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1900s
1900 Dawn of the 20th Century
1902 Australia Federates -
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1914 start of WW1 -
20s
1929 wall street crash -
30s
1932 Unemploymant peaks in Australia
1932 A slow economic recovery underway globaly
1939 start of WW2 -
40s
1945 UN formed
1945 First atomic bomb explodes in hiroshima
1948 United nations universal decleration of human rights is adopted -
50s
1950 start of the Korean war
1950 United Nations agrees to suport South Korea
1952 Woman in America are granted the right to stand for election -
60s
1962 Aborigines are granted the right to vote
1964 Martin Luthor King Jr receives the Nobel Peace Prize
1968 Black power salute is given at Mexico City Olympics -
70s
1972 Israeli athletes are kidnapped and killed in the Munich Olympics
1975 Papau New Guniea gains independants
1976 Vietnamese refugees arive in Australia -
80s
1980 Iran Iraq War -
90s
1994 Nelson Mandela becomes the first native south african President -
00s
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Today