4 July 2013 - A CENTURY IN TIME - The 1900S

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A CENTURY IN TIME

The 1900s

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Here is a brief summary of the 1900s. Interesting things happened ...

1910s

A decade dominated by the first total war, World War I.

• 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic
• Mata Hari Captured
• Rasputin Murdered
• Sinking of the Titanic

• Sinking the Lusitania
• Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
• World War I
• More About the 1910s

1920s

 From Flappers to Prohibition, the 1920s were a decade full of major cultural and social change.

• Alexander Fleming Discovers Penicillin
• Charleston Dance Becomes Popular
• Flappers
• Henry Ford Designed the Model T
• Hiter's Attempted Coup

• Prohibition
• St. Valentine's Day Massacre
• Stock Market Crash of 1929
• Tomb of King Tut Found
• More About the 1920s

1930s

As the Nazis gained power in Germany, the Great Depression ravaged the rest of the world.

• Bonnie and Clyde's Crime Spree
• Empire State Building Opens
• Great Depression
• Hindenburg Disaster

• King Edward VIII Abdicated for Love
• Night of Broken Glass
• War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast Causes Panic
• More About the 1930s

1940s

While countries from around the world sent troops to Europe to fight World War II, the Nazis continued their blitzkrieg tactics to take over Europe, country by country, while also murdering millions of Jews and Gypsies.

• Anne Frank Goes Into Hiding
• Dewey Defeats Truman
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombed
• Leon Trotsky Assassinated

• Pearl Harbor Attacked
• Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
• More About the 1940s

1950s

As families settle down with their TV dinners in front of their new color televisions, the Cold War starts to heat up and the Civil Rights Movements gets underway.

• Castro Becomes Dictator of Cuba
• Disneyland Opens
• Elvis Gyrates on Ed Sullivan's Show
• First Modern Credit Card Introduced
• Hillary and Norgay Climb Mount Everest

• James Dean Dies in a Car Accident
• Laika the Dog Goes Into Space
• Legos First Introduced
• Segregation Ruled Illegal in U.S.
• More About the 1950s

1960s

Although hippies tried to counter the violence, millions of Americans and Vietnamese died during the Vietnamese War.

• Beatles Become Popular in the U.S.
• Berlin Wall
• Charles Manson and His "Family" Kill
• First Man on the Moon

• Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
• Vietnam War
• Woodstock Music Festival
• More About the 1960s

1970s

As disco, M*A*S*H, and computers emerge on the scene, the American public is shocked with the discovery of the Watergate Scandal.

• First Test-Tube Baby Born
• Jonestown Massacre
• Kent State Shootings
• M*A*S*H T.V. Show Premiers

• Munich Olympics Massacre
• Tangshan Earthquake
• Terracotta Army Discovered in China
• More About the 1970s

1980s

At the same time that perestroika and glasnost began to drastically change the Cold War, major natural and man-made disasters occured around the world.

• Berlin Wall Falls
• Chernobyl
• Huge Poison Gas Leak in Bhopal, India

• Mt. St. Helens Erupts
• Reagan Assassination Attempt
• More About the 1980s

1990s

The Cold War comes to a quick and decisive end while the increasing popularity of the Internet begins to open up worldwide communications.

• Columbine Massacre
• Oklahoma City Bombing
• Princess Diana Dies in Car Crash

• Rwandan Genocide

       Waco Cult Compound Raided

Clancy's comment:  I must say I'm glad I was born when I was. The music and lifestyle of the 50s and 60s was sensational.Today is very INSTANT and less relaxed.

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