World events in history

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Across
  1. 3. A surprise Japanese attack on a U.S. naval base on December 7, 1941.
  2. 5. This system of racial segregation ended in South Africa in the 1990s.
  3. 6. A devastating plague that swept through Europe in the 14th century.
  4. 8. Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon in 1969.
  5. 10. She refused to give up her bus seat, sparking the U.S. civil rights movement.
  6. 13. A plane crash on a volcano in Antarctica in 1979 killed all on board.
  7. 14. In 1989, this barrier dividing East and West Germany came down.
  8. 15. This "unsinkable" ship sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912.
Down
  1. 1. A nuclear power plant exploded in this Ukrainian city in 1986.
  2. 2. The first city targeted by an atomic bomb on August 6, 1945.
  3. 4. A protest where American colonists dumped tea into a harbor in 1773.
  4. 7. Day marking the end of World War I on November 11, 1918.
  5. 9. Terrorist attacks destroyed the Twin Towers in New York on this date.
  6. 11. The movement for women’s right to vote.
  7. 12. A major WWI battle involving ANZAC troops in Turkey in 1915.