There have been two world wars and unspeakable evil. The rise and fall of the Soviet Union. The atomic bomb and, later, the hydrogen bomb. There have been marvels, as well. Human feet have trod the moon.
Kidney transplants are commonplace.
Supersonic passenger jets zip from New York to Paris in five hours. Other stories revealed themselves more slowly. Watergate was another. The Maine Sunday Telegram has compiled a list of major stories of the past 100 years. The first human walked on the moon.