Paul Revere’s ‘Midnight Ride’. A smallpox epidemic begins in New England. Sir James Jay invents invisible ink.

Pope John Paul II Dies. YouTube is launched in the United States. Best Picture at the Oscars: Million Dollar Baby.

Porteous Riots in Edinburgh. Inventor James Watt born. Kingdom of Corsica established.

President denies affair with intern, Monica Lewinsky. Many European nations agree on single currency, the Euro.

President Reagan wounded by gunman. Pope John Paul II wounded by gunman. John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg.

Prohibition repealed in the U.S. Hitler becomes German chancellor. Reichstag fire in Berlin. Nazi terror begins.

Queen Victoria dies. The first Nobel Prizes are awarded. President McKinley fatally shot.

Roald Amundsen becomes first man to reach South Pole. Ernest Rutherford discovers the structure of an atom.

Robert Emmet stages a rising in Dublin. Matthew Flinders completes the first known circumnavigation of Australia.

Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated. Prague Spring. Spy Ship U.S.S. Pueblo Captured.

Sears Tower Built. The U.S. Pulls Out of Vietnam. Roe v. Wade legalizes abortion in the U.S.

Reagan elected president. Best Picture at the Oscars: Kramer vs. Kramer. Grammy Album of Year: 52nd Street by Billy Joel.

Roentgen announces discovery of X-rays. “La Boheme” premiers in Turin. Announcement of Gold in Yukon.

Rudolf Diesel patents the Diesel engine. Oscar Wilde is sentenced to serve 2 years in prison at Reading.

Russian Czar Nicholas II and his family are killed. Daylight saving time introduced. Spanish flu pandemic.

Russian forces occupy Crimea. Plague riot in Moscow. First recorded town cricket match in England played.

Russian revolutionaries execute the Tsar and his family. End of World War I.

Samuel Morse taps out “What hath God wrought”, first telegraph message. YCMA forms in London.

South Africa wins the Rugby World Cup. eBay is founded. Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway.

Poll tax is introduced in Scotland. Exxon Valdez oil spill. Serial killer Ted Bundy is executed in Florida.

Nigeria becomes independent. Sharpeville massacre in South Africa. Last day the farthing is legal tender.

Sir Stamford Raffles first lands in Singapore. Peterloo Massacre in Manchester, UK.

Slavery abolished in Chile. Webb Ellis invents rugby. Charles Macintosh patents waterproof material.

South Africa frees Nelson Mandela. Iraqi troops invade Kuwait. Margaret Thatcher resigns as British Prime Minister.

South Africa institutionalizes apartheid. NATO founded. The first Emmy Awards are handed out.

Soviet satellite Sputnik launches space age. European Economic Community established.

Spain sells Florida to United States. Napoleon Bonaparte dies. English poet John Keats dies at the age 26.

St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated in New York City for the first time. The Black Hole of Calcutta incident occurs.

St. Valentine’s Day massacre in Chicago. Stock market prices plummet in Wall Street Crash.

First Star Wars movie released. Miniseries Roots airs. Elvis found dead.

Gandhi assassinated. State of Israel founded. Big Bang theory formulated.

Steller’s sea cow is driven to extinction. Philip Astley stages the first modern circus, in London.

Stone age cave paintings found in France. Nylons on the market. Battle of Britain.

Suez Canal reopened. President Ford survives two assassination attempts. “Jaws” is the blockbuster of the year.

Suffragettes demonstrate in London. Woodrow Wilson becomes U.S. president. First crossword puzzle appears.

Summer of Love in San Francisco. Ernesto “Che” Guevara dies. Six-Day War ends.

Sweden introduces its Freedom of Press Act. Bonnie Prince Charlie is claimant to throne of Great Britain.

The bald eagle chosen as emblem of the U.S.A. Grattan’s Parliament begins in Ireland. Siku Quanshu completed.

Battle of Culloden, the final pitched battle on British soil. An earthquake demolishes Lima, Peru.

The Beatles perform for the first time. Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space. Bay of Pigs invasion.

The Beatles release their first album. Lawrence of Arabia wins Best Picture at the Oscars. Lamborghini is founded in Italy.

The British General Strike begins. Sudden death of Rudolph Valentino. Gene Tunney defeats Jack Dempsey at boxing.

The British government makes a 99 year rental agreement of Hong Kong. Caleb Bradham names his soft drink Pepsi-Cola.

The first Led Zeppelin album. “The Godfather” by M. Puzo published. Monty Python’s Flying Circus first airs.

The first recorded women’s cricket match takes place. Catherine the Great marries Peter III of Russia.

The first venereal disease clinic opens in London. James Lind discovers that citrus fruits prevent scurvy.

The Great Depression begins. Car Radio invented. Byrd and Bennet fly over South Pole.

The Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings. George II dies. Tacky’s War occurs in Jamaica.

William Shakespeare dies. Cardinal Richelieu is named Secretary of State by Louis XIII.