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Mass production eg vehicles
Henry Ford was the first to try out Mass Production he realised there needed to be a more efficient way to mass produce cars in lower price. In 1913 after finding four principles, they came together to make the very first moving assembly line used for large-scale manufacturing. This changed car making a let car prices become cheaper because every car wasn’t made by one person. -
Treaty of Versailles
This was the peace settlement after World War One had ended. The treaty was signed at the vast Versailles Palace near Paris on the 28th of June 1919. It was finally signed after lots of negotiation and argument amongst ‘The big three’. The three most important politicians in this event were David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau and Woodrow Wilson, who were known as ‘The big three’. Everyone really did think ww1 would end it all. -
End of WWI
This Great War took 9 million lives away and another 21 million left wounded. On this day at 6am the two opposing leaders held a meeting at Ferdinand Foch’s railway carriage headquarters at Compiegne and signed the Armistice. 5 hours later it had come into force therefore there was relief at the coming of peace. This is when the guns fell silent on the war that was meant to end all wars. -
The Jazz Age
In America during this time known as The Jazz Age, everybody seemed to have money. After the Great War it destroyed social conventions and the new ones were developed, this brought in a whole new style. Especially the young women shocked the older generation with bringing in a whole new look which concluded of short bobs and revealing clothing. Basically setting up fashion for women for the future. -
Television Invented
The very first still image transferred was in 1862 but John Logie Baird’s 30 line images in 1925 were the first demonstrated of television by reflected light rather than in black and white. He based his invention around Nipkow’s disc which was a rotating disc to transmit pictures over wire in 1884. -
The Great Depression
After the Stock Market Crash it was then the Great Depression begun, this was only the beginning. Placing millions of Americans and Australians unemployed. It was caused because there was a fall in export prices and sales, also in residential construction which had social impact on all families and communities. It left many families without jobs and many people working for basically no money. -
The Great Wall Street Crash of 1929
This day is known as ‘Black Tuesday’ because the New York Stock Exchange experienced the worst financial panic it had ever seen. 16,000,000 shares were sold and the prices on the stock market collapsed immediately. This event changed America’s economy for ever. -
Day of Mourning
The people of Australia celebrated the 150th Anniversary of the first fleet landing in Australia. While some people were celebrating others where mourning this day. While many where partying the people who mourned, were kept waiting until the parade passed by before they could march in ‘silent protest from the Town Hall to the Australian Hall 1938in Elizabeth Street. The protesters were not aloud through the front door but they were aloud to go through the back. All the protesters wore black to -
Start of WWII
Even though WW1 was meant to be the war to end all wars, it wasn't. It all began when the Nazi Germany’s war with Poland which was an uneven fight where Germany had more armed forces. The European countries felt like they needed to act which resulted in six long years of war. Taking thousands of lifes from most countries this was surely one of the most devistating wars ever. -
Japanese Attack of Pearl Harbour
On the morning of this date the Japanese launched a surprised air attack on Pearl Harbour. This attack occurred because the Japanese were tired of negotiations with the United States, they wanted to keep expanding but the US put a restrictive ban on trade with Japan. So they decided to surprise them with an attempt to destroy the United States navel power. This made America declare war on the Japanese extending ww2 even longer. -
Bombing of Darwin on the 19 of February 1942
Bombing of Darwin on the 19 of February 1942 the first ever air raid on Australia soil happened. The Japenese bomber the town of Darwin twice on the first day killing service men/women and civilians. The second attack was an hour later and lasted for 20-30 minutes. The two raids killed at least 243 people and between 300 and 400 people. Darwin was then bombed anther 64 times. The Japanese didn’t want the allies to be using Darwin as a base to help stop there attack on Timor The Americans helped -
The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
- Basically at the end of ww2 the Americans needed a way to stop the war by stopping japan. At 2.45 on Monday 6 of August the bomber carrying the nuclear weapon and the 12 crew set off from Enola Gay to strike the city of Hiroshima. The plane was accompanied by two other bombers carrying cameras and other measuring devices. The bomb was nicknamed `little boy’, this bomb killed a estimated 45000 people on the first day but then still killed many more thousands of people over the next few days.
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Declaration of Human Rights
The UN adopted the Universal Declaration on this date because of the result and experience in WWII. The Universal Declaration was the first time that countries actually agreed on a statement of human rights. This document states the basic rights and freedom which all human beings are given. This was a very important day for all of the world. -
Invention of the internet
The internet was first invented for military purposes but then expanded for communication through scientist. The initial idea of the internet came from Leonard Kleinrock in 1961 then it was late 60’s it started to form where Elmer Shapiro released a report “A Study of Computer Network Design Parameters”. Based on this it helped create the final version of the Interface Message Processor. This then went on throughout the years becoming better and being able to transfer more information and quicke -
Cuban Missile Crisis
This event was the closest the world ever came to a nuclear war. America had spotted nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba. President John F. Kennedy announced the discovery on October 22nd which had made tension build on both sides but in the end USA and Cuba had agreed not to invade each other because president JFK wanted to keep the peace. -
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream…” speech
On this historical day on the steps of Lincoln Memorial Martin Luther King Jr during the March for Washington, for jobs and freedom presents his ‘I have a dream speech’. This speech was meaning full at this time during the American Civil Rights Movement as black Americans protested for equality. This speech changed everyone thoughts on different races. -
Australian Freedom Rides
- A group of uni students from uni of Sydney organised a bus tour of western and costal NSW towns, the students wanted to draw public attention to the poor state of aboriginal health, there education and housing. They also hoped to point out and help to lessen the socially discrimination barriers which the while and aboriginal people had against each other.
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Melbourne Olympics
This was the first time Australia hosted the Olympic Games. It was the first game to be held outside Europe or the US and in the Southern Hemisphere. These Olympics also signalled that the arrival of Australia showed they could be a real sporting force. -
Invention of mobile phone
Martin Cooper was the first person to the world changing mobile phone. People were surprised when they saw Cooper walking around talking to someone through a phone without a cord restricting it. It was a 10 year process before Cooper put the cell phone on the market. The first phone cost almost $3,500 just for the phone. But this was basically the building block to what we use now. -
Release of Crocodile Dundee
Paul Hogan is the main character in this movie who plays a rugged cowboy from Down Under. This is an Australian comedy film based in the Australian Outback where Dundee is a crocodile hunter and gets invited to New York by an American reporter. It introduced all the amazing things to do in Australia and basically set up a stero type for the rest of the world to think how we act. -
United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child
World leaders decided that children under the age of 18 needed special care and protection just for them where adults do not. These leaders also wanted the world to recognize that children had human rights too. In the human rights to children everywhere they had the right to survival, develop to the fullest, protection from harmful influence, abuse and exploitation, to participate fully in family, cultural and social life. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall divided between West Berlin and East Germany and stood standing for 28 years. On this date in the evening government official of Germany Günter Schabowski announced that citizens were free to cross the country’s border. People were cheering and started chipping at the wall, by the end the wall was in pieces.
