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The Treaty of Versailles
After the first World War, the Treaty of Versailles was the symbol of peace. However, there were problems as Germany was the common one that was blamed for all the devastation they caused and payed the price. They had a plan to rebel as they did but they had limited army and resources; frankly, I’m surprised it worked. Treman, C n.d., The Treaty of Versailles, Outbrain, accessed 20 February 2017, http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980/the-treaty-of-versailles/. -
Discovery of Penicillin
This was a great year for the development of modern medicine. Sure this isn’t really an event but more than an advancement of science and that Penicillin was actually discovered by accident. Penicillin fought off what was at the time a devastating bacteria. World Press n.d., Top Ten Most World-Changing Events, accessed 16 February 2017, https://ianthecool.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/the-ten-most-world-changing-events-of-the-20th-century/. -
Stock Market Crash of 1929
Also nicknamed Black Tuesday, the Stock Market Crash of 1929 lead to a series of unfortunate events. During this time, life was hard as jobs were few and were far different from the 20s. The Stock Market Crashed at the end of 1020s and lead to the Great Depression in the 1930s. World Press n.d., Top Ten Most World-Changing Events, accessed 16 February 2017, https://ianthecool.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/the-ten-most-world-changing-events-of-the-20th-century/. -
World War II
World War I may have been the war to end all wars but it stopped nothing, all it did was shape a better setting for World War II. Over 60 million deaths were due to the result of World War II and was the most destructive war of all time. After World War II, America and Russia were the global leaders and because of the tension between them, it caused the Cold War. World War II n.d., accessed 20 February 2017, http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii. -
Attack on Pearl Harbour
The Second World War was already raging for a whole two years and this attack had basically dragged the United States of America into World War II. Before, USA only supported the allies by sending troops for them buy now because of this attack, USA is now a full member of the allies. World Press n.d., Top Ten Most World-Changing Events, accessed 16 February 2017, https://ianthecool.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/the-ten-most-world-changing-events-of-the-20th-century/. -
D-Day
This can be seen an is seen as the turning point of the second World War. D-Day was a massive undertaking that changed the course of history forever. What actually happened is that the allied had left Britain and headed for the Nazi-occupied Normandy, France. World Press n.d., Top Ten Most World-Changing Events, accessed 16 February 2017, https://ianthecool.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/the-ten-most-world-changing-events-of-the-20th-century/. -
The Bombing of Hiroshima
As you already know the Second World War was put to a stop by two nuclear devices known as the Fat Man and Little Boy. Nuclear energy was no longer a theory but now a weapon as demonstrated on that faithful day. World Press n.d., Top Ten Most World-Changing Events, accessed 16 February 2017, https://ianthecool.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/the-ten-most-world-changing-events-of-the-20th-century/. -
The Cold War
This event also caused the world to be changed forever as the cold war was fought between the United States of America and the United Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR). This is one of the first wars to ever extend to space as the soviets had launched their satellite into space for tactical reasons. History Channel n.d., Cold War History, accessed 16 February 2017, http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cold-war-history. -
Creation of Israel as a Jewish State
The United States of America actually did something that had never been done before. This action is of course the approval and the support of making Israel a Jewish state. But this declaration started an immediate war of independence between the Palestine and has been going on to this day. World Press n.d., Top Ten Most World-Changing Events, accessed 16 February 2017, https://ianthecool.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/the-ten-most-world-changing-events-of-the-20th-century/. -
The Moon Landing
The idea of the moon was amazing. Seeing it as a powerful god and wondering what it would be like to ever step foot on it. Well, all that sounds rubbish now but back in 1969, Neill Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first two humans to ever land on the moon and turn a new page in the space age book. World Press n.d., Top Ten Most World-Changing Events, accessed 16 February 2017, https://ianthecool.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/the-ten-most-world-changing-events-of-the-20th-century/. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The tearing down of the Berlin wall was a big event as there was nothing standing between the democratic and communist worlds anymore. This would of course end the Cold War that has dominated the world for half a century and reduced one of the world’s most powerful nation to nothing. World Press n.d., Top Ten Most World-Changing Events, accessed 16 February 2017, https://ianthecool.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/the-ten-most-world-changing-events-of-the-20th-century/. -
9/11 Incident
This was a sad day for the world as not only 3000 deaths were caused, it was also the trigger of America to stand up and evade Iraq two weeks later. There were four airlines hijacked, two of them crashed into both World Trade Centre towers, one into the pentagon and one into a Pennsylvanian field. History Channel n.d., 9/11 Attacks, accessed 16 February 2017 http://www.history.com/topics/9-11-attacks. -
World Finance Collapse
This event was considered by many economists to be the largest financial issue in the world since the Great Depression that occurred in 1929. Many governments had to go through great lengths to bail may corporations out. This also rose the amount of global unemployment levels and some countries are still recovering from financial lost. Edutopia n.d., Important Events, accessed 16 February 2017, https://www.edutopia.org/blog/recent-historical-events-student-discussion-josh-work. -
America’s First Black President
Barack Obama was the 44th president of America and was the first ever African American to serve in office. He won the election in 2008 and had won the election again in 2012. When he did become president he made a pledge for human rights towards black people.Biology n.d., Barack Obama, accessed 16 February 2017, http://www.biography.com/people/barack-obama-12782369#earlylife&gid=ci01a8bfd61ec3860b&pid=barack-obama-12782369-2-raw. -
Stuxnet
Computer viruses are created by the smartest guys out there and they do it just to prove their medal or just for playing pranks but the Stuxnet virus was no prank. This virus was design to cause damage in the real world by hacking industrial appliances and causing them go go haywire such as the many centrifuges in a nuclear enriching centre in Iraq. Stuxnet was the world’s first ever digital weapon.
Stuxnet n.d., accessed 16 February 2017, https://311truth.wordpress.com/tag/stuxnet/.
