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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Joe Garner |
| ISBN: | 1570719748 9781570719745 |
| OCLC Number: | 166315977 |
| Description: | xiv, 178 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. + 2 sound discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| Contents: | The Hindenburg explodes -- Pearl Harbor under attack -- D-day : the Normandy invasion -- President Roosevelt dies -- V-E day : war in Europe ends -- Atomic bomb destroys Hiroshima -- Japan surrenders : WWII ends -- Truman defeats Dewey -- General MacArthur fired -- Sputnik launched by Soviets -- John Glenn orbits earth -- Marilyn Monroe dies -- Cuban missile crisis : nuclear war threatened -- President Kennedy assassinated -- Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated -- President Johnson declines reelection bid -- Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated -- Robert Kennedy assassinated -- Apollo 11 : man walks on moon -- Apollo 13 : astronauts escape disaster -- Kent State massacre -- Munich Olympics tragedy -- Nixon resigns -- Saigon falls -- Elvis dies -- Iran hostage crisis -- John Lennon assassinated -- President Reagan shot -- The Challenger explodes -- Berlin Wall crumbles -- Operation Desert Storm begins -- Rodney King verdict incites riots -- Waco standoff ends in disaster -- O.J. Simpson saga -- Oklahoma City bombing -- Flight 800 explodes over Atlantic -- Atlanta Olympics bombing -- Princess Diana dies -- The impeachment of President Clinton -- Tragedy at Columbine High School -- John F. Kennedy Jr. dies -- The 2000 election -- America under attack. |
| Responsibility: | Joe Garner. |
Abstract:
Recounts the details of forty-three significant events of the twentieth century, each with from-the-scene photographs; and features two compact discs that contain over two hours of audio from the events as they were broadcast live.
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