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Start of WWI
World War I was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918.About 10 million combatants killed, 20 million wounded. It was the sixth-deadliest conflict in world history -
End of WWI
On 11th November the leaders of both sides held a meeting to end the war. -
Treaty of Versailles
It was the peace settlement signed after World War One had ended and in the shadow of the Russian Revolution and other events in Russia. The treaty was signed at the vast Versailles Palace near Paris, a big venue as many people were involved in the ceromony and the signing. -
The Jazz Age
Jazz occurred particularly in the United States, but also in the United Kingdom, France, and other countries. Jazz played a significant part in wider cultural changes during the period, and its influence on pop culture continued long afterwards. -
Mass production
Mass production is the production of large amounts of standardized products, including and especially on assembly lines. The concepts of mass production are applied to various kinds of products. Henry ford is known in mass productions with vehicles. By 1925 Ford was producting a car every ten seconds -
Market Crash
The stock market crash of 1929 was one of the most devastating events in American history.Almost a century after the event, it’s still regarded as the most disastrous financial crisis of all time, directly bringing about the Great Depression. -
Great Depression
The Great Depression, an immense tragedy that placed millions of Americans out of work, was the beginning of government involvement in the economy and in society as a whole. -
Day of Mourining
The Day of Mourning was a day of protest held by Aboriginal Australians. It was declared to be a protest of 150 years of callous treatment and the seizure of land, and was designed to stand in contrast to the Australia Day celebrations held by the European population on the same day. -
Japanese Attack of Pearl Harbour
The japenese attacked the U.S on the morning of december the 7th. The base was attacked by 353 Japanese fighters, bombers and torpedo planes in two waves, launched from six aircraft carriers. All eight U.S. Navy battleships were damaged, with four being sunk. -
Bombing of Darwin
On 19 February 1942 Darwin itself was bombed. Japanese fighters and bombers attacked the port and shipping in the harbour twice during the day, killing 252 Allied service personnel and civilians. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
Up to August 6th, occasional bombs, which did no great damage had fallen on Hiroshima. Many cities roundabout, one after the other were destroyed, but Hiroshima itself remained protected. There was almost daily observation planes over the city but none of them dropped a bomb. -
Invention of television
On June 14, 1923, Charles Jenkins claimed to have invented a way to transmit silhouette images. In 1897, Karl Braun invented the cathode ray tube, still used in television sets to this day. The history of invention of television can be contributed to many great minds. Television has gone from black and white with no sounds, to colour and big plasma tvs. -
Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is an international document that states the basic rights and fundamental freedoms to which all human beings are entitled. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
In October 1962, an American U-2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba. President Kennedy did not want the Soviet Union and Cuba to know that he had discovered the missiles. He met in secret with his advisors for several days to discuss the problem. -
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream.." speach
"I Have a Dream" is a public speech " delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. , in which he called for racial equality and an end to discrimination. "Dr. King had the power, the ability, and the capacity to transform those steps. -
Australian Freedom Rides
In February 1965 a group of University of Sydney students organised a bus tour of western and coastal New South Wales towns. Their purpose was threefold. The students planned to draw public attention to the poor state of Aboriginal health, education and housing. They hoped to point out and help to lessen the socially discriminatory barriers which existed between Aboriginal and white residents. -
Melbourne Olympics
The melbourne 1965 olympics was officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad. It was the first to be staged in the Southern Hemisphere, as well as the first to be held outside Europe and North America. -
Invention of the Internet
Many people got together to create the internet that took several hard years. Since this time the internet has changed in many different ways. -
Invention of mobile phone
Illinois Bell opened the first commercial cellular system in October. -
Release of Crocodile Dundee
Crocodile Dundee, the Australian Outback crocodile hunter, shot to international fame in 1986 with the release of the film Crocodile Dundee starring Australian actor Paul Hogan. Much of the film was shot on location in Australia's Kakadu National Park. -
United Nations Conventions of the Rights of the Child
In November 1989 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention (CRC) on the Rights of the Child. There are only 2 countries, which have not signed the CRC. International human rights instruments recognise that children as well as adults have basic human rights. Children also have the right to special protection because of their vulnerability to exploitation and abuse. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The physical Wall itself was primarily destroyed in 1990. The fall of the Berlin Wall paved the way for German reunification, which was formally concluded on 3 October 1990.
