Accelerates in Germany, 1992-1993
South Korea Establishes Diplomatic Ties with China, 1992
Canadians Discuss Constitutional Reform, 1992
Iraq Is Warned to Avoid No Fly Zone, 1992
Non-Aligned Movement Meets in Indonesia, 1992
World Court Resolves Honduras-El Salvador Border Dispute, 1992
Peace Accord Ends Mozambique Civil War, 1992
British Queen Elizabeth Begins Paying Taxes After Castle Fire, 1992
United Nations Asks for End to Cuban Embargo, 1992
Militant Hindus Destroy Mosque in India, 1992
International Troops Occupy Somalia, 1992
Kim Young Sam Is Elected South Korean President, 1992
Wiles Offers Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, 1993
Velvet Divorce Splits Czechoslovakia, 1993
Russia and United States Sign START II, 1993
Clinton Becomes U.S. President, 1993
Terrorists Bomb World Trade Center, 1993
Afghan Peace Pact Fails to End Bloodshed, 1993
Egyptian Government Troops Attack Islamists, 1993
North Korea Withdraws from Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, 1993
Elections Increase Speculation About China's Future, 1993
Branch Davidian Cult Members Die in Waco Fire, 1993
IRA Bomb Explodes in London, 1993
Tamil Rebels Assassinate Sri Lanka's President, 1993
Paraguay Holds Democratic Presidential Election, 1993
Demonstrations Publicize China's Occupation of Tibet, 1993
Armenia and Azerbaijan Sign Cease-Fire Agreement, 1993
Bomb Damages Florence's Uffizi Gallery, 1993
Nigerian President Babangida Resigns, 1993
Brazilian Police Massacre Rio Slum Dwellers, 1993
Israel and PLO Sign Peace Agreement, 1993
Sihanouk Returns to Power in Cambodia, 1993
Georgia's Abkhaz Rebels Capture Sukhumi, 1993
Yeltsin Battles Russian Parliament, 1993
Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party Returns to Power, 1993
Maastricht Treaty Formally Creates European Union, 1993
Algeria Cracks Down on Islamic Militants, 1993
APEC Nations Endorse Global Free Trade, 1993
Clinton Signs Brady Gun Control Law, 1993
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Talks Conclude, 1993
Astronomers Detect Black Hole, 1994
Hubble Space Telescope Transmits Images to Earth, 1994
Indian Peasants Revolt in Mexico's Chiapas State, 1994
North American Free Trade Agreement Goes into Effect, 1994
Guatemala Takes Steps Toward Peace, 1994
Church of England Ordains Women, 1994
Mexican Presidential Candidate Colosio Is Assassinated, 1994
Ugandans Prepare to Draft Constitution, 1994
U.S. Military Enters Bosnian War, 1994
Florida Sues for Reimbursement of Costs of Illegal Immigrants, 1994
Calderon Sol Is Elected President of El Salvador, 1994
African National Congress Wins South African Elections, 1994
Channel Tunnel Links Great Britain and France, 1994
Colombia Legalizes Some Private Use of Drugs, 1994
Veterans Observe Fiftieth Anniversary of D-Day, 1994
Indonesian Government Suppresses Three Magazines, 1994
Hong Kong Legislature Votes to Expand Democracy, 1994
Rwandan Refugees Flood Zaire, 1994
U.S. Congress Advances Crime Bill, 1994
German Officials Seize Plutonium, 1994
Lesotho's King Moshoeshoe II Dissolves Government, 1994
Provisional Wing of IRA Declares Cease-Fire, 1994
World Delegates Discuss Population Control, 1994
Haiti's Military Junta Relinquishes Power, 1994
Congress Rejects President Clinton's Health Plan, 1994
North Korea Agrees to Dismantle Nuclear Weapons Program, 1994
Israel and Jordan Sign Peace Treaty, 1994
Californians Vote to Limit Aid to Undocumented Immigrants, 1994
Republicans Become Congressional Majority, 1994
Iraq Recognizes Kuwait's Sovereignty, 1994
Ukraine Agrees to Give Up Nuclear Weapons, 1994
Angolan Government Shares Power with UNITA Rebels, 1994
Western Hemisphere Nations Approve Free Trade Area of the Americas, 1994
Reformers Realign Japan's Political Parties, 1994
Russian Army Invades Chechnya, 1994
