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The exact time of some historical events

Unless otherwise specified, the time is local (i.e., the time used in the location where the event took place)

• 1906-04-18 13:12:27 UTC
  1906 San Francisco earthquake
• 1914-06-28 11:15
  In Sarajevo (Serbia), Gavrilo Princip fires a shot at Franz Ferdinand; the subsequent development of events over the next month leads to the start of World War I (July 28, 1914)
• 1918-11-11 11:00
  The Armistice of Compiègne comes into effect (the official end of World War I), signed in France
• 1923-09-01 11:58:32 JST (02:58:32 UTC)
  1923 Great Kantō earthquake (island of Honshū, Japan)
• 1939-09-01 04:45
  The exact time (Central European Time) of the beginning of World War II: the German battleship "Schleswig-Holstein" opens fire on a military base on the Westerplatte Peninsula near the Polish city of Gdańsk (then Danzig)
• 1945-08-05 23:01
  The end of the war in Europe: the German Instrument of Surrender comes into effect
• Nuclear explosions of 1945
  • 1945-07-16 05:29
    Operation Trinity – the first test of an atomic bomb (Alamogordo Desert in New Mexico, USA)
  • 1945-08-06 08:15
    The American bomber Enola Gay drops the atomic bomb Little Boy on Hiroshima (Japan)
  • 1945-08-09 11:02
    The atomic bomb Fat Man is dropped on Nagasaki (Japan)
• 1945-09-02 09:02
  The signing ceremony of Japanese Instrument of Surrender – World War II is over
• 1963-11-22 12:30
  The assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas (Texas, USA)
• 1964-03-28 17:36:16 AKST (03:36:16 UTC)
  Great Alaska earthquake
• 1967-09-03 04:50
  Dagen H – the moment Sweden switched from left-hand to right-hand traffic
• Apollo 11 mission
  • 1969-07-16 13:32 UTC
    Launch
  • 1969-07-20 20:17 UTC
    Moon landing
  • 1969-07-21 02:56 UTC
    Moonwalk (Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin)
  • 1969-07-21 17:54 UTC
    Lunar module liftoff
  • 1969-07-24 16:50 UTC
    Return to Earth
• 1978-06-06 00:00
  The Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals entered into force
• 1981-05-13 17:17
  An assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II at the Vatican
• 1989-11-09 23:00 (approximately)
  The initial opening of crossings, followed by the physical dismantling of the Berlin Wall (overnight into November 10)
• 1997-08-31 00:23
  Car accident that killed Princess Diana
  
• The events of 9/11
  • 2001-09-11 08:46
    American Airlines Flight 11 (from Boston to Los Angeles) crashes into the North Tower of the World Trade Center (110-story-tall)
  • 2001-09-11 09:03
    United Airlines Flight 175 (also from Boston to L.A.) crashes into the South Tower of the WTC
  • 2001-09-11 09:37
    American Airlines Flight 77 (from Washington to L.A.) crashes into the Pentagon
  • 2001-09-11 09:59
    After burning for 56 minutes, the South Tower collapses
  • 2001-09-11 10:28
    102 minutes after the plane crashes, the North Tower collapses
  • 2001-09-11 10:53
    U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is ordering the U.S. military to go on higher state of alert
• 2005-04-02 21:37
  The death of Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyła)
• 2015-02-27 23:31
  Boris Nemtsov assassinated in Moscow
• 2020-03-11 18:00 (approximately)
  The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic (this was announced at a virtual briefing held in Geneva, Switzerland); the end of the COVID-19 pandemic was announced on May 5, 2023
• 2022-02-24 03:40
  The beginning of the invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops

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