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Most Important Historical Events of the 20th Century

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Lots of things happened last century. Which are the most important?
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    Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Hiroshima, Nagasaki
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    Holocaust

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    Great Depression

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    Apollo 11

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    October Revolution

    Saint Petersburg, Russian Provisional Government
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    Dissolution of the Soviet Union

    Soviet Union
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    Invasion of Normandy

    Normandy
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    Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor, Territory Of Hawaii
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    Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

    Sarajevo
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    Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall
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    Invasion of Poland

    Poland, Second Polish Republic
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    Victory in Europe Day

    added by: KirkSaw
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    Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuba
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    Vietnam War

    Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos More
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    Battle of Britain

    United Kingdom
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    Korean War

    Korea, Korean Peninsula
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    Treaty of Versailles

    Paris
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    Indian Independence

    added by: Srinidhi S U
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    Nuremberg Trials

    Nuremberg
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    Chernobyl disaster

    Ukrainian SSR, Chernobyl, Prypiat More
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    Chinese Civil War

    China
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    Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel

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    Dhandi march of Mahatma Gandhi

    added by: Nishanth
    “ Mahatma Gandhi of India started Dhandi march which paved a way for salt rvoultion in India against the British empire,........
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    Armenian Genocide

    Dayr az-Zawr, İzmir, Sivas More
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    Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

    Amritsar, Jallianwala Bagh
    added by: Srinidhi S U
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    Battle of Berlin

    Berlin
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    Industrialization of USSR

    added by: BrianCabrera
    “ Stalin industrializing the soviet union within various five year plans.
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    Nanking Massacre

    Nanjing
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    Balkan Wars

    Balkans, Aegean Islands, Kosovo Province More
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    Bosnian War

    Bosnia and Herzegovina
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    Soviet war in Afghanistan

    Afghanistan
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    Sinking of the Titanic

    Atlantic Ocean
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    Huanggutuan Incident

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    Yalta Conference

    Yalta, Livadia Palace
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    Battle of France

    France, Low Countries
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    Boxer Rebellion

    China, North China
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    Marco Polo Bridge Incident

    Lugou Bridge
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    Great Leap Forward

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    Croatian War of Independence

    Croatia
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    Cultural Revolution

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    Sinking of RMS Lusitania

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    Reform and Opening-up

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    S.A.L.T

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    Rwandan Genocide

    Rwanda
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    1960 U-2 incident

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    Second Italo-Abyssinian War

    Ethiopia
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    Long March

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    Greek Civil War

    Greece, Kingdom of Greece
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    Xi'an Incident

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    May Fourth Movement

    Beijing

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    1. Rob Dondero
      Most Important Historical Events of the 20th Century at 2/19/2013 12:30 PM
      makes sense that they would make something concerning most important 20th century events .

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