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> LANDMARKS
(9)
> ART
(20)
AMERICAN GOTHIC
1930
CAMPBELL'S SOUP CANS
1962
DAVID (MICHELANGELO)
1501–1504
DISCUS THROWER (DISCOBOLUS)
c. 450 BCE
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
c. 1665
GUERNICA
1937
LAS MENINAS
1656
MONA LISA
c. 1503–1519
NIGHTHAWKS
1942
PIETA (MICHELANGELO)
1498–1499
THE BIRTH OF VENUS
c. 1485
THE CREATION OF ADAM
c. 1508–1512
THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS
c. 1490–1510
THE GREAT WAVE OFF KANAGAWA
c. 1831
THE LAST SUPPER
c. 1495–1498
THE NIGHT WATCH
1642
THE SCREAM
1893
THE STARRY NIGHT
1889
THE THINKER
1904
VENUS DE MILO
c. 150 BCE
> FIGURES
(16)
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
1809–1865
ALBERT EINSTEIN
1879–1955
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
1451–1506
CLEOPATRA
69–30 BCE
GALILEO GALILEI
1564–1642
JULIUS CAESAR
100–44 BCE
LEONARDO DA VINCI
1452–1519
MAHATMA GANDHI
1869–1948
MARCO POLO
1254–1324
MARIE CURIE
1867–1934
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
1929–1968
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
1769–1821
THOMAS EDISON
1847–1931
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
1564–1616
WINSTON CHURCHILL
1874–1965
WRIGHT BROTHERS
1867–1948
> EVENTS
(23)
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
1861–1865
APOLLO 11 MOON LANDING
July 1969
ASSASSINATION OF ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND
1914
BATTLE OF HASTINGS
1066
BATTLE OF WATERLOO
1815
BLACK DEATH
1346–1353
BOSTON TEA PARTY
1773
CHERNOBYL DISASTER
1986
CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
1962
D-DAY (NORMANDY LANDINGS)
June 6 1944
FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL
1989
FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
476 CE
FRENCH REVOLUTION
1789–1799
HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI BOMBINGS
August 1945
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
1760–1840
INVENTION OF THE PRINTING PRESS
c. 1440
JFK ASSASSINATION
1963
PEARL HARBOR ATTACK
December 7 1941
RMS TITANIC
April 1912
SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS
2001
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE (19TH AMENDMENT)
1920
WORLD WAR I
1914–1918
WORLD WAR II
1939–1945
> DOCUMENTS
(16)
ATLANTIC CHARTER
1941
BAYEUX TAPESTRY
c. 1070s
CODE OF HAMMURABI
c. 1754 BCE
DEAD SEA SCROLLS
c. 3rd c. BCE – 1st c. CE
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
1776
EPIC OF GILGAMESH
c. 2100 BCE
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
1863
GUTENBERG BIBLE
c. 1455
MAGNA CARTA
1215
ROSETTA STONE
196 BCE
THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
1848
TREATY OF VERSAILLES
1919
TWELVE TABLES
451 BCE
UNITED STATES BILL OF RIGHTS
1791
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
1948
US CONSTITUTION
1787
> OTHER
(53)
ADA LOVELACE
1815–1852
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
1847–1922
ANDREW JOHNSON
1808–1875
APOLLO 13
1970
AUGUSTUS
63 BC–14 AD
BERLIN WALL
1961–1989
BIG BEN
1859–present
BILL OF RIGHTS 1689
1689
CARNAC STONES
c. 4500–3300 BC
CHARLES DE GAULLE
1890–1970
CHICHEN ITZA
c. 600–1200 AD
CHRIST THE REDEEMER
1922–1931
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE
1564–1593
DOMESDAY BOOK
1086
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
1863
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
1930–1931
FERDINAND MAGELLAN
1480–1521
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
1818–1895
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
c. 1343–1400
HADRIAN'S WALL
122 AD
HATSHEPSUT
c. 1507–1458 BC
HENRY FORD
1863–1947
IMPRESSION, SUNRISE
1872
IRON CURTAIN CHECKPOINT
c. 1947–1991
ISAAC NEWTON
1643–1727
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU
1889–1964
KOREAN DMZ
1953–Present
MALCOLM X
1925–1965
MARCUS AURELIUS
121–180 AD
MICHELANGELO
1475–1564
MOAI OF EASTER ISLAND
c. 1250–1500 CE
MOTHERLAND CALLS
1959–1967
NEFERTITI
c. 1370–1330 BC
NELSON MANDELA
1918–2013
NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN
1869–1940
NIKOLA TESLA
1856–1943
PANTHEON
c. 113–125 AD
PULA ARENA
27 BC–68 AD
PYRAMID OF THE SUN
c. 200 AD
RAPHAEL
1483–1520
RMS LUSITANIA
1915
ROSALIND FRANKLIN
1920–1958
SPUTNIK 1
1957
STEP PYRAMID OF DJOSER
c. 2670 BC
TEMPLE OF LUXOR
c. 1400 BC
THE KISS
1907–1908
THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY
1931
THEATRE OF DIONYSUS
c. 6th century BC
TIKAL
c. 200–900 AD
ULYSSES S. GRANT
1822–1885
USS ARIZONA
1916–1941
VASCO DA GAMA
c. 1460–1524
WATER LILIES
1890s–1920s