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Henry Ford installs the first assembly line
Henry Ford installs the first moving assembly line for the mass production of an entire automobile. His innovation reduced the time it took to build a car from more than 12 hours to two hours and 30 minutes. -
Panama Canal opens (for the first time)
The Panama Canal is an artificial 82 km waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a conduit for maritime trade. Canal locks are at each end to lift ships up to Gatun Lake, an artificial lake created to reduce the amount of excavation work required for the canal, 26 m above sea level, and then lower the ships at the other end. -
Einstein published his theory of general relativity
In 1905, Albert Einstein determined that the laws of physics are the same for all non-accelerating observers, and that the speed of light in a vacuum was independent of the motion of all observers. This was the theory of special relativity. It introduced a new framework for all of physics and proposed new concepts of space and time. -
The Decree on Land was announced by Lenin
The Decree on Land, written by Vladimir Lenin, was passed by the Second Congress of Soviets of Workers', Soldiers', and Peasants' Deputies on 8 November 1917, following the success of the October Revolution. -
WW1 ended with an armistice
The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice signed at Le Francport near Compiègne that ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War I between the Allies and their opponent, Germany. -
Miguel Primo de Rivera led a military coup and became dictator
Miguel Primo de Rivera, in full Miguel Primo De Rivera Y Orbaneja, Marqués De Estella, general and statesman who, as dictator of Spain from September 1923 to January 1930, founded an authoritarian and nationalistic regime that attempted to unify the nation around the motto “Country, Religion, Monarchy.” -
Alexander Fleming Discovers Penicillin
In 1928 Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, though he did not realize the full significance of his discovery for at least another decade. He eventually received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945. -
Von Hindenburg appointed Hitler as Chancellor of Germany
On January 30, 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader or führer of the National Socialist German Workers Party (or Nazi Party), as chancellor of Germany. -
Spanish civil war starts
The Spanish civil war or war of Spain, also known to the Spanish as the quintessential civil war, was a warlike conflict which later would also have an impact on an economic crisis that was unleashed in Spain after the partial failure of the coup d'état of the July 17 and 18, 1936 -
The end of Spanish Civil War
Ending almost three years of conflict, the civil war between the republican side and the rebel side, ended on April 1, 1939 with the victory of the national side with General Francisco Franco at the helm. -
The invasion of Poland
The German invasion of Poland was a military action by Nazi Germany aimed at annexing Polish territory. The technical operation, known as the "White Case," occurred on September 1, 1939, and the last units of the Polish army surrendered on October 6 of that year.
