12 Days That Shocked The World

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12 Days That Shocked The World was a twelve part special that premiered on The History Channel in Australia from June 11, 2007 to June 22, 2007. The series ranked the twelve events that most shocked the world, as voted by viewers on the History Channel website.

[edit] Overview

The twelve events and their position are as follows

1. September 11, 2001 attacks
2. Atomic bombings of Hiroshima
3. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
4. Death of Diana, Princess of Wales
5. John F. Kennedy assassination
6. Chernobyl disaster
7. Attack on Pearl Harbor
8. Apollo 11
9. Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
10. Sinking of the RMS Titanic
11. Shooting of John Lennon
12. Death of Adolf Hitler

[edit] External links

• thehistorychannel.com.au