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China detonated a nuclear bomb (1964), the US authorized the war in Iraq (2002), the Long March began in China (1934), the last smallpox diagnosis was made (1975), the Million Man March took place in Washington DC (1995), the Nazis established the Warsaw Ghetto (1940), Britain announced plans to ban handguns after the Dunblane massacre (1996), Planned Parenthood was founded (1916), Kissinger and Tho were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1973), Messner climbed all 14 “eight thousand” mountains (1986), and the Walt Disney Company was founded (1923).
China has become the fifth country in the world to successfully detonate a nuclear bomb. (1964) China joined Britain, the Soviet Union, France and the United States as a nuclear power.
US President George W. Bush authorized the war in Iraq. (2002) President Bush signed the resolution established by the United States Congress authorizing the war, which was to begin on March 20, 2003.
The “Long March” – the longest march in the history of warfare – has begun in China. (1934) In what became a successful effort to establish Mao Zedong as Communist leader in China, the march lasted for a year and four days, covering more than 6,000 miles (about 9,656 kilometers).
The last smallpox diagnosis was made. (1975) Two-year-old Rahima Banu from Bangladesh was the last known victim of the disease. Smallpox is the only disease in human history to have been declared eradicated.
The “Million Man March” took place in Washington DC (1995) The march, led by Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam, was a gathering of black men in the United States who spoke out against the poor social and economic conditions of the black community.
The Nazis established the Warsaw Ghetto. (1940) The Nazis used the ghetto to house more than 400,000 Warsaw Jews, who represented about 30 percent of Warsaw’s population. The Ghetto area, however, accounted for only about two percent of Warsaw’s area. The ghettos were blocked off from the outside world with walls covered with barbed wire and guarded by armed soldiers. Parts of the wall remain standing today.
Britain announced plans to ban handguns after the 1996 Dunblane massacre. (1996) The Dunblane massacre was a murder-suicide at a primary school in Scotland, in which 16 children and two adults were killed. The plans became law the following year.
Planned Parenthood is founded. (1916) American activist Margaret Sanger opened the country’s first birth control clinic in Brooklyn, New York.
US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Vietnamese revolutionary politician Le Duc Tho were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. (1973) The two were honored for successfully negotiating the Vietnam War ceasefire. Tho declined the award.
The first person reached all 14 of the “eight thousand”. (1986) Italian mountaineer Reinhold Messner has successfully climbed all 14 mountains in the world with peaks exceeding 8,000 metres, or approximately 24,247 feet. Since Messner, at least 20 others have accomplished the same feat.
The Walt Disney Company is founded. (1923) The company was founded by two brothers, Roy and Walt Disney. Today it is the world’s largest conglomerate of entertainment and media companies.
