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Twenieth Century Timeline - Anthony Jenkinson
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Mass production eg vehicles
By the early days of 1900 the market was growing and gasoline cars had taken over the selling of all other types of motor vehciles which had been around since 1769. -
End of WWI
WWI ended and Germany signed an armistice with the Allies – the official date of the end of World War One. A year later the official treaties of Vercillies was signed by the Germans. -
Treaty of Versailles
On June 18th 1919 after much arguement and fuss the Treaty of Versailles was finished by the Big three. This Big Three consisted of David Lloyd George of Britain, Clemenceau of France and Woodrow Wilson of America. -
The Jazz Age
In 1920's America also known as the Jazz Age, the Golden Twenties or the Roaring Twenties as everybody seemed to have money. The nightmare that was the Wall Street Crash of October 1929, was unthinkable right up until it happened. The 1920’s saw a break with the traditional set-up in America. -
Invention of television
(not exact date)Few would argue that the invention of television is one of the greatest things of all time. Television watching has and always has been one of America's favorite pastimes and particularly within the last decade. -
Market Crash of 1929
The end of World War I hearded a new era in the United States. It was an era of enthusiasm, confidence, and optimism. A time when inventions such as the airplane and radio made anything seem possible. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression from 1929-1932 was a time of extreme hardship for people in Australia. For many people this period began before the market crash in prices and lasted until the Second World War 1939-1945 -
The Day Of Mourning
On January 26 1938, the day of mourning, this date marked the 150th anniversary of the landing of the first fleet in port Jackson. Nearly all the people who where involved in indigenous history have been involved with this act.It took place in New South Wales state library This played a vital role as it helped indigenous people and white people live as one. -
Start of WWII
On September 30 1939 around a million Australians, both men and women, served in the Second World War. They fought against Germany and Italy in Europe, the Mediterranean and North Africa, as well as against Japan in south-east Asia and other parts of the Pacific. -
Japanese Attack of Pearl Harbour
On the 7th of December 1941 Japan launched a surprise attack on the american airbase of Pearl Harbour. The Japanese after two hours of constant attack killed 2,400 Americans, 21 ships had either been destroyed or damaged, and more than 188 U.S. aircrafts destroyed. -
Bombing of Darwin
On 19 February 1942 mainland Australia came under attack for the first time when Japanese forces mounted two air raids on Darwin. The two attacks, which were planned and led by the commander responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbour ten weeks earlier, involved 54 land-based bombers and approximately 188 attack aircraft which were launched from four Japanese aircraft-carriers in the Timor Sea. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
On August 6, 1945, the United States used an atomic bomb against Hiroshima, Japan. This atomic bomb, the equivalent of 20,000 tons of TNT, flattened the city, killing tens of thousands of people. -
Declaration of Human Rights
On December 10th 1948 a recigintion of the inherent dignity and of the equal rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world. -
Melbourne Olympics
The Melbourne olympics where held in 1956 where the Union Of Soviet Socialist Russia took out the olympics with a total of 37 gold, 29 silver and 32 bronze awards. This was the first time that AUstralia held the games. -
United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child
the Decleration on the rights of children was to instate the end that he or she may have a happy childhood and enjoy for his or her own good and for the good of society the rights and freedoms are set forth, and calls upon parents, upon men and women as individuals. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
(not exact date)In the fall of 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union came as close as they ever would to global nuclear war. Hoping to correct what he saw as a strategic imbalance with the United States, -
Invention of the internet
The internet was invented by no one. it was smething that was evolved over time. The Internet got its start in the United States more than 50 years ago as a government weapon in the Cold War -
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream…” speech
On a day that went down in history Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his speech on August 28, 1963, on the steps of the Washington, D.C., Lincoln Memorial during the march on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. -
Australian Freedom Rides
A group of University students planned to draw public attention to the poor state of Aboriginal health, education and housing. They hoped to point out and help the social discriminantory things going on between white people and indigenous people. -
Invention of mobile phone
He stood on a New York City street on April 3, 1973, with a 10-inch-long, 2.5-pound phone nicknamed “the brick” and called his engineering nemesis at the much bigger Bell Labs. -
Release of Crocodile Dundee
Crocodile Dundee was set in the outback of Australia and in New York City. It is the tale of an American reporter who goes to the Australian outback to meet an eccentric crocodile poacher. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
On November 9, 1989, as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin’s Communist Party announced a change in his city’s relations with the West. East and West Berliners flocked to the wall, drinking beer and champagne and chanting “Tor auf!” (“Open the gate!”). At midnight, they flooded through the checkpoints.
