Cherish Grade 9B

Date: Thusday, 15/7/21

5 major times in world history that has changed

the country/world.

1. THE INVENTION OF THE ATOMIC BOMB, AND THE EXPLOSION OF

ATOMIC BOMBS OVER HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI.
A US B-29 aircraft fired an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on 6 August
1945, instantly killing over 75.000 people. A second bomb fell on the city of
Nagasaki three days later, killing an estimated 40.000 people. On the 15 th of
August, six days after the bomb over Nagasaki , The Japanese surrendered.

2. ENGLAND RECEIVES THE PLAGUE (BLACK DEATH)

he Black Death were also known as the Great Mortality, or Plague was a
bubonic plague pandemic that struck Afro-Eurasia between 1346 and 1353. It
was the deadliest panemic in the human history, killing 200 million people. It’s
difficult to imagine the terror that people must have felt when the Black Death
sread over the Eurasia and North Africa. Over a fourth of the population is
reported to have died, causing chaos on villages and cities. The plague had a
huge impact on the society.

3. QUEEN VICTORIA BECOMES QUEEN

Although few English kings or queens speciy their age, but the Victorian
times are known to all of us. Victorian’s reign spanned more than 60 years,
during which time United Kingdom underwent significant tranformations. Many
people’s lives were changed as a result of the Industrial Revolution, cultural
discoveries, and scientific discoveries, all of which had direct links to te expansion
of the British Empire.
4. NATURAL DISASTERS (EARLY 21ST CENTURY)
- The Tohoku Tsunami (2011), caused by a 9.0 earthquake off the coast of
Japan, led to the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
The death toll reached 18,400.
- Myanmar was hit by Cyclone Nargis (2008), which caused the death of
more than 146,000 people.
- The Haiti Earthquake (2010) resulted in the death of over 316,000 people.
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5. INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI
On 26 December 2004, a 9,1 magnitude earthquake and massive waves
slammed into coast, killing around 228.000 people. A massive upward thrust
of the ocean floor displaced billions of tons of seawater, which subsequently
racedtowards shorelines at horrifying speeds. Hundreds of metres inland, the
waves pulled plant from mountain sides, crashed vessels, and threw boats
into trees.