http://history1900s.about.com/ 20th Century History http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/15/cold-war-paper-bombs.htm Beginning during the Korean War (1950-1953) and continuing until 2000 when a cease-fire was reached, both North and South Korea launched propaganda campaigns. These campaigns included dropping millions of leaflets... http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/15/cold-war-paper-bombs.htm 2008-05-15T10:54:54Z http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/14/earthquake-in-china-deadliest-since-tangshan.htm The death toll from the 7.9 magnitude earthquake that hit just outside of Chengdu, China on Monday, May 12, 2008 continues to rise. The latest estimates range from 15,000 to... http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/14/earthquake-in-china-deadliest-since-tangshan.htm 2008-05-14T12:45:54Z http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/12/wright-brothers-artifact-found.htm Having been in her family for nearly a century, a woman recently decided to sell a utility table via a classified ad. The man who purchased the table, Ron Ciarmello,... http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/12/wright-brothers-artifact-found.htm 2008-05-12T12:45:09Z http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/08/controversy-over-flight-93-memorial-design.htm On September 11, 2001, United Flight 93 was the only hijacked plane that did not hit its target. Thanks to determined passengers who fought with the terrorists, the plane crashed... http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/08/controversy-over-flight-93-memorial-design.htm 2008-05-08T17:02:47Z http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/08/10-new-pictures-of-hiroshima-bombing.htm In 1945, U.S. serviceman Robert L. Capp found an undeveloped roll of film in a cave just outside of Hiroshima. On the film, were ten pictures of the immediate aftermath... http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/08/10-new-pictures-of-hiroshima-bombing.htm 2008-05-08T16:45:51Z http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/07/reasons-for-the-dust-bowl.htm As the Great Depression whipped through the United States, so did massive dust storms. These dust storms ruined farm land and sent farmers searching for work out West. But what... http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/07/reasons-for-the-dust-bowl.htm 2008-05-07T16:35:12Z http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/06/the-soviets-change-the-calendar.htm Although Lenin accepted the Gregorian calendar in the Soviet Union in 1918, the Soviets revamped the entire calendar again 1929, creating a Soviet revolutionary calendar that had five-day weeks. Learn... http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/06/the-soviets-change-the-calendar.htm 2008-05-06T13:11:40Z http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/01/remains-of-czar-nicholas-iis-children-confirmed.htm In August 2007, the remains of two children were found buried in a field just outside the city where the last Russian czar and his family were held prisoner and... http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/01/remains-of-czar-nicholas-iis-children-confirmed.htm 2008-05-01T18:40:47Z http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/01/chernobyl-to-get-new-protective-covering.htm The meltdown of the fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine on April 26, 1986 caused a huge, deadly environmental disaster. At the time, the Soviets quickly... http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/05/01/chernobyl-to-get-new-protective-covering.htm 2008-05-01T13:11:51Z http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/04/30/should-mein-kampf-be-published-in-germany.htm Since the end of World War II, Adolf Hitler's book, Mein Kampf has not been allowed to be published in Germany. However, in 2015, the copyright on the book will... http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/04/30/should-mein-kampf-be-published-in-germany.htm 2008-04-30T11:34:49Z