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mass production of cars
By the early 1900s, gasoline cars started to outsell all other types of motor vehicles. The market was growing for economical automobiles and the need for industrial production was pressing. -
Treaty of Versailles
the treaty of Versailles was one of the biggest peace treaties at the end of World War 1. This treaty ended the state of war between Germany and other allied countries. -
End of WWI
The end of world war one came in 1919. The end of World War 1 was the end of 4 big empires: German, Austro-Hungarian, Russian and Ottoman. -
Invention of television
Scottish inventor John Logie Baird had been the first to invent the electromechanical television system in 1928 in London. -
Market Crash of 1929
On March 25, 1929, there was a mini stock market crash and this was just a prelude to the real thing. On October 24, the stock prices crashed. When a crowd gathered out the front of the stock exchanged on Wall Street, where they were all stunned by the downturn. -
The Great Depression
The great depression stretched from 1929 to the early 1940s. This tragedy forced millions of Americans out of jobs and was the start of a government involvement in economy. -
1938 Day of Mourning
On the 26th of January, when Australians where celebrating Australia day and the European settlement, 100 indigenous men, women and children went to the Australian hall on Elizabeth street in Sydney and protested about how they were wrongly treated when the Europeans landed in Australia. -
Start of WWII
The Second World War started on the 1st of September in 1938 with Hitler’s attack on Poland. The war ended in May 1945 with the Germany to South Africa and North America. -
The Jazz Age
the jazz age was a period through the 1941, ending the great depressing. This was the start of an age where jazz music and dancing became popular. -
Japanese Attack of Pearl Harbour
the attack on by the Japanese on pearl harbour happened on December 7th, 1941. The Japanese made a surprise attack on the US navy in pearl harbour. -
Bombing of Darwin
On the 19th of February, 1942, Australia became under attack by Japanese. This was the first time ever Australia had been under attack. These air raids happened in Darwin and there were two. The bombings where planned and led by the commander of the attacks on pearl harbour about 3 months earlier. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
On august the 6th, 1945, the United States let off a massive, atomic bomb in Hiroshima, japan. The atomic weapon was equivalent to 20,000 tons of TNT and this flattened the city of Hiroshima. The bomb killed tens of thousands civilians. -
Declaration of Human Rights
The declaration human rights where written and signed on 10 December 1948, some of the rights are - We Are All Born Free & Equal, Don’t Discriminate, You Have Rights No Matter Where You Go, The Right to Privacy, The Right to Seek a Safe Place to Live, etc. -
Melbourne Olympics
On the 22nd of November in 1956, the Melbourne summer Olympics were held in Australia. Every event was held in Melbourne apart from the equestrian events. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban missile crisis in 1962, is regarded as the closets the world has ever come to nuclear war. -
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream…” speech
This famous speech from Martin Luther King was made on August 28th, 1963 in Washington DC on the steps of the Lincoln memorial. -
Australian Freedom Rides
In 1965 a bunch of students from Sydney organised a bus tour around New South Wales. The bus tour went through the western and coastal towns. The reason why these students went on this bus trip was to draw public attention to poor aboriginal health, education and housing. -
Invention of the internet
The internet was for invented in 1969 by American researchers and scientist at the Advanced Research Projects Agency. -
Invention of mobile phone
On April 3, 1973, Dr. Martin Cooper is considered to be the inventor of the first ever working mobile phone. To prove that it works he made a call to his rival Joel Engel. -
Release of Crocodile Dundee
Crocodile Dundee was released on the 26th of September 1986. This Australia comedy hit was shot in the outback of Australia and in the city set of New York City. -
United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is a human rights treaty setting out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children. The Convention generally defines a child as any human being under the age of eighteen. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
On October third, 1990 Germany was officially unified as their own country when the berlin wall was knocked down.
