Historical events
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Descriptions of Historical Events
Match the descriptions and the historical events.
On August 6, 1945, the United States used a massive weapon against Japan. | ||
On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers flew the Flyer for 12 seconds over 120 feet of ground. | ||
In 1969, as part of the Apollo 11 mission, Neil Armstrong became the first to accomplish that dream. | ||
It started in 1910, when liberals and intellectuals began to challenge the regime of dictator Porfirio Díaz. | ||
It's one of the deadliest maritime disasters in history. This ship hit an iceberg on April 14, 1912. | ||
It was the final clash after years of war between European nations and French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. | ||
After a three-month siege, Spanish forces under Hernán Cortés captured Tenochtitlán. | ||
It was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the No. 4 reactor in the Nuclear Power Plant, in the north of the Ukrainian SSR. | ||
On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. | ||
On August 3, 1492, Columbus set sail from Spain to find maritime routes to Asia. On October 12, Columbus landed on an island in the Bahamas. |