Ebola Epidemic Breaks Out in Zaire, 1995
(Turkish?) Gray Wolves Are Returned to Yellowstone National Park, 1995
Powerful Earthquake Hits Kobe, Japan, 1995
Illegal Trading Destroys Barings, Britain's Oldest Bank, 1995
Top Quark Is Tracked at Fermilab, 1995
Terrorists Release Toxic Gas in Tokyo Subway, 1995
Terrorists Bomb Oklahoma City's Federal Building, 1995
Dow Corning Seeks Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, 1995
U.S. Supreme Court Voids State Term-Limit Laws, 1995
Supreme Court Limits Affirmative Action, 1995
Shuttle Atlantis Docks with Space Station Mir, 1995
United States Establishes Full Diplomatic Relations with Vietnam, 1995
Disney Company Announces Plans to Acquire Capital Cities/ABC, 1995
INS Frees Thai Workers Held Captive in Clothes Factory, 1995
Principal Roe v. Wade Figure Takes Stand Against Abortion, 1995
Microsoft Releases Windows 95, 1995
Beijing Hosts U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women, 1995
Turner Broadcasting System Agrees to Merge with Time Warner, 1995
Israel Agrees to Transfer Land to Palestinian National Authority, 1995
O. J. Simpson Is Acquitted, 1995
Quebec Voters Narrowly Reject Independence from Canada, 1995
Israeli Premier Rabin Is Assassinated, 1995
Nigeria Hangs Writer Saro-Wiwa and Other Rights Advocates, 1995
Chinese Government Selects Tibet's Panchen Lama, 1995
Galileo Spacecraft Reaches Jupiter, 1995
NATO Troops Enter Balkans, 1995
France Announces End to Nuclear Bomb Tests, 1996
International Monetary Fund Approves Loan for Russia, 1996
Liggett Group Agrees to Help Fund Antismoking Program, 1996
Britain Announces Mad Cow Disease Has Infected Humans, 1996
FBI Arrests Suspected Unabomber, 1996
Congress Reduces Federal Farm Subsidies and Price Supports, 1996
Clinton Signs Line-Item Veto Bill, 1996
Clinton Blocks Ban on Late-Term Abortions, 1996
South Africa Adopts New Constitution, 1996
Arsonists Burn Thirtieth Black Church in Eighteen Months, 1996
Last Members of Freemen Surrender After Long Standoff, 1996
Truck Bomb Explodes at U.S. Base in Saudi Arabia, Killing Nineteen, 1996
Yeltsin Wins Runoff Election for Russian Presidency, 1996
House of Representatives Passes Legislation Barring Same-Sex Marriages, 1996
Prince Charles and Princess Diana Agree to Divorce, 1996
Pipe Bomb Explodes in Park During Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, 1996
Taliban Leaders Capture Capital of Afghanistan, 1996
Clinton Is Reelected, 1996
Ghana's Annan Is Named U.N. Secretary-General, 1996
Guatemalan Government and Rebels Sign Accord, 1996
Researchers Announce Development of Atom Laser, 1997
Chinese Leader Deng Xiaoping Dies, 1997
Galileo Makes Closest Pass to Jupiter's Moon Europa, 1997
Scottish Researchers Announce Cloning Breakthrough, 1997
CIA Official Admits Espionage Activity (and receives paycheck) 1997
Peruvian Government Commandos Free Japanese Embassy Hostages, 1997
Labour Party's Blair Becomes British Prime Minister, 1997
Zaire President Sese Seko Flees Capital as Rebels Take Over, 1997
Last Common Ancestor of Humans and Neanderthals Found in Spain, 1997
Caribbean Volcano Erupts, Destroying Much of Island of Montserrat, 1997
Supreme Court Overturns Communications Decency Act, 1997
Hong Kong Reverts to Chinese Sovereignty, 1997
U.S. Spacecraft Mars Pathfinder Lands on Mars, 1997
Khmer Rouge Try Longtime Cambodian Leader Pol Pot, 1997
Nuclear Submarine Helps Find Ancient Roman Shipwrecks in Mediterranean, 1997
117,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Are Found Near South African Lagoon, 1997
Scots Vote for First Separate Legislature Since 1707, 1997
Diet Drugs Are Pulled from Market, 1997
Welsh Vote to Establish Own Assembly, 1997
World Nations Approve Kyoto Plan for Reducing Harmful Emissions, 1997
Pope John Paul II Visits Cuba, 1998
Texas Executes First Woman Since Civil War, 1998
