Top 100 News Stories ~  U.S. History, 20th Century Treasures from American Film Archives

"They'd become the closest friends I'd ever had. I was an only child, and suddenly I felt as though I had three brothers." ~ Ringo Starr

51. American scientists patent computer chip 1959

Guglielmo Marconi 52. Marconi transmits radio signal across Atlantic. 1901

53. Clinton impreached 1998

54. Marshall Plan 1947

55. Robert Kennedy assassinated in California 6/4-5/68

56. U.S. Senate rejects Versailles Treaty 1920

57. Rachel Carson's Silent Spring crusade 1962

58. Beatles debut on Ed Sullivan 2/9/64

59. Voting Rights Act passed 1965

60. Yuri Gagarin 1st man in space 4/12/61

61. First jet airplane takes flight 1939

62. U.S. planes bomb North Vietnam Feb. 1965

63. North Vietnamese take over Saigon. 4/30/75

64. Manhattan Project begins 1942

65. GI Bill established to help veterans 1945

66. Shepard 1st American in space 5/5/61

67. Watergate scandal 1973-1974

68. San Francisco Earthquake 1906

69. United Nations officially established 1945

70. Communists build Berlin Wall Aug. 1961

71. Gandhi begins nonviolent India reform movement 1920

72. Standard Oil loses antitrust suit 1911

73. Last ground troops withdraw from Vietnam Jan. 1973

74. NATO established 1949

75. Stalin's forced USSR modernization 1928

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