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1963:

Doctor Martin Luther King Jr was the central figure in the US civil rights movement.

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1945:

VE Day marked the fall of Hitler’s Nazi regime and the end of World War Two in Europe after six traumatic years.

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1933:

Adolf Hitler plunged the world into a devastating war - and masterminded the murder of more than six million Jews.

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1918:

The armistice that ended World War One was signed in a railway carriage in France on 11 November, 1918.

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1912:

The sinking of the Titanic on its maiden voyage is the most famous shipping disaster of all time.

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1903:

It is hard to believe the development of air travel came about entirely during the 20th Century.

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1886:

No Invention has had a greater impact on the modern world than the car.

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1916:

The Battle of the Somme was one of the most savage conflicts the world has seen.

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1908:

Henry Ford’s Model T was the first car for the masses.

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1888:

The murderer known as Jack the Ripper is the most famous serial killer of all time.

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1883:

The eruption of the island of Krakatoa in 1883 was the biggest volcanic explosion of modern times.

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1876:

The telephone is one of the most important inventions in history — allowing instant worldwide communication.

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1865:

Slavery played a central role in the history of the United States and led to Civil War.

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1854:

Florence Nightingale is one of the founders of modern nursing - famous for her life-saving efforts in the Crimean War.

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1815:

Napolean Bonaparte arose from the chaos of the French Revolution — transforming himself into an Emperor.

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1791:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is popularly acclaimed as the greatest musical genius of all time.

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1788:

King George III’s lapse into madness and the scandal caused by his son’s various affairs threw Britain into crisis.

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1874:

The Frenchman Claude Monet co-founded the Impressionist movement which changed the face of art.

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