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End of WWI
In August of 1918, the Allied commanders on the western front decided to go on the offensive. Starting on August 8th, a series of battles were fought called the Hundred Days Offensive. These battles included the Battle of Amiens, the Second Battle of the Somme, and several battles along Germany's Hindenburg Line. The Germans were pushed out of France and were forced to retreat back into Germany. -
treaty of Versailles
It was the peace settlement after World War One had ended in 1918. It was a very long document with 440 articles which were divided into 15 parts. On June 28, 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Germany's representatives Hermann Müller and Johannes Bell signed the Versailles Treaty in the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles near Paris, France. -
invention of television
Television is a way of sending and receiving moving images and sounds over wires or through the air by electrical impulses. The big breakthrough in technology was the ability to send sound and pictures over the air. The word television comes from the Greek prefix tele and the Latin word vision or “seeing from a distance.” The TV camera converts images into electrical impulses, which are sent along cables, or by radio waves, or satellite to a television receiver where they are changed back into a -
market crash
About 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange was traded in a single day. Billions of dollars was lost which wiped out thousands of investors. Afterwards America and the rest of the industrialized world went into the great depression. This had a very important economic impact as these people could no longer afford to spend money and therefore did not buy consumer products. Therefore as there was no buying, shops went bust and factories had no reason to employ people who were making prod -
Great depression-
Herbert Hoover was president when the Great Depression began. He declared in March 1930, that the U.S. had “passed the worst” and argued that the economy would sort itself out. The worst, however, had just begun and would last until the outbreak of World War II in 1939. -
Day of Mourning
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 (Aboriginal men from Menindee acted as the original Port Jackson mob) and lots of partying. -
Japanese attack of Pearl Harbour
The Attack on Pearl Harbor happened on December 7th, 1941. Japanese airplanes made a surprise attack on the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. They destroyed many ships and killed many soldiers. It was this attack that forced the United States to enter World War II. -
Bombing of Darwin
On 19 February 1942 during world war II japan flew 64 raids on Darwin and 33 raids on other targets in northern Australia. There were 188 Japanese planes. 683 bombs were dropped on Darwin over the two attacks. 250-320 people were killed and 300-400 were wounded. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
The united states used a large atomic weapon against Hiroshima, Japan. This bomb was equivalent of 20,000 tons of TNT. It killed thousands of civilians. After World War II, most of Hiroshima would be rebuilt, though one destroyed section was set aside as a reminder of the effects of the atomic bomb. Each august 6, thousands of people gather at peace memorial park to join in interfaith religious services commemorating the anniversary of the bombing- Jack Benson. I think that this has affected so -
Martin Luther King Jr’s “I have a dream…” speech
Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights activist in the 1950s and 1960s. He led non-violent protests to fight for the rights of all people including African Americans. He hoped that America and the world could become a colorblind society where race would not impact a person's civil rights. He is considered one of the great orators of modern times and his speeches still inspire many to this day. -
Melbourne Olympics
It was the first time Australia hosted the Olympics and it was the first of the games that had been held out of Europe or the united states, the first games that was held in the southern hemisphere, the first games that was on a live television broadcast and the first games where all the athletes walked together as one in a closing ceremony. -
Invention of Internet
The invention of the internet has no single person inventor, instead it has evolved over time and continues to evolve. The first place that it got started was in the united states used as a government weapon for the cold war which then helped scientists and researchers communicate, talk to each other and share information and to also help the military fields. Because they were used for those particular fields they cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. ‘this is an idea of an intergalactic Networ -
Cuban Missile crisis
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Australian Freedom Rides
On the 12 of February 1965 a group of Sydney university students called the student action for aboriginals, led by Charles Perkins. They travelled to New South Wales country town to protest for civil rights. -
Invention of mobile phone
The weight of this first mobile was 1.1 kg and was measured at 22.8cmX4.4 cm. with this you got 30 minutes of talking time and it would take about 10 hours to charge. In 1973 they demonstrated this first mobile that Motorola had released called “DynaTAC” and the product went on sale ten years later. ‘As I walked down the street in 1973 while taling on the phone, sophisticated New Yorkers gaped at the sight of someone actually moving around while making a phone call. Mr Cooper telling the daily m -
Release of crocodile Dundee
It was filmed in Australia. ‘it’s the only non-Hollywood film to be the most successful film internationally in its year of release’- Michael J. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was built by the communist government of East Berlin 1961. The wall separated East Berlin and West Berlin. It was built in order to prevent people from fleeing East Berlin. In many ways it was the perfect symbol of the "Iron Curtain" that separated the democratic western countries and the communist countries of Eastern Europe throughout the Cold War.
