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Mass production eg vehicles
Early 1900’s – Mass Production
Henry Ford was the inventor of 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. -
Treaty of Versailles
1918 – 1919 – 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’. -
End of WW1
11:00am on the 11th of November 1918 – 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. -
Invention of television
1920’s – Television Invented and first demonstrated
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 Jazz Age
1920’s – The Jazz Age (America)
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. -
The Great Depression
1929 to the early 1940’s – The Great Depression (America, Australia)
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. -
Market Crash of 1929
29th of October 1929 – The Great Wall Street Crash of 1929; Black Tuesday (New York)
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
26th January 1938, was the 150th anniversary of the landing
of the First Fleet
in Australia, for some a day to celebrate, for others a day to mourn.
For those who celebrated there was a parade, a re-enactment
of the arrival of the First Fleet at Port Jackson
(Aboriginal men from Menindee acted as the original Port Jackson mob)
and lots of partying. -
Japanese Attack of Pearl Harbour
7th of December 1941 – Japanese Attack of Pearl Harbour (Hawaii)
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. -
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. -
Bombing of Darwin
On the 19th of February 1942 at 9:58am, the Japanese bombed Darwin. The first attack was at the RAAF base which lasted for approximately 40 minutes. The second attack was later that day at around midday, also bombed the RAAF base. Between 250 & 320 people were killed while 300 – 400 people were injured. In the Darwin harbour, 20 ships were sunk and another 25 were damaged due to the bombing. -
Melbourne Olympics
1956 November and December – Melbourne Olympics (Melbourne, Australia)
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 the internet
1960’s 1965 – 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. -
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. -
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream…” Speech
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream…” Speech
Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his ‘I Have a Dream Speech’ on the
steps of Lincoln Memorial during the March for Washington for Jobs
and Freedom. The speech played a pivotal role in the fight for
equality and freedom during the American Civil Rights Movement. -
Australian Freedom Rides
On February 12 1965 Charles Perkins and 29 other students from Sydney University called "Students for Aboriginal Rights” set off in a bus they hired to raise awareness about Aboriginal rights and issues. They travelled 3200 km over 16 days. On the 13th they visited Orange, Wellington & Dubbo. On the 14th they visited Gulargambone then set off to Walgett where they stayed for 2 days. The group than moved onto Collarenebri on the 16th. They settled at Moore for 2 days before travelling to Boggabi -
Invention of mobile phone
Martin Cooper was the first person to invent a portable handset. 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. By the time that came around it would cost the consumer $3,500 just for the phone. -
Release of Crocodile Dundee
24th of April 1986 – 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. -
United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child
1989 – 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
9th of November 1989 – The fall of the Berlin Wall (Berlin, Germany)
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. -
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima
<a href='' >The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 2014. The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. [ONLINE] Available at:http://history1900s.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/hiroshima.htm. [Accessed 24 July 2014]. </a>On Monday the 6th of August 1995 at 2:45 am, the United States of America dropped an atomic bomb in Japan filled with 20,000 tons of TNT flattened the city killing more than 10,000’s of people. The Japanese were stilling processing what had just happened when 3 days later the United States struck again ending world war II. -
Start of WWII
1st of September 1939 – Start of WWII
This was the beginning of World War Two, 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.
