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fedaration of australia
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queen victoria dies after 63 year reign
queen victoria died on 21st january 1901 at the age of 81, she had been the queen of britian for 63years. -
world war 1 breaks out
World War I (1914–1918) was the first war in history to be fought by many different nations around the world. Around eight million men were killed, many in horrific ways. -
world war 1 ends
The fighting ended with the signing of an cease fire which went into effect at 11:00 a.m. on November 11, 1918. -
wall street crash triggers great depression
The Wall Street Crash of 1929 (October 1929), also known as the Great Crash, and the Stock Market Crash of 1929 -
world war 2 breaks out
Germany invaded Poland (September 1st 1939).
Adolf Hitler wanted all Jews, Gypsies, homo sexuals, and other races/beliefs annihilated. -
vietnam war
the time of the arrival of the first members of war in 1962 almost 60,000 Australians, including ground troops and air force and navy personnel, served in Vietnam; 521 died as a result of the war and over 3,000 were wounded. -
united nations forms, replacing league of nations
The League of Nations failed to prevent World War II (1939–1945). -
cuban missile crisis brings world to brink of nuclear war
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austrlian adopts decimal currency
The United States of America, the first nation to introduce decimal currency, took ten years to finally work out its dollars and cents system, established in 1792 -
australian prime mister harold holt drowns
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australian prime minster harold holt drowns
harold holt was a Prime Minister his carrer was bought to an end December 1967 when he disappeared while swimming at cheviot beach -
referendum gives citenzshipi status to aboriginal australians
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apollo 11 lands on the moon
apollo 11 was the first space craft with humans that landed on the moon, the people who went on this journey included neil armstrong, and edwin "buzz" aldrin -
cyclone tracy flatterns darwin
In 1974 Cyclone Tracy destroyed the City of Darwin in north Australia in a few hours. -
tiananamen sqaure massacre
1.Students protest for democracy in Beijing, China, in June of 1989.
2.Chinese government sends troops and tanks to Tiananmen Square.
3.Student protesters are brutally massacred. -
berlin wall colapses
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nelson mandela released from prison in south africa
nelson mandela served as a president from 1994 til 1999 -
port arthur massacare
Just after noon on 28th April 1996, an unknown marksman opened fire on diners in the Broad Arrow Cafe at Port Arthur in Australia -
us launches operation desert storm in iraq
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princess diana dies
princess diana died in a tragic car accident in 1995 in paris underpass -
world war 2 ends
President Truman officially declared an end to hostilities by Presidential Proclamation on December 31 -
strikes on twin towers in new york
strikes on twin towers was a shocking and horrific event that happened on the date of september 11th 2001, it is now still a day people morne today -
first airplane flies
well before the Wright brothers' famous trials at Kitty Hawk. In 1804 an English baronet, Sir George Cayley, launched modern aeronautical engineering by studying the behavior of solid surfaces in a fluid stream and flying the first successful winged aircraft of which we have any detailed record.
