20th Century

By rileyolivia07

  • January 1, 1914

    World War 1 breaks out

  • November 11, 1918

    World War 1 ends

  • October 29, 1929

    Wall street crash triggers great

  • September 1, 1939

    World War 2 breaks out

  • January 1, 1945

    World War 2 ends

  • January 1, 1947

    Austria goes metric

  • November 1, 1955

    Vietnam war

  • January 1, 1956

    Melbourne hosts the Olympic games

  • October 29,1962

    Cuban Missile Crisis brings world to brink of nuclear war

  • February 14, 1966

    Australia adopts decimal currency

  • May 27, 1967

    Referendum gives citizenship status Aboriginal Australians