MODERN ERA By heatherosee Jan 10, 1750 Modern Era Begins Period: Sep 10, 1750 to Sep 10, 1914 Industrial Revolution Sep 10, 1870 More than 5,000 newspapers are published in the U.S. Sep 10, 1876 Alexander Gragham Bell invents the telephone Period: Sep 10, 1879 to Sep 10, 1955 Albert Einstein Period: Sep 10, 1881 to Sep 10, 1973 Pablo Picasso Sep 10, 1897 World's first cinema is built in Paris Sep 10, 1900 Estimated 1,800 magazines in print in U.S. Sep 10, 1900 Total newspaper circulation in U.S. passes 15 million daily Sep 10, 1913 Henry Ford introduces assembly lines; mass production Jun 28, 1914 Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand Begins WWI Period: Sep 10, 1914 to Sep 10, 1945 Twentieth Century Crisis Period: Sep 10, 1914 to Sep 10, 1919 World War 1 Sep 10, 1917 U.S. enters the War Period: Sep 10, 1918 to Sep 10, 1920 Russian Civil War Sep 10, 1920 Marconi creates the first short wave radio connection Period: Sep 10, 1920 to Sep 10, 1929 Mass Consumerism; Ordinary people had access to modern goods [cars, phones, radios] Sep 10, 1928 TV sets are put in 3 U.S. homes; Programming begins Sep 10, 1929 Stock Market Crash Period: Sep 10, 1930 to Sep 10, 1939 "New Deal" Sep 10, 1931 Japan invades Manchuria Sep 10, 1933 Emergence of German fascist govt. led by Adolf Hitler Sep 10, 1937 Japan invades China Sep 10, 1939 Germany invades Poland; Begins WWII Period: Sep 10, 1939 to Sep 10, 1945 World War 2 Aug 10, 1941 Pearl Harbor; U.S. joins War Aug 10, 1945 First Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Ends War Sep 10, 1945 Creation of the United Nations Period: Sep 10, 1945 to Sep 10, 2013 Contemporary Period Sep 10, 1947 Led by Ghandi; India and Pakistan declare independance from Britain Sep 10, 1947 Creation of the International Monetary Fund Sep 10, 1949 Emergence of a Communist-dominated China Sep 10, 1950 1/3 of the Worlds Population lives under Communist Govts Oct 10, 1957 First space satellite "Sputnik"; Soviet Sep 10, 1961 First human, Yiori Gagarin [Soviet], into orbit Sep 10, 1969 Landing a man on the moon