101 Events That Made the 20th Century

From the coronation of the enduring British monarch Queen Elizabeth II, to the rise of Iranian dictator Khomeini, to the impeachment trials of US president Bill Clinton; from the discovery of King Tut in The Valley of Kings to evacuation of Dunkirk.

The release of a book called "Silent Spring" that put a voice to an important plight; the doom of the Jonestown cult; the opening of Disneyland.

Counting down from 75 to 63, showcasing great works of art and scientific feats in space, civil wars, sieges, and environmental crises; the construction of the Panama Canal; the invention of genetically modified crops that changed the future of food.

The Battle of Stalingrad is a turning point in WWII; the Rwandan genocide and Tiananmen Square massacre leave millions in sorrow; war criminals are taken to trial in Nuremberg; the creation of the bra; a groundbreaking heart transplant.

Treaty in Versailles aimed at bringing peace to the world; the Watergate political scandal; the collapse of the Soviet Union; the assassination of John Lennon.

A space venture of a shuttle called Challenger; a ship journey on the unsinkable Titanic; a car chase of Princess Diana; a war in Vietnam, in China, and war upon the U.S.; the birth of the Israeli nation; a new style of cinema with sound.

From the Wright brothers who flew a plane for the first time, to a country that launched Sputnik into space for the first time, the 20th century showed the rapid advance in technological feats.

The 10 events that most marked history; Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream Speech" influences civil rights laws; apartheid ends in South Africa; a bomb drops in Hiroshima; man lands on the moon.