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  Timeline of Climate Change This infographic presents a timeline of climate change. A detailed description of this infographic appears below. Climate change happens across a range of time scales from hours to eons. However, since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution in 1750, human beings and their activities have emerged as...
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  Timeline of Historical Events That Affected the Open Door Policy in China The Open Door policy was influential in China’s relations with the rest of the world. Companion, China, unequal treaties, Open Door policy, trade, Boxer Rebellion, Opium Wars, Mao...
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  Timeline of the 1970s The decade after the “Swinging Sixties” was marked by unrest and upheaval. Although the Vietnam War effectively ended with the Fall of Saigon, other conflicts arose, including the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The United States faced political turmoil as President Richard Nixon resigned amid the...
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  Timeline of the 1980s The 1980s have been called “the decade of decadence,” and one of the era’s most notable movie characters, Wall Street’s Gordon Gekko, famously declared that “greed is…good.” But the decade was about more than just excess. It was a period marked by defining events that continue to resonate. The...
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  Timeline of the 1990s The last decade of the 20th century was defined by a number of transformative events. The emergence of Google and Amazon fueled the growing popularity of the Internet and forever changed everyday life. On the political front, the decades-long Cold War ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union,...
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  Timeline of the 2000s In a discussion of potential names for the 2000s, American author and journalist Walter Isaacson suggested the “Decade of Disruptions,” a reference to a series of particularly turbulent events. On September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked the United States, sparking lengthy wars in Afghanistan and...
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  Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement The civil rights movement came to national prominence in the United States during the mid-1950s and continued to challenge racial segregation and discrimination through the 1960s. Many organizations, notably the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), headed by Martin Luther King, Jr., the...
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  Timeline of the Apollo Space Missions Apollo was a project conducted by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the 1960s and 1970s that landed the first humans on the Moon. Spotlight, Apollo, John F. Kennedy, NASA, space program, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Jim Lovell, Moon, Apollo 13 On May 25, 1961, U.S....
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  Timeline of the Battle of Stalingrad The Battle of Stalingrad marked a turning point in World War II. This timeline identifies the key events during that war’s greatest battle. list, Stalingrad, timeline, battle, Soviet Union, Germany, World War II, EuropeLess than two weeks before World War II begins, Germany and the Soviet Union...
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  Timeline of the Dunkirk Evacuation The evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and other Allied troops from the French seaport of Dunkirk (Dunkerque) to England. Operation Dynamo used hundreds of naval vessels and civilian boats in the evacuation. Spotlight, World War II, Dunkirk, British Expeditionary Force, Operation...
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  Timeline of the First Opium War Disputes over trade, drug smuggling, and diplomacy led to the First Opium War. Here’s a timeline of notable events in this conflict between China and Britain. list, Opium Wars, First Opium War, China, Qing dynasty, Great Britain, opium, tea, East India Company, addiction, Treaty of Nanjing, Treaty...
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  Timeline of the Manhattan Project The Manhattan Project had its origins in 1939, when U.S. scientists urged President Franklin D. Roosevelt to establish a program to study the potential military use of fission; $6,000 was appropriated for the task. By 1942 the project was code-named Manhattan, for the site of Columbia University,...
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  Timeline of the Second Opium War (Arrow War) Britain and France fought the Second Opium War against China to gain greater commercial access to China. This timeline lists the key events during this conflict. list, Second Opium War, Arrow War, Great Britain, China, France, Russia, United States, opium, Tianjin, Tientsin, Canton, Guangzhou,...
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  Timeline of the September 11 Attacks Note: All times listed are Eastern Daylight Time. list, September 11 attacks, World Trade Center, Pentagon, American Airlines flight 11, United Airlines flight 175, United Airlines flight 93, American Airlines flight 77, terrorism, Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, hijacking, United States history, New...
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  Timeline of the Sinking of the USS Indianapolis On July 30, 1945, just days after delivering components of the atomic bombs that were later dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, the USS Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine. Of the nearly 1,200 crewmen on board, some 900 initially survived. Their ordeal, however, was just starting....
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  Timeline of the Space Race, 1957–69 This infographic presents a timeline of space-related achievements by the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. between 1957 and 1969. A description of the timeline is below the graphic. Spotlight, space race, Sputnik, Apollo program, Moon, Laika, Yuri Gagarin, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, NASA, Soyuz,...
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  Timeline of the Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War began as an attempted military coup in 1936 and evolved into a bloody proxy war that killed hundreds of thousands of people by the time it ended in 1939. This timeline lists the war’s important events. list, Spanish Civil War, Francisco Franco, Condor Legion, International...
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  Timeline of the Spanish Inquisition The Spanish Inquisition was created in 1478. Its purpose was ostensibly to fight heresy in Spain, but its main accomplishment was to consolidate the authority of the Spanish monarchy through violence and terror. This timeline provides key events during its existence. list, Spanish Inquisition,...
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  Timeline of the Titanic’s Final Hours Learn more about the doomed ocean liner’s sinking. Companion, Titanic, ocean liner, sinking, White Star Line, iceberg, Captain Edward J. Smith, J. Bruce...
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  Timeline of World War I Sparked by a political assassination in 1914, World War I inflicted historically unprecedented devastation on Europe. This timeline details the war’s key events. list, World War I, Adolf Hitler, Erich Ludendorff, Woodrow Wilson, Franz Ferdinand, Marne, Ypres, Gallipoli Campaign, Verdun, trench...