The Hindenburg explodes Pearl Harbor under attack D-Day: The Normandy invasion President Roosevelt dies V-E Day: war in Europe ends Atomic bomb destroys Hiroshima Japan surrenders: WWII ends Truman defeats Dewey General MacArthur fired Sputnik launched by Soviets John Glenn orbits Earth Marilyn Monroe dies Cuban missile crisis: nuclear war threatened President Kennedy assassinated Lee Harvey Osward assassinated President Johnson declines re-election bid Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated Robert Kennedy assassinated Apollo 11: Man walks on Moon Apollo 13: astronauts escape disaster Kent State massacre Munich Olympics tragedy Nixon resigns Saigon falls Elvis dies Iran hostage crisis John Lennon assassinated President Reagan shot The Challenger explodes Berlin Wall crumbles Operation Desert Storm begins Rodney King verdict incites riots Waco standoff ends in disaster O.J. Simpson saga Oklahoma City bombing Flight 800 explodes over Atlantic Atlanta Olympics bombing Princess Diana dies
