The Catholic Church in the 20th Century
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MAJOR EVENTS OF THE 20th CENTURY
Vatican I
DECEMBER 8 1869-1870
Election of Pope St. Pius X
AUGUST 4 1903
Franz Ferdinand Assassination
JUNE 18 1914 Sarajevo Austria-Hungary
Our Lady of Fatima
MAY 13 1917 Fatima Portugal
October Revolution
NOVEMBER 7 1917 Petrograd Russia
Discovery of Penicillin
SEPTEMBER 28 1928 London England
Election of Pope Pius XII
MARCH 2 1939
WW II
SEPTEMBER 1 1939
Attack on Pearl Harbor
DECEMBER 7 1941 Pearl Harbor Hawaii
D-Day
JUNE 6 1944 Normandy France
Bombing of Hiroshima
AUGUST 6 1945 Hiroshima Japan
S
tart of the Cold War
LATE 1945
Election of Pope St. John XXIII
OCTOBER 28 1958
Vatican II
OCTOBER 11 1962-DECEMBER 8 1965
Election of Pope Paul VI
J
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NE 21 1963
Legalization of ABORTION in Britain
JULY 16 1967 Britain
First Man on Moon
JULY 21 1969
Election of Pope St. John Paul II
OCTOBER 16 1978