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The 20th Century
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Wright Brothers fly first Airplane.
Wilbur and Orville Wright fly the world's first powered airplane. -
Albert Einstein invents Special Theory of Relativity.
Albert Einstein invents his Special Theory of Relativity. The General theory follows soon after. -
Henry Ford invents world's first assembly line.
Henry Ford mass produces the Model T car with his assembly line. -
World War I Begins.
Tensions climax as several countries begin to declare war on eachother, starting World War I. -
Russian Revolutin ends; Communists take power.
The Russian Communist Revolution ends with the overthrowing of the Czar in place of the new government system: Communism. -
Women gain the right to vote.
Women gain the right to vote in elections. -
Charles Lindbergh crosses Atlantic in first solo flight.
Charles Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic alone to make the world's first non-stop solo flight. -
Penecillin discovered.
Alexander Fleming discoveres the antibiotic, Penicillin. -
U.S. Stock Market crashes.
The U.S. Stock Market crashes overnight, leading into the Great Depression. -
Nazi Party gains power in Germany.
Adolf Hitler rises to power in Germany; the Nazi Party takes control. -
The Television is introduced.
At the New York World Fair, the Television makes it's original debut. -
Germany invades Poland; World War II begins.
Germany invades Poland, starting World War II. -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.
The Japanese send a surprise bombing on Pearl Harbor, marking the beginning of American involvement in the Pacific Ocean in World War II. -
D-Day Invasion
The Allied Invasion of Normandy signals the beginning of the end of World War II. -
Nazi Concentration Camps exposed.
Nazi Concentration Camps in Germany and Poland are discovered by Allied Troops. -
U.S.A. Drops Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The United States drops Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan surrenders days later. -
People's Republic of China is founded.
Mao Tse-Tung establishes the People's Republic of China. Nationalists flee to Taiwan. -
Structure of DNA discovered.
Linus Pauling discovers the structure of DNA. -
Effective Polio vaccine invented.
Dr. Jonas Salik invents the world's first proven vaccine for Polio. -
School Segregation abolished.
Equal rights are gained by all races in Public Schools. -
Space Race begins.
The Russian launch of Sputnik, the world's first space satellite, begins the Space Race. -
F.D.A. Approves world's first birth-control pill.
World's first birth-control pill approved by the F.D.A. -
John F Kennedy is assassinated.
John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas. -
Congress outlaws segregation
The Civil Rights Act is passed, outlawing segregation. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, TN. -
Neil Armstrong becomes first man to walk on moon.
Neil Armstrong, an American Astronaut, becomes the first man in history to set foot on the Moon. -
President Nixon resigns.
After the Watergate Scandal, President Nixon resigns. -
Berlin Wall is taken down.
As East Germany removes it's travel restrictions, thousands of immigrants storm the Berlin Wall to watch it collapse. -
U.S.S.R. Dissolves
The Soviet Union dissolves and Gorbachev resigns.
