1. The Bombing of Hiroshima 3.

Creation of Israel as a Jewish

August 6, 1945, Hiroshima, Japan
State
November 29, 1947, UN General Assembly

2. The Moon Landing

July 21, 1969, Sea of Tranquility, The Moon

1. Napoleon Defeated at Waterloo, June 1815

4. Stock Market Crash of 1929

October 29, 1929, New York City, USA
Lee Suffers Major Defeat at Gettysburg, July 1863

6. Fall of the Berlin Wall

November 9, 1989, Berlin, Germany President Lincoln Assassinated, April 1865
Battleship Maine Sunk in Havana Harbor,
February 1898

Alexander Graham Bell Invents the Telephone,

March 1876

1972 - Martial Law was declared by President

Marcos. This period is marked with human rights August 21 1983 - Aquino returns to Philippines, but is
abuses and corruption. Marcos declares martial law. Parliament shot dead as he leaves plane amid suspicions of
suspended, opposition politicians arrested, censorship imposed.
23 September 1972 official military involvement .

"People power" 1946 - Islands granted full independence and renamed Republic
of the Philippines.
1986 - Presidential elections see Marcos
opposed by Aquino's widow Corazon. Marcos
declares himself the winner, but Aquino
disputes result. Mass protests, dubbed "people
power", in Manila see military abandon Marcos,
who flees to Hawaii. New government says
Marcos looted billions of dollars during his rule.
Feb 17 1872 - Gomburza (Fathers Mariano November 1, 1897 1897 - General Emilio
Gomez, Jose Burgos and Jocinto Zamora) Aguinaldo establishes the a new republic
were executed by the Spaniards. at Biak-na-Bato in Bulacan.

December 30, 1896 1896 - Spanish

execute Rizal for instigating
insurrection; public outrage spawns
rebellion.

1892 - Jose Rizal founded

the civic organization La Liga Filipina.

August 23, 1896 1896 - Katipuneros tear

their cedulas & shout in contempt of the
Spaniards in what is called the Cry of
Pugadlawin.