10 World Events 1900-2000 By zoekaylor 1914 Start of World War I 1918 End of World War I 1920 Adoption of the 19th Amendment - Women Gain the Right to Vote Period: 1929 to 1941 Great Depression https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression 1939 Start of World War II Aug 6, 1945 Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 End of World War II Period: 1954 to 1968 Civil Rights Movement 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Jul 20, 1969 Apollo 11 - Man on the Moon Nov 9, 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall