20th Century Music Time Line By jason.fort17 Period: Jan 1, 1900 to May 16, 2011 20th Century Jan 1, 1901 Musical Theater began Jan 1, 1908 Atonality music started Jan 1, 1912 Blues started Aug 1, 1914 Begining of WWI Apr 5, 1917 United States enters WWI Jan 1, 1918 Ragtime hits peak popularity Sep 9, 1919 WWI ends Jan 1, 1920 The Jazz age began Aug 26, 1920 Women gain right's Aug 31, 1920 Radio programs began to be broadcasted Jun 14, 1923 The Television is invented Jan 1, 1926 Electronic music is starting to be played Sep 4, 1929 The Great Depression begins Oct 29, 1929 Stock Market Crash Jan 1, 1930 Swing is developed Mar 4, 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes president Sep 3, 1939 WWII begins Dec 8, 1941 United States enter WWII Feb 4, 1945 Begining of the Cold War Apr 12, 1945 Harry Truman became president Apr 30, 1945 Hitler kills himself Aug 8, 1945 WWII ended Jan 30, 1948 Gandhi is killed Jan 1, 1950 Mother Teresa founded Missionaries of Charity Jun 25, 1950 Korean War began Oct 26, 1951 Winston Churchhill becam prime minister of united Kingdon Mar 5, 1953 Joseph Stalin dies Jul 27, 1953 Korean War ends Jan 1, 1955 Civil Rights Movement begins Jan 1, 1955 Rock n' Roll became popular Nov 1, 1955 Beganing of Vietnam War Jan 20, 1961 John F. Kennedy became president Aug 28, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. I have a dream speech Nov 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy is assassinated Jan 16, 1966 Malcolm X creats the black panthers Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated Jun 5, 1968 Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated Jan 20, 1969 Richard Nixon becomes president Aug 15, 1969 Woodstock Jan 16, 1970 Heavy Metal started to be played Apr 30, 1975 End of Vietnam War May 4, 1979 Margaret Thatcher became prime minster of the United Kingdom May 16, 1980 Punk became popular May 16, 1981 Ronald Reagan becomes president May 16, 1984 Internet is invented May 16, 1988 Gorbachev took office of USSR May 16, 1990 First Iraq War begins May 16, 1990 Alternative music became popular May 16, 1991 First Iraq War ends May 16, 1991 End of the Cold War May 16, 2001 Serialism music began May 16, 2001 World Trade Centers attacked May 16, 2001 War on Afghanistan May 16, 2003 Second Iraq War May 16, 2006 Saddam Hussein is killed May 16, 2011 Osama bin Laden is killed
