5/10/11 By tino_37 Jan 1, 1901 muscial theater began Jan 1, 1908 Atonality music started Jan 1, 1912 Blues started to come out in the country Aug 1, 1914 Beginning of ww1 Apr 5, 1917 united states enter ww1 Jan 1, 1918 Ragtime hits its peak popularity Aug 26, 1920 women gain right's Aug 31, 1920 Radio programs began to be broadcasted Jun 14, 1923 the tv was invented Jan 1, 1926 electronic music started to be played Sep 4, 1929 the great depression begins 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 ww2 begins Dec 8, 1941 united states enter ww11 Feb 4, 1945 begining of the cold war Apr 12, 1945 Harry Truman became president Apr 30, 1945 Hitler kills himself Aug 8, 1945 ww2 ended Jan 30, 1948 Gandhi is killed May 6, 1949 invention of the computer Jan 1, 1950 mother teresa founded missionaries of charity Jun 25, 1950 korean war began Oct 26, 1951 winston churchhill becam prim minister of united kigdom Mar 5, 1953 joseph stalin dies Jul 27, 1953 korean war ended Jan 1, 1955 Rock n' Roll became popular Jan 1, 1955 civil rights movement begins Nov 1, 1955 beginning of vietnam war Jan 1, 1959 film music began 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 1, 1966 malcolm x creates the black panthers Apr 30, 1975 end of vietnam war May 4, 1979 Margaret Thatcher became prime minster of the United Kingdom Jan 20, 1981 Ronald Reagan becomes president