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Ray Bradbury's Birth
Ray Bradbury's Biography Ray Bradbury is born in Waukegan, Illinos to Esther Marie Bradbury and Leonard Spaulding Bradbury. -
Development of the Fire Engine
By 1925 the steam pumper had been completely replaced by motorized pumpers. The piston or reciprocating type of pumps were eventually replaced by rotary pumps and finally by centrifugal pumps, used by most modern pumpers. -
First Public Demonstration of the Television
On January 26, 1936, the first public demonstration of the television took place in Soho, Great Britain. The television was demonstrated by its developper, John Logie Baird. -
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The Television Arrives in the United States of America
In the year 1928, New York had a small television service. By the year 1932, there were about 30 000 television viewers in twelve different states across the United States. -
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Reign of Hitler
Between about January 30th of 1933 and April 30 of 1945, Adolf Hilter was in control of Germany. In this time, he imposed many harsh rules for his nation to follow. Amoung these was censorship. He closely regulated what kind of information would be given to the German population by monitoring things like media and entertainment. As well, Hitler tried to monitor private means of communication, although with mixed results. World War II took place between 1939 and 1945. -
Nazi German Order to Burn Books
German Book Burnings In an attempt to impose the Nazi German ideology on the German population, the Nazi gouvernment issued an act to say that all litterature that did not support Nazi ideologies and policies. -
Nazi Book Burnings
Nazi Book Burnings On the night of May 10, 1933, Nazi SA Stormtroopers and student groups seized books from various bookstores around Germany and proceeded to burn them. -
Ray Bradbury's Graduation
In 1938, Ray Brabury graduates from high school. He doesn't choose to continue with his formal education so from here on, he teaches himself how to write. -
McCarthy and McCarthyism
From 1950 and onwards, Joseph McCarthy continued to impose his anti-communist ideas upon the public. McCarthy was against communism anywhere in his country and accused his opponents of being communsit or of supporting communist ideas in America. This way of anti-communist thinking was coined the term "McCarthyism". -
Publication of FARENHEIT 451
In 1953, Ray Bradbury's novel, Farenheit 451 is first published. -
Ray Bradbury's Death
Los Angeles, Calfornia - Ray Bradbury dies because of a lengthy illness.
