St. Cyprian's view of the epidemic of 251 C.E. was that it was a welcome events for servants of God. Those who were religious and loyal to God would survive, while everyone else wouldn't.
In 1876 the Electoral College made Hayes president in one of the most contentious elections in U.S. history. He had lost the popular vote to Democrat Samuel J Tilden, but won an intensely disputed electoral-college vote after a Congressional commission awarded him 20 contested electoral votes.
After 1945, the government green-lighted commercial production, and carmakers debuted their 1946 models to a public that was eager to get back on the road. Borrowing some of the design trends of warplanes, the post-war cars introduced massive tail fins and large expanses of chrome.
After world war two our knowledge of what we could do with science changed because we then knew formulas and ways to make nuclear weapons