- Began: September 16, 1810
- Ended: September 27, 1821
With the surrender of Japan in World War II, the Korean peninsula, occupied by the Japanese since 1910, was divided at the 38th Parallel:the north occupied by the Soviets and the south by the Americans. The prevailing tension exploded when North Korean troops invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950. Th
The Missile Crisis , which occurred in October 1962, was a diplomatic incident between the United States and the Soviet Union, over the installation of missiles in Cuba. The event is considered the most tense moment of the Cold War when the world had a real chance of succumbing to nuclear war. Back
The “War of Secession” or “American Civil War” was a civil war that took place in the United States of America between 1861 and 1865. The conflict involved the Northern States (Union) and the Southern States (Confederate States of America) for the emancipation of slaves and ended with the victory o
Ronald Reagan, the 40th generation, was the oldest president in history and the only divorced president. Ronald Reagan before becoming president Ronald Reagan was born in 1911 in Illinois. His father was an Irish Catholic and his mother was a Scottish Protestant, but Ronald became a Protestant