U.S. Military Plane Cuts Italian Ski Cable, Killing Twenty People, 1998
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to New Jersey's Megan's Law, 1998
Astronomers See Light from Object 12.2 Billion Light-Years Away, 1998
India and Pakistan Conduct Nuclear Weapon Tests, 1998
Europeans Agree on Euro Currency, 1998
Indonesian Dictator Suharto Steps Down, 1998
International Monetary Fund Approves Rescue Plan for Russia, 1998
General Motors and Union End Production-Stopping Strike, 1998
Terrorists Attack U.S. Embassies in East Africa, 1998
Swiss Banks Agree on Compensation of Holocaust Victims, 1998
Court Rules That Food and Drug Administration Cannot Regulate Tobacco, 1998
U.S. Missiles Hit Suspected Terrorist Bases in Afghanistan and Sudan, 1998
North Korea Fires Missile Across Japan, 1998
United Nations Tribunal Convicts Rwandan Leader of Genocide, 1998
German Chancellor Kohl Loses Election to Schroeder, 1998
Former Astronaut Glenn Returns to Space, 1998
First Digital High-Definition Television Signals Are Broadcast, 1998
DNA Tests Indicate That Jefferson Fathered Slave's Child, 1998
Brazil's Ailing Economy Gets $41.5 Billion in International Aid, 1998
Hun Sen and Norodom Ranariddh Form Cambodian Coalition, 1998
House of Representatives Impeaches Clinton, 1998
Scientists Trace HIV to Chimpanzees, 1999
Researchers Generate Nuclear Energy on Tabletop, 1999-2000
King Hussein of Jordan Dies, 1999
Scientists Slow Speed of Light, 1999
White Supremacist Is Convicted in Racially Motivated Murder, 1999
Plan to Save California Redwoods Is Approved, 1999
Czech Republic, Poland, and Hungary Join NATO, 1999
First Nonstop Around-the-World Balloon Trip Is Completed, 1999
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Bhutto Is Sentenced for Corruption, 1999
Littleton, Colorado, High School Students Massacre Classmates, 1999
U.S. House Report Describes Chinese Spy Activity, 1999
Two New Elements Are Added to Periodic Table, 1999
East Timor Votes for Independence, 1999
Viacom Buys Columbia Broadcasting System, 1999
Scientists Produce Most Proton-Rich Nucleus, 1999
Japan Has Its Worst Nuclear Accident, 1999
Enzyme Is Linked to Alzheimer's Disease, 1999
Federal Court Rules Microsoft a Monopoly, 1999
Hereditary Peers Are Removed from British House of Lords, 1999
United States and China Reach Trade Accord, 1999
Coast Guard Rescues Cuban Refugee Elian Gonzalez, 1999
Astronauts Renovate Hubble Telescope, 1999
Panama Takes Full Control of Panama Canal, 1999
Hybrid Gas-Electric Cars Enter U.S. Market, 2000
Computers Meet Y2K with Few Glitches, 2000
America Online Agrees to Buy Time Warner, 2000
Gene Therapy Test at University of Pennsylvania Halted After Man Dies, 2000
Hague Court Convicts Bosnian Croats for 1993 Massacre, 2000
Hacker Cripples Major Web Sites and Reveals Internet Vulnerability, 2000
Kurdish Rebels Lay Down Arms and Seek Self-Rule Without Violence, 2000
Taiwan's Nationalist Party Is Voted Out, 2000
ILOVEYOU Virus Destroys Data on Many Thousands of Computers, 2000
Fijian Rebels Attempt Coup, 2000
Unemployment Rate Reaches Lowest Level in Thirty Years, 2000
South and North Korea Sign Peace and Unity Agreement, 2000
EPA Bans Pesticide Chlorpyrifos (Termites seen celebrating), 2000
Scientists Announce Deciphering of Human Genome, 2000
Fox's Election Ends Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party Rule, 2000
Nine Extrasolar Planets Are Found, 2000
Protesters Topple Yugoslavian President Miloevic, 2000
Explosion Tears Hole in U.S. Destroyer Cole, Killing Seventeen, 2000
Napster Agrees to Charge Fees for Downloading Music over Internet, 2000
Peruvian President Fujimori Resigns While in Japan, 2000
International Space Station Welcomes First Crew, 2000
Clinton (finally) Visits Vietnam, 2000
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