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25 Historical Events (As Depicted by 5 Year Olds)

cracked.com — Children are stupid. We know it's not their fault, but it doesn't stop us from laughing at their innocent, wide-eyed idiocy. With this in mind, here are some of history's most significant events, as they would be drawn by a five year-old child.

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  • sandersdamnit, on 07/03/2008, -14/+145wow you must be retarded
  • bannus, on 07/03/2008, -1/+13125. Atomic bombing of Hiroshima or Nagasaki
    24. The Battle of the Alamo
    23. Eli Whitney Invents the Cotton Gin
    22. The War of 1812
    21. Woodstock
    20. Jonestown http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown
    19. Easter
    18. Cold War
    17. Hitler Salute
    16. http://www.seanet.com/%7Ejimxc/Politics/dewey_defe ...
    15. Berlin Air Lift http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Blockade#Berli ...
    14. ???
    13. Scopes Trial http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_Trial
    12. Moon Landing
    11. Michelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel ceiling
    10. ???
    9. Trojan horse...?
    8. Marie Antoinette "Let them eat cake"
    7. Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
    6. Desegregation
    5. Columbus discovers America
    4. ???
    3. First man on the moon...?
    2. Washington Crossing the Delaware
    1. The Underground Railroad

    any ideas on the ones I didn't get?
  • yuriw, on 07/03/2008, -4/+81Dugg for "Hi Hitler!"
  • edwartica, on 07/03/2008, -1/+66Zombie Jesus!!!!
  • mentallyinhell, on 07/03/2008, -23/+86Michelangelo painting the ceiling took me a good 10 minutes to figure out. Great timekiller.
  • Monotonousblob, on 07/03/2008, -1/+6016. Truman Election (Newspaper declare Dewey winner early)
    http://www.seanet.com/~jimxc/Politics/dewey_defeat ...
    14. Trail of Tears
    10. Iran-Contra
    4.Quaker Indian Massacre

    3 &9 are correct
  • Ex3poo, on 07/03/2008, -7/+50These are actually how George W Bush see's them.
  • inactive, on 07/03/2008, -2/+41Thanks for saving me 10 minutes.
  • KingHarvest00, on 07/03/2008, -2/+41yeah I'm pretty sure 90% of these were done by adults.
  • dunnylovehun, on 07/03/2008, -1/+38Good sleuth work! Or you could have just read the intro where it says "With this in mind, we asked you to depict some of history's most significant events, as they would be drawn by a five year-old child."
  • TheAssuager, on 07/03/2008, -0/+25did you know that this was a contest... there were no 5-year olds involved dude.
  • chetanthaker, on 07/03/2008, -1/+22Dugg for the 'Battle of Elmo' (#24)
  • coolallison, on 07/03/2008, -0/+20I saw #6 as being Rosa Parks...
  • j4nj1m3n3z, on 07/03/2008, -3/+22#1 is pure genious
  • john2kx, on 07/03/2008, -1/+20I'm impressed you can write, considering that you can't read.

    These are all "as they WOULD BE drawn by a 5 year-old child", not "drawn by a 5 year-old child".
  • zerocool1990, on 07/03/2008, -3/+22#10 supposed to be Iran-Contra thing ?
  • masterJDK, on 07/03/2008, -1/+19Dugg for "Where'd my black people go?"
  • john2kx, on 07/03/2008, -0/+189 was good.. The Iliad as told by Homer.
  • luke16, on 07/03/2008, -1/+18HI!
  • adrianmchs, on 07/03/2008, -5/+2114. Trail of Tears
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears
    9. Homer's Odyssey
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey
  • TheTaoOfBill, on 07/03/2008, -1/+17I couldn't stop laughing at the quaker in the jet pack and the Indians running for their lives lmao.
  • shondell, on 07/03/2008, -0/+13"When Michelangelo was painting the Sixteen Chapels, he didn't stop at fifteen and say 'You know what? I'm tired. Why don't you guys finish the last one?'"
  • nugz85, on 07/03/2008, -3/+15boo hoo, your fat finger had to hit the mouse one more time.
  • inactive, on 07/03/2008, -4/+15↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A
  • inactive, on 07/03/2008, -0/+11http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_series
  • MavRevMatt, on 07/03/2008, -0/+9A classic but ***** Maddox. He doesn't update anymore because he already made his money on his POS book.
  • dunnylovehun, on 07/03/2008, -1/+10OK someone needs to post the full list. Someone with more time than me. The ones I almost missed were #12 (good call oball), #10 (the key is the gunfire), and #2 (forgot that happened on Xmas Eve, almost makes that my favorite). On #4, I'm just a little confused what the joke is. Isn't that how it really happened?
  • oball, on 07/03/2008, -1/+9#18 - Cold War

    #12 - Moon Landing

    I assume.
  • Disgod, on 07/03/2008, -0/+8I think you're right, because it does look sorta like Reagan and good old Oliver North(The Green Uniform I think gives it away). The scatter guns from Contra and the alien looking thing.

    I though it was the Red Scare at first because I though Reagan was JFK, but you're fits much better.
  • Stepoo, on 07/03/2008, -16/+23http://www.cracked.com/forums/topic/35174/ms-paint ...

    They weren't actually drawn by 5 year-olds.
  • Stormwern, on 07/03/2008, -0/+7Or they assumed everyone would realise it's made by adults from the very first picture but find it funny anyway.
  • HeDiggMe, on 07/03/2008, -5/+12Dugg for Jonestown. OH YEAH!!!!
  • vdog, on 07/03/2008, -0/+6I would have thought that posters going by such names as 'Illiterati' or 'phluxcapacitor' would have been a dead give-away.
  • Tayloristehsux, on 07/03/2008, -5/+10Remember the Elmo.
  • Kanuhduh, on 07/03/2008, -3/+8I'm partial to the war of 1812.
  • inactive, on 07/03/2008, -3/+8Hi Hitler!
  • Hangly, on 07/04/2008, -0/+5Hi!
  • cheeseplease, on 07/04/2008, -0/+5... says the guy who writes "sees" with apostrophe s.
  • Johnsillyhead, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4WTF = Where's the fun?
  • specialK16, on 07/04/2008, -0/+4Close enough, it was the Illiad.

    One of the few I actually got. (Not American, don't know american history and most of these are from American History).
  • inactive, on 07/03/2008, -3/+74.Quaker Indian Massacre, the guy is off the Quaker oats box.
  • greenroom628, on 07/03/2008, -1/+5dugg for ninjas and atom bombs.
  • diggystardust, on 07/03/2008, -1/+5At first I thought it had something to do with Homer's "The Odyssey" . . .

    /yes i know it's not a true story
  • Cloud7654, on 07/04/2008, -0/+3Homer's "The Iliad", actually. "The Odyssey" is a different epic.
  • TooScoops, on 07/03/2008, -3/+6#14 = Trail of Tears
    #10 = Iran Contra...spread gun!
    #4 = Quaker Indian Massacre?

    #22: That's exactly how the war of 1812 went down.
  • Bakudai, on 07/04/2008, -1/+4Because it was funny to me.
  • TheTaoOfBill, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3"yes i know it's not a true story"

    BLASPHEMY!!
  • m1zl3d, on 07/04/2008, -0/+3#3 Why is Neil Armstrong on the moon with Dora the Explorer and Batman? This makes no sense.
  • dmacmattack, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3No it doesn't
  • MrStabby, on 07/04/2008, -0/+3Choooo Chooo!
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