1900-1910
Model-T ford
First Flight,
San Francisco Earthquake
Einstein's Theory of Relativity
Boxer Rebellion
First Silent movie
1910-1919
World War I
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
the Titanic hits an iceberg
Chicago Black Sox cheating scandle
Russian Revolution Mata Hari
Prohibiton
1920-1929
Women's Suffrage- women can vote
King Tut's Tomb
Mussolini rises to power in Italy
J. Edgar Hoover,
Mein Kampf written by Hitler in Prison
Monkey Trial- No Evolution for Scopes
Charles Lindbergh Becomes famous for flight around the world
1930-1939
Great Depression- breaks out world wide
Mohandas Gandhi takes power in India
Empire State Building comes about
Nazis take power in Germany
the Hindenburg- Famous Nazi Blimp
1940-1949
World War II,
Adolf Hitler tries to take over Europe
Pearl Harbor brings U.S. into the war
Berlin Airlift ordered by Truman to supply Western Berlin
Communist take over China
1950-1959
McCarthyism- Joseph McCarthy attacking people
Korean War breaks out
Color TV is introduced
Disneyland opens
Rosa Parks does not give uo her seat
Sputnik is introduced first man made sattlelite
1960-1969
JFK becomes youngest president,
and is assassinated
MLK preaches non violent
protest
Berlin Wall goes up
Bay of Pigs