Historical Events: 9/11 attacks, Iraq War, Hurricane Katrina, Barack Obama's election

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Across
  1. 5. - Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
  2. 8. - Fall of the ___ Wall in 1989, symbolizing the end of the Cold War.
  3. 9. - Political scandal leading to the resignation of President Nixon.
  4. 10. - Pro-democracy protests in Beijing in 1989.
  5. 11. - Moon landing program by NASA.
  6. 13. - Conflict that began in 2003 with the invasion of this country.
  7. 14. - Release of Nelson ___ after 27 years in prison.
  8. 15. - Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II.
Down
  1. 1. - Women's ___ movement for the right to vote.
  2. 2. - Crisis in 1962, a tense standoff between the US and the USSR.
  3. 3. - Atomic bombing of this Japanese city in 1945.
  4. 4. - Nuclear disaster that occurred in Ukraine in 1986.
  5. 6. Eleventh - Terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
  6. 7. - Devastating hurricane that hit the Gulf Coast in 2005.
  7. 12. - First African-American president of the United States.