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Communist revoltion in Russia and it's empire creates several new countries that are known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin
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The Comintern, an international comunist organisation, formed
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Treaty of Versailles
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Death of Vladimir Lenin; Joseph Stalin (the general secretary of the Communist Party takes over power in the USSR
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The Jazz Singer beings the era of 'talking pictures' and the end of slilent movies
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Wall Street stock market crash; beginning of global depression
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Hilter becomes Cheancellor of Germany
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Black Friday bushfires in Victoria kill 71 people and destroy 5 towns
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World War 2 begins when Germany invades Poland
