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Mass Production
Henry Ford was the inventor of Mass Production he realised there needed to be a more efficient way to mass produce cars in lower price. In 1913 after finding four principles, they came together to make the very first moving assembly line used for large-scale manufacturing. http://www.willamette.edu/~fthompso/MgmtCon/Mass_Production.html http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/ford.htm -
End of WW1
This Great War took 9 million lives away and another 21 million left wounded. On this day at 6am the two opposing leaders held a meeting at Ferdinand Foch’s railway carriage headquarters at Compiegne and signed the Armistice. 5 hours later it had come into force therefore there was relief at the coming of peace. http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/end_of_war.htm http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-war-i-comes-to-an-end -
Treaty of Versailles
This was the peace settlement after World War One had ended. The treaty was signed at the vast Versailles Palace near Paris on the 28th of June 1919. It was finally signed after lots of negotiation and argument amongst ‘The big three’. The three most important politicians in this event were David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau and Woodrow Wilson, who were known as ‘The big three’. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/treaty_of_versailles.htm -
The Jazz Age (America)
In America during this time known as The Jazz Age, everybody seemed to have money. After the Great War it destroyed social conventions and the new ones were developed, this brought in a whole new style. Especially the young women shocked the older generation with bringing in a whole new look which concluded of short bobs and revealing clothing.
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Television Invented and first demonstrated
The very first still image transferred was in 1862 but John Logie Baird’s 30 line images in 1925 were the first demonstrated of television by reflected light rather than in black and white. He based his invention around Nipkow’s disc which was a rotating disc to transmit pictures over wire in 1884. http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/Television.htm http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/Television_Time_2.htm -
– The Great Wall Street Crash of 1929; Black Tuesday (New York)
This day is known as ‘Black Tuesday’ because the New York Stock Exchange experienced the worst financial panic it had ever seen. 16,000,000 shares were sold and the prices on the stock market collapsed immediately. This event changed America’s economy for ever. http://www.marxists.org/glossary/events/w/a.htm http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/wall_street_crash.htm -
The Great Depression (America, Australia)
After the Stock Market Crash it was then the Great Depression begun, this was only the beginning. Placing millions of Americans and Australians unemployed. It was caused because there was a fall in export prices and sales, also in residential construction which had social impact on all families and communities. http://history1900s.about.com/od/1930s/p/greatdepression.htm http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/great-depression -
Day of Mourning (Sydney)
On this day an Aboriginal civil rights gathering took place at the Australian Hall, Sydney. This event was unique in its time, representing and thanking all the Aboriginal leaders for their efforts. http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/collections/exhibitions/dayofmourning/dayofmourning.html -
Start of WWII
This was the beginning of World War Two, it all began when the Nazi Germany’s war with Poland which was an uneven fight where Germany had more armed forces. The European countries felt like they needed to act which resulted in six long years of war. http://history1900s.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/wwiistarts.htm http://history.howstuffworks.com/world-war-ii/start-world-war-2.htm -
Japanese Attack of Pearl Harbour (Hawaii)
On the morning of this date the Japanese launched a surprised air attack on Pearl Harbour. This attack occurred because the Japanese were tired of negotiations with the United States, they wanted to keep expanding but the US put a restrictive ban on trade with Japan. So they decided to surprise them with an attempt to destroy the United States navel power. http://history1900s.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/Attack-Pearl-Harbor.htm http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq66-1.htm -
The Bombing of Darwin (Northern Australia)
On this day at 10:00am Darwin came under attack for the first time, attacking the Darwin harbour and town and ceased after about 40 minutes. An hour later they were under attack again, forcing it at the barracks and included high altitude bombing. In the end it killed at least 243 people and left 300-400 people wounded. http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/fact-sheets/fs195.aspx http://www.awm.gov.au/units/event_59.asp -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima (Hiroshima, Japan)
During ww2 the United States had used an atomic weapon against Hiroshima, flattening the city and killing 80, 000 people. After Hiroshima trying to settle back down after three days, America had fired at them in Nagasaki wiping out another 20,000.k http://history1900s.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/hiroshima.htm www.history.com/topics/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki -
Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations)
The UN adopted the Universal Declaration on this date because of the result and experience in WWII. The Universal Declaration was the first time that countries actually agreed on a statement of human rights. This document states the basic rights and freedom which all human beings are given. http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/history.shtml https://www.humanrights.gov.au/publications/what-universal-declaration-human-rights -
Melbourne Olympics (Melbourne, Australia)
This was the first time Australia hosted the Olympic Games. It was the first game to be held outside Europe or the US and in the Southern Hemisphere. These Olympics also signalled that the arrival of Australia showed they could be a real sporting force. http://corporate.olympics.com.au/games/1956-melbourne http://history1900s.about.com/od/fadsfashion/a/olympics1956.htm -
Cuban Missile Crisis (Cuba)
This event was the closest the world ever came to a nuclear war. America had spotted nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba. President John F. Kennedy announced the discovery on October 22nd which had made tension build on both sides but in the end USA and Cuba had agreed not to invade each other. http://library.thinkquest.org/11046/days/ http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Cuban-Missile-Crisis.aspx -
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a Dream….” Speech. (Washington)
On the steps of Lincoln Memorial Martin Luther King Jr during the March for Washington, for jobs and freedom presents his ‘I have a dream speech’. This speech was meaning full at this time during the American Civil Rights Movement as black Americans protested for equality. http://historywired.si.edu/detail.cfm?ID=501 -
Australian Freedom Rides (New South Wales)
A group of students from the University of Sydney in New South Wales went out to help out with poor aboriginal health, education and housing in the outer regions. They hoped to point out and help from discrimination between the aboriginals and white settlers. http://indigenousrights.net.au/section.asp?sID=33 -
Invention of the Internet
The internet was first invented for military purposes but then expanded for communication through scientist. The initial idea of the internet came from Leonard Kleinrock in 1961 then it was late 60’s it started to form where Elmer Shapiro released a report “A Study of Computer Network Design Parameters”. Based on this it helped create the final version of the Interface Message Processor.
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Invention of mobile phone
Martin Cooper was the first person to invent a portable handset. People were surprised when they saw Cooper walking around talking to someone through a phone without a cord restricting it. It was a 10 year process before Cooper put the cell phone on the market. By the time that came around it would cost the consumer $3,500 just for the phone. http://inventors.about.com/cs/inventorsalphabet/a/martin_cooper.htm http://www.engology.com/eng5cooper.htm -
Release of Crocodile Dundee
Paul Hogan is the main character in this movie who plays a rugged cowboy from Down Under. This is an Australian comedy film based in the Australian Outback where Dundee is a crocodile hunter and gets invited to New York by an American reporter. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090555/ -
United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child
World leaders decided that children under the age of 18 needed special care and protection just for them where adults do not. These leaders also wanted the world to recognize that children had human rights too. In the human rights to children everywhere they had the right to survival, develop to the fullest, protection from harmful influence, abuse and exploitation, to participate fully in family, cultural and social life.
http://www.unicef.org/crc/
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The fall of the Berlin Wall (Berlin, Germany)
The Berlin Wall divided between West Berlin and East Germany and stood standing for 28 years. On this date in the evening government official of Germany Günter Schabowski announced that citizens were free to cross the country’s border. People were cheering and started chipping at the wall, by the end the wall was in pieces. http://www.history.com/topics/berlin-wall http://history1900s.about.com/od/coldwa1/a/berlinwall_2.htm
