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Explanation: Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer sailing for Spain, is credited with discovering the Americas for Europeans in 1492, landing in the Bahamas. However, indigenous peoples had lived there for millennia.

Explanation: The Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989, leading to German reunification in 1990. The Wall had divided East and West Berlin since 1961.

Explanation: The Cold War (1947-1991) was a state of geopolitical tension between the USA and the Soviet Union (USSR). It featured an arms race, space race and proxy wars but no direct military conflict.

Explanation: The French Revolution began in 1789, marked by the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789. It ended the monarchy and led to the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Explanation: World War I began on July 28, 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914.