Freya Allison's Timeline

By Freya1
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    20th Century

  • Wright brothers fly first airplane.

    Wright brothers fly first airplane.

    Wilbur and Orville Wright fly the first powered airplane.
  • Theory of Special Relativity presented

    Theory of Special Relativity presented

    Albert Einstein presents Theory of Special Relativity, which is a scientific theory describing how matter moves through time and space. General Relativity Theory is to follow.
  • Titanic sinks

    Titanic sinks

    The "Unsinkable" Titanic, largest man-made structure, sinks. 1,517 passengers died.
  • Henry Ford produces Model T cars

    Henry Ford produces Model T cars

    Henry Ford organizes the first major U.S. assembly line, producing Model T cars.
  • World War 1 begins

    World War 1 begins

    Beginning in Europe, World War 1 begins.
  • Russian Revolution ends

    Russian Revolution ends

    Communists take over Russia after Russian Revolution.
  • Women win the vote

    Women win the vote

    After many years of suffrage, women get the right to vote alongside men.
  • First solo flight

    First solo flight

    Charles Lindbergh crosses the Atlantic Ocean in the first solo flight.
  • Penicillin is created

    Penicillin is created

    Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin, the first antibiotic.
  • The Great Depression begins

    The Great Depression begins

    U.S. stock market crashes, the Great Depression sets in throughout the country.
  • Adolf Hitler named Chancellor

    Adolf Hitler named Chancellor

    Adolf Hitler named Chancellor of Germany. Nazi Party begins to seize power.
  • WWII begins in Europe

    WWII begins in Europe

    Germany invades Poland, marking the start in Europe of the Second World War.
  • U.S. enters WWII

    U.S. enters WWII

    Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, leading the United States to join in WWII.
  • U.S. drops bomb on Heroshima

    U.S. drops bomb on Heroshima

    U.S. drops atomic bomb on Heroshima, Nagasaki: Japan surrenders to end WWII.
  • Concentration Camps exposed

    Concentration Camps exposed

    Horrors of Nazi Holocaust concentration camps are exposed.
  • DNA discovered

    DNA discovered

    The structure of DNA discovered by James D. Watson and Francis Crick.
  • Polio vaccine proven effective

    Polio vaccine proven effective

    Dr. Jonas Salk's polio vaccine proven effective in University of Pittsburgh tests.
  • Space Race begins

    Space Race begins

    Soviet Union launches Sputnik, the first space satellite, beginning the Space Race.
  • Birth Control approved

    Birth Control approved

    FDA approves the birth control pill.
  • President John F. Kennedy assassinated

    President John F. Kennedy assassinated

    Beloved U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Jack Ruby.
  • Segregation Outlawed

    Segregation Outlawed

    Congress passes landmark Civil Rights Act outlawing segregation.
  • Martin Luther King assassinated

    Martin Luther King assassinated

    Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King is assassinated in Memphis Tennessee by James Earl Ray.
  • Neil Armstrong walks on the moon

    Neil Armstrong walks on the moon

    American astronaunt Neil Armstrong becomes first human to walk on the moon.
  • President Nixon resigns

    President Nixon resigns

    After the Watergate scandal, U.S. President Richard M. Nixon resigns. Henry Ford to take office.
  • Personal Computers Introduced

    Personal Computers Introduced

    First mass market of personal computers was launched.
  • AIDS disease identified

    AIDS disease identified

    Deadly disease, AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, is identified.
  • Berlin Wall Falls

    Berlin Wall Falls

    East Germany lifts travel restrictions, lettiing the Berlin Wall fall.
  • World Wide Web is introduced

    World Wide Web is introduced

    The Internet is revolutionalized by the World Wide Web.
  • USSR disolves

    USSR disolves

    USSR disolves, Mikhail Gorbachev resigns and Boris Yeltsin takes over Russia.
  • D-Day invasion

    D-Day invasion

    D-Day invasion marks the beginning of the end of World War II in Europe.