Timeline: Toffler's Three Waves | Timetoast

Jan 1, 1700

Agricultural Age
Period: Jan 1, 1700 to Dec 31, 1850

Agricultural Age
Jan 1, 1800

Industrial Age
Period: Jan 1, 1800 to Dec 31, 1985

Industrial Age
Jan 1, 1900

- 1909 Unemployment Rate

Unemployment was as low as 1.7% in 1906 to as high as 8% in 1908
Jan 1, 1900

First Class Stamp .02 cents
Jan 1, 1910

-1919 Unemployment Rate

Unemployment was as low as 1.4% in 1918 and 1919 and as high as 8.5% in 1915
Aug 1, 1914

- Nov , 1918 World War I

Germany declares war on Russia (August 1) and on France (August 3). World War I begins.
Jul 4, 1919

First Class Stamp .03

The Cost of a First Class stamp raises to 3 cents.
Jan 1, 1920

-1929 Unemployment Rate

Unemployment recovered to a low of 1.8% in 1926 from an astonishing 11.70% in 1921
Oct 1, 1929

Depression -Wall Street Crash
Jan 1, 1930

-1939 Unemployment Rate
Sep 1, 1939

- Sept 2, 1945 World War II Germany Invades Poland
Jan 1, 1940

-1949 Unemployment Rate
Dec 7, 1941

Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor
May 8, 1945

VE-Day Germany Surrenders
Dec 2, 1947

Invention of the Transistor
Jan 1, 1950

-1959 Unemployment Rate
Jan 1, 1960

-1969 Unemployment Rate
Jan 1, 1970

-1979 Unemployment Rate
Jan 1, 1975

Information Age
Period: Jan 1, 1975 to Dec 31, 2020

Information Age
Jan 1, 1980

-1989 Unemployment Rate
Jan 1, 1990

-1999 Unemployment Rate
Jan 1, 2000

- 2009 Unemployment Rate
Jan 1, 2005

Global Communication Age
Period: Jan 1, 2005 to Dec 31, 2050

Global Communication Age