history 10.6 By tara! Jan 1, 1901 federation of austraila Jan 22, 1901 queen victoria dies Dec 17, 1903 first plane flies Jul 28, 1914 world war 1 breaks out Nov 11, 1918 world war 1 ends Oct 29, 1929 wall street crash triggers great depression Sep 30, 1938 world war 11 breaks out Sep 2, 1945 world war 11 ends Nov 1, 1955 vietnam war Nov 22, 1956 melbourne hosts olympics Aug 13, 1961 berlin wall collapses Feb 14, 1966 ausrtaila adopts decimal currency May 8, 1967 referendum gives citizenship status to aboriginal austrailans Jul 20, 1969 apollo 11 lands on the moon Period: Feb 6, 1970 to Feb 6, 1988 ausrtaila goes metriic Dec 24, 1974 cyclone tracy Feb 11, 1990 nelson mandela reliesed from prison in south africa Dec 2, 1990 US lauches operation desert storm in iraq Apr 28, 1996 port arthur massacare Aug 31, 1997 princess diana dies Sep 9, 2001 strikes on twin towers