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Finalnd Womens Rights
Women first achievd the right to vote in Finland, Europe, a country that was in the process of becoming independent from tsarist Russia.Women participated in the national struggle against the tsar's decision to reverse the status the country had enjoyed -
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Events and Things throughout Dmitri Shostakovich's Lifetime
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The Electric Washing Machine
The Electric Washing Machine was invented by Alva J. Fisher by using elctronic motors and coating the iron or steel with a protective layer of zinc. Alva J. Fisher named his first washing machine THE MIGHT THOR and sold it by the Hurley Machine Co., in 1908 but only received a patent on August 9, 1910 -
Roald Amundsen
Roald Amundsen was the first person to sail around the world through the NorthWest passage in 1903 and was the first person to reach the south pole on December 14th, 1911 -
World War 1
One of the main reasons that World War 1 was caused by the assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. Ferdinand's death at the hands of the Black Hand, a Serbian nationalist secret society. The world war inlcuded all the great powers, dividing the allies with the central powers -
End of WWI
While the Europeans have been fighting for the past couple of years the freshness of the American troops made a huge difference. Soon the Germans were retreating and the Allies were advancing. At the end of 1918, an armistice was finally agreed upon. The fighting was to end on the 11th hour of 11th day of 11th month (i.e. 11 am on Nov. 11, 1918) by the Versailles Treaty. -
Television
Charles Jenkins was the inventor of the Television.Charles Jenkins publicly performed his first television broadcast transmission,from Anacosta, Virginia to Washington in June, 1925. Charles Jenkins had been promoting and researching mechanical television since 1894. -
Amelia Earhart
Ameila Earhart became the first female to fly solo across the Atlantic from May 20th-21st, after Charles Lindenbhurg was the first person ever to fly across the Atlantic, solo. She was also the first person to fly the Atlantic twice. -
Adolf Hitler Rising to Power
Adolf Hitler becomes the chancellor of Germany by President Paul Von Hindenburg. He was able to combine the positions of chancellor and president into Führer, the supreme leader of Germany. -
Distasters
Amelia Earhart embarked on first around-the-world flight at the equator. She took off from Lae, New Guinea, bound for tiny Howland Island in the vast Pacific Ocean but vanished. No one knows where she went or how she died. On May 6th 1937, The Hindenburg disaster after a three day trip from Frankfurt Germany to New Jersey across the Atlantic, broke into flames -
Conference
The Evian Conference from July 6th-15th, representatives from 32 countries meet at the resort town of Evian Les Bains, France to discuss whether countries can allow more immigrants (jews) into thier countries. Only Dominican Republic agreed -
Night of Broken Glass
On this night, mobs beat, arrested and murdered Jews. They also burnt down Synagogues and Jewish owned stores. The brutality of the night caused many to consider the beginning of the Holocaust. Jewish businesses were trashed and looted, dozens of Jewish people were killed, and Jewish cemeteries, hospitals, schools, and homes were looted while police and fire brigades stood by. The night became known as Kristallnacht, the "Night of Broken Glass," for the shattered glass from the store windows t -
World War II begins
The German-Soviet nonagression pact was signed on this date, representatives from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union made the Nazi Soviet nonagression pact, which guaranteed that the 2 countries would not attack each other. -
Pearl Harbour
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour on the morning of December 7th. They launched a surprise attack on the US. More than 2400 Americans are dead, 21 ships had either been damaged or they have sunk and more than 188 aircrafts were destroyed -
Artificial Kidney
The inventor of the kidney dialysis machine is Dr. Willem Kolff. This young Dutch physician constructed the first dialyzer (artificial kidney) in 1943. The specific date this was invented is undetermined. Dr. Willem J. Kolff invented the first artificial kidney, built the first artificial heart, and developed a membrane oxygenator. His kidney became the modern dialysis machine; his heart is still in use for patients awaiting transplants; and his oxygenator is used to keep people alive. -
D-Day
During World War II, the allied powers planned a two front war by continuing the Soviet Union's attack of the Nazis. They would occupy lands from the East, and begin a new invasion from the West. Uinited States and United Kingdom begin the attack from the West Normandy. D-Day was the first day of this massive attack -
Germany Surrenders
Germany surrenders and Adolf Hitler commits suicide when the Russians were nearning his underground bunker under the chancellory building in Berlin, Germany. Hitler shot himself in the head with his pistol and before, swallowed a cyanide pill, ending his own life just before 3:30PM -
London Fog
From December 5th-9th, a thick fog settled in London. London was trapped with black smoke, which created a deadly layer of smog that killed 4000 people and in the following weeks, another 8000. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give her seat up to a white male riding the bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She then got arrested for breaking the laws of segregation. This led to the boycott of the buses and the Civil Rights Movement. Led by Martin Luther King Jr., the boycott lasted for more than a year and only ended when the supreme court ruled that bus segregation was unconstitutional. -
John Glenn
John Glenn piloted the American manned orbital mission. The mission orbited the Earth three times and lasted four hours, fifty-five minutes and twenty-three seconds from launch to impact in the Atlantic ocean -
The President
President John F. Kennedy was assasinated on November 22nd by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas while riding in a motorcade to Dealy Plaza. Two days later, Oswald is shot by Jack Ruby while doing a prison transfer. John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States and led a renewed drive for public service and eventually provided federal support for the growing civil rights movement. -
Assasination
Martin Luther King Jr. was assasinated on April 4th by a sniper's bullet in Memphis Tennesse and was murdered by James Earl Ray. He was assasinated at the Lorraine Motel. Martin Luther king was a leader of the Civil Righst Movement. At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize and turned in the money to further expand the Civil Rights Movement. -
Explorers on The Moon
The first man to walk on the moon was Neil Armstrong in 1969 and was part of the Apollo 11 mission. Just minutes later, Edwin Eugene Aldrin Junior was the second man to walk on the moon. Edwin Eugene Aldrin was also the first manned lunar landing in history on the Apollo 11 mission. One of the world's famous words came from Neil Armstrong while on the moon.He said "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind". -
Microsoft
Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Microsoft is a multinational software that creates products and services for computing. Bill Gates is an entrpreneur with a mass fortune. According to Forbes Magazine, Bill Gates has a net worth of 67 billion USD. Paul Allen is also the co founder of Microsoft. He has a multi-billion dollar investment portfolio with stakes in all sorts of companies, which includes domains like technology, real estate and media among others
