timeline

assembly line

Apr 1, 1915

ford was the first company to really do much with the assembly line and build factories focusing on the assembly line from 1908 to 1915

spanish flu

Dec 31, 1918

Two American Red Cross nurses demonstrate treatment practices during the influenza pandemic of 1918The 1918 flu pandemic (the Spanish Flu) was an unusually severe and deadly influenza pandemic that spread across the world. Historical and epidemiological data are inadequate to identify the geographic origin (Wikipedia)

ss. saint louis

Jan 17, 1920

in 1920 this american ship burned.
-this ship was made for the spanish-american war
-was scrapped in 1924 in Italy

Jazz age

Sep 9, 1920

a period of time where jazz was imensley popular

prohibition

Dec 10, 1920

prhibition in the 1920's

discovery of insulin

Jan 17, 1921

insulin was dicovered in 1921 and saved thousands of people of every year from what they called "sugar disease"

irish civil war

Jun 28, 1922

Two American Red Cross nurses demonstrate treatment practices during the influenza pandemic of 1918The 1918 flu pandemic (the Spanish Flu) was an unusually severe and deadly influenza pandemic that spread across the world. Historical and epidemiological data are inadequate to identify the geographic origin. (wikipedia)

movies with sound

Apr 11, 1923

one of the first comercialy accesible movies with sound was releasesed in april 1923

RCAF

Mar 20, 1925

Prior to 1924, Canada's involvement with air defence consisted of Canadian airmen flying with the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service, with the short-lived Canadian Aviation Corps, and with a small two-squadron Canadian Air Force attached to the Royal Air Force in England during the First World War. In 1920 another Canadian Air Force was established in Canada that was concerned mostly with military flight training and civil operations. (wikipedia)

first colour t.v

Dec 10, 1925

the first two attempts for colour t.v's was in 1908 and in 1925 but both where unsuccessful

New deal

Jan 17, 1929

a intervention of effects of great depression from franklin roosevelt

The Persons Case

Feb 18, 1929

women where not recognized as persons until the late 19'th century and the 19'th century was a turning point for womens rights -(link from the persons case website)
While women were granted the right to vote in most Canadian provinces, lobby groups seeking to improve the status of women on a social, economic, legal and even political level, continued to argue their case. Indeed, women were not legally recognized as "persons." Furthermore, when women married, they lost all of their rights.

black tuesday

Dec 10, 1929