I need an interesting historical event!?

Question

I am writing a report on a historical event that happened before 2000. I need it to be interesting, NO WARS! It has to be something an 8th grader can read about without wanting to rip the book. And it needs to be a big enough event that i can find at least 3 books on it.

Answer 1

Just a few ideas:
The great exhibition in the original Crystal Palace in London, back in Victorian times.
The sinking of the Titanic
The Wright brothers first flight
The great fire of London
The discovery of (insert country here).

Hope that helps

Answer 2

The Berlin Airlift


In 1948 Germany had been occupied by four countries; The US, Great Britain and France as well as the USSR.
Germany was divided into West and East with the capitol, Berlin also divided into West and East. The Western sectors of Germany as well as Berlin were controlled by the first three countries with the Eastern Sector of both Germany and Berlin controlled by the USSR. Additionally, Berlin was entirely within the Eastern sector of Germany.

The western sector of Berlin relied upon railroad delivery of goods such as food and coal for heating and electricity generation.

Early in 1948 the Soviets closed the rail and road routes to Berlin hoping to starve the US, UK and France into leaving Berlin in the hands of the USSR.

Refusing to back down to the Soviet challenge but also not wanting to provoke a war with the USSR the Americans along with the British began a massive airlift of supplies into Berlin called "Operation Vittles".

It was a stirring example of a solution to a difficult problem without resorting to war.

There are quite a few books on the subject; Google "Berlin Airlift 1948. The Wikipedia will provide great references.

Answer 3

Hmmmm. Something positive rather than catastrophic.
Something interesting to a teenage girl.
How 'bout the story of Victoria becoming queen of Britain in 1837? She was an 18 year old suddenly expected to rule the country that, by the end of her reign in 1901, would possess the greatest empire in the history of the world.
Plenty of books on Queen Victoria, and the reading should be interesting for you. Imagine yourself becoming the ruler of a great nation as a teenager.

Victoria also had an interesting life. She loved her husband and raised nine children who would all become part of the ruling nobility in Europe leading up to the first World W---ell
we won't go into warfare.

Victoria's kids :

1 Princess Victoria "Vicky" of Great Britain (Princess
Royal) 1840 1901
2 King Edward VII of Great Britain 1841 1910
3 Princess Alice of Great Britain 1843 1878
4 Prince Alfred "Affie" of Great Britain (Duke of
Edinburgh and later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
1844 1900
5 Princess Helena Augusta Victoria "Lenchen" of Great
Britain 1846 1923
6 Princess Louise of Great Britain 1848 1939
7 Prince Arthur of Great Britain (1st Duke of Connaught)
1850 1942
8 Prince Leopold of Great Britain (Duke of Albany)
1853 1884
9 Princess Beatrice of Great Britain 1857 1944

Answer 4

The Space Race. When Kennedy was elected President in 1960 he promised that we would walk on the moon by the end of the decade & we did in 1969.

Answer 5

women's roles in aviation development
Amelia Earhart
Development of airplanes
development of transatlantic flight
development of the automobile
development of the motion picture
astronomy discoveries
man destination to the moon
the prohibition era

Answer 6

Well, out of the 50,000 or more historical events out there that fit your criteria, you should easily be able to find one.

Answer 7

Why don't you write about women's role during WWII.