Rome falls and the world changes forever
Barack Obama’s presidential nomination
American women gain the right to vote
Captain Matthew Webb swims across the English Channel
Mount Vesuvius erupts
Germany and the Soviet Union sign a nonaggression treaty
The Battle of Bosworth Field ends
Mona Lisa stolen
Germany captures Brussels in WWI
Hitler takes absolute power in Germany
Soviet hard-liners launch coup against Gorbachev
The first serviceable steamboat sails