Hitler marched into Austria; “War of the Worlds” broadcast; Seabiscuit defeated War Admiral at Pimlico.

Monica Seles stabbed in back by crazy fan; Public allowed in Buckingham Palace for first time; River Phoenix died

Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s all-time HR record; Stephen Hawking gave new theory about black holes

“All Quiet on the Western Front” published; First Academy Awards ceremony; Beginning of Great Depression

Ronald Reagan announced he had Alzheimer’s; Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with Jupiter

Vietnam attacked Cambodia; Member of Great Wallendas died on tightrope; Grateful Dead performed in Egypt

The Battle of Hastings. Norman seize England. Harold II slain.

The Magna Carta is signed. King John of England is limited in power.

Brazil hosts the FIFA World Cup. Sochi hosts the Winter Olympics.

Luther posts his Ninety-Five Theses. The Ottomans capture Cairo.

Traditional date for the Fall of Rome. Odoacer becomes King of Italy.

Guy Fawkes arrested. Gunpowder Plot averted. Don Quixote published?

American Revolutionary War begins. The Great Fire of Tartu. Battle of Bunker Hill.

Pilgrims reach Plymouth Rock. The first modern violin is created.

First Crusade launched. Stephen of England born. People’s Crusade ends.

Battle of Tours checks Muslim advance in Europe. Charles Martel is “The Hammer”.

Charlemagne becomes Holy Roman Emperor. Book of Kells illustrated.

Fall of Byzantine Empire. Eastern Roman Empire finished. Hundred Years’ War ends.

Defeat of the Spanish Armada. Netherlands becomes a nation.

Charles I of England executed. Commonwealth of England proclaimed. Sack of Wexford.

Great Fire of London. Newton’s “Annus Mirabilis.” French Academy first meets.

England’s Glorious Revolution. William & Mary crowned. Nine Years’ War begins.

Union of England and Scotland. Great Britain comes into being. Mount Fuji erupts.

Lord Nelson dies. U.S. Marine at the Shores of Tripoli. Lewis & Clark reach Pacific.

Reform Act shakes up Britain. Greece becomes independent. Napoleon II dies.

Julius Caesar assassinated. Octavian returns to Rome. Mark Anthony’s rise in Rome.

Alexander the Great dies. Partition of Babylon. Aristotle flees Athens.

Great Fire of Rome. Nero starts heavy persecution of Christians.

Nero commits suicide. Tacitus records the last of his Annals. Galba briefly Emperor.

U.S. Civil War ends. Battle at Appomattox Court House. Andrew Johnson as U.S. President.

Battle of Shiloh. Battle of Antietam. First major ironclad clash.

Gutenberg Bible printed. Wars of the Roses begin. Romanus Pontifex published.

Sherman rampages through Georgia. Atlanta falls. Third Battle of Nanking.

World War II ends. Harry Truman becomes U.S. President.

North Korea claims first nuke test. Ban Ki-moon’s U.N. election. Sidoarjo mud flow.

Spanish-American War. Battle of San Juan Hill. Emile Zola pens the “J’accuse” letter.

Zimmerman Note discovered. Kingsland Explosion. Battle of Vimy Ridge.

Crimean referendum held. Seahawks win Super Bowl. ISIS invades northern Iraq.

South Carolina leaves the United States. Battle of Volturnus is a Garibaldi triumph.

Napoleon abdicates for the first time, is sent to Elba. Treaty of Ghent signed.

Last U.S. helicopters out of Saigon. Squeaky Fromme tries to kill Gerald Ford.

Germanwings Flight 9525 deliberately crashed in the Alps. Saudi intervention in Yemen.

Arab Spring begins. Fukushima Nuclear Plant leak. Iraq War announced as over.

Apartheid over in South Africa. Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding attack. GOP wins House.

Major New Madrid Earthquake. Venezuelan independence. Regency Era in England.

First issue, Emancipation Proclamation. Bismarck PM in Prussia. Battle of Fredericksburg.

American Civil War begins. Battles of Bull Run and Fort Sumter. Confederacy formed.

Establishment of Roman Republic. Tarquin is overthrown and defeated.

John McCain runs with Sarah Palin. Kosovo declares independence. Global finance crisis.