A Brief History of Earth

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4.5 BYA.... Earth Forms, a planet/asteroid the size of Mars crashes into Earth, forming the moon.

65 MYA... Under mysterious circumstances the Dinosaurs become extinct. Most likely result of asteroid impact and supervolcanic eruptions

18,000 BCE.... The Last Great Ice Age recedes, leaving room for Humanity to spread.

C. 3,000 BCE... First sophisticated societies appear. Ancient Egypt and China most prominent.

C. 4 CE... Jesus Christ is born

C. 33 CE.. Jesus Christ is crucified

C. 4th Century CE... Roman Empire divided into West and Eastern Roman Empires. Barbarians sack West Rome

498 CE... Fall of Roman Empire..

C.14th Century CE... Black Plague ravages Eurasia.

15th Century...Renaissance and Age of Exploration.

1492... Genoese Explorer Christopher Columbus lands on an uncharted Island. Names it Hispanola.

1500... New World Proclaimed.

1774-83... American Revolutionary War. 13 Colonies become independent from British Empire.

1789-99... French Revolutionary War topples French Monarchy.

1799... Napoleon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of France.

1800-15... Napoleonic Wars waged across Europe.

C.1851... Industrial Revolution begins.

1861-65... American Civil War.

1870-1... Franco-Prussian War sees creation of German Empire.

1904-5... Russo-Japanese War

1912... RMS Titanic strikes iceberg off Newfoundland and sinks, killing over 1,500 people.

1914-9... First World War

1918-23.. Second Russian Civil War

1919.... Treaty of Versailles signed.

1922... Benito Mussolini becomes dictator of Italy

1923... Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.,) established.

1929.. New York Stock Exchange crashes. International crisis.

1933-4... Adolf Hitler rises to power as Führer of the German Reich

1936-9... Hitler expands Germany's borders

1939-45.. Second World War

1948-91... Cold War between U.S.A. and Soviet Union

1950-3.. Korean War.

1945-54... Indochinese Revolution

1964-73.. Vietnam War

1978-89... Afghan-Soviet War

1989.. Reunification of Germany, fall of Warsaw Pact

1991.. U.S.S.R. Collapses, First Gulf War

2001.. Terrorist attacks of September 11th

2002-15... Afghan War

2003... Second Gulf War

2003-10.. Iraq War


2008... Barack Obama elected president of the United States

2013... Extraterrestrial spaceships sighted near Saturn. Vessels traveling at low speed. Could reach Earth by 2020.

2016.. Donald Trump elected POTUS

2017... Donald Trump impeached. Vice President Mike Pence becomes POTUS

2019... Mike Pence resigns. Paul Ryan becomes POTUS.

2020... Extraterrestrial craft arrive near Earth and begin to orbit...






ATTENTION ALL UNITS! CODE RED, I REPEAT, CODE RED! THE UNITED STATES IS UNDER ATTACK, I REPEAT WE ARE UNDER ATTAC-*explosion, static*


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