-
Federation of Australia
The federation of Australia was when the six separate British governing colonies, Queensland ,New south wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia, deciding to unite and established the commonwealth of Australia and became a independent nation. -
First Airplane Flies
Self-taught inventors the Wright brothers created the first ever fixed-wing aircraft. On the wind-swept beach of Kitty Hawk, North Caroline, Orville Wright piloted the first gasoline powered aircraft. The plane flow 20 feet above ground lasting 12 seconds. -
World War 1 begans
World War 1 was ignited after the association of Archduke Franz Ferdinand- hire to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Austro-Hungary blamed the Serbian government for the attack. Germany pledged its allegiance to Austro-Hungary who then declared war on Serbia, who was in allegiance with Russia. This cause a domino effect in Europe, with Russia, Belgium, France, great Britain and Serbia fighting against Austria- Hungary and Germany. -
End of World War 1
After a failed attack in the Flanders region between France and Belgium, German troops were left exhausted and out of reserves. Germany was forces to accept an armistices, which ended the war. The allies powers had won the war and wanted revenge for the losses that they had suffered. Five million allied troops had died and another13 million had been wounded. The allied blamed the central powers for the starting of the war, especially Germany. -
Treaty of Versaillies is signed
After 5 months of negotiations between the allies with no participating of Germany, German national assembly government signed the treaty of Versailles. At first Germany refused to sign the treaty due to the harshness. The penalties imposed on Germany were restrictions on the size of its military forces, reparation payment to the allies and loss of territory. -
The Roaring twenties
The start of 1920 marked an era we now call the roaring twenties. It started a dramatic social and political change. In 1920, the gloom of war world 1 as left behind and wealth, consumer society and jazz music prevailed. The roaring twenties brought about drastic change for women. The creation of the flappers who were young women with bobbed hair and short skirts who drank, smoked and said what they wanted stated a trend of sexually freedom for women. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression lasted from 1929 to 1939; it was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world. It began after the New York stock market crash In October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. -
The United Nations in formed
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international cooperation and to create and maintain international order. The organization was established after World War II in order to prevent another conflict. It is made up of 193 Member States and the main groups of the UN are the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, the International Court of Justice, and the UN Secretariat. -
The Civil Right movement
The civil rights movement was a struggle for social justice that happened for black people to gain equal rights under the law in the United State. African Americans had endure the devastating effects of racism, legalized racial segregation, ruthless killings and injustices for many years, and by the mid-20th century, they had had enough of prejudice and violence against them and had started a fight for equality. -
Citizenship is awarded to Indigenous people
Australia had a constitutional referendum, where 90.77 per cent of the population voted yes to improve indigenous rights and award citizenship to Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee (US). A Baptist minister and founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, he led the civil rights movement since the mid-1950s, making historical speeches and nonviolent protests to fight segregation and achieve civil-rights for African Americans. The shooting of Dr Martin Luther king sent shockwave throughout the world and caused rioting in more than 100 cities in America including burning and lotting. -
The Berlin Wall collapsed
The Communist government of Germany ( East Germany) began to build a barbed wire and concrete wall between East and West Berlin. The wall was built to keep Western “fascists” from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state.Families were separated for 28 years. After the spokesperson for East Berlin’s Communist Party announced a change in the city’s relations with the West People stating bringing the wall down using hammers and picks to knock away chunks of the -
Nelson Madela realeased from prison
Nelson Mandela, leader of the movement to end South African apartheid, was imprisoned on the grounds of treason, illegally leaving South Africa and sabotage. He served 27 years in prison, at Robben Island, Pollsmoor Prison and Victor Verster Prison. President F.W.DE Klerk released him after growing domestic and international pressure, and the fears of a racial civil war -
End of Apartheid
1990, began negotiations between the government and the African National Congress to put an end to apartheid in South Africa, bringing peace to a racially divided country.On July 2, 1993, Prime Minister de Klerk agreed to hold South Africa’s first all-race, democratic election. On May 9, 1994, the newly elected,racially mixed, South African parliament elected Nelson Mandela as the first president of the nation’s post-apartheid era. -
Rwandan genocide
After the airplane carrying the presidents of Rwanda crashed, a spark for civil war was ignited. An organized campaign of violence carried out by the Hutu tribe, was done against the Tutsi tribe, killing at least 800,000 Tutsi in 1000 days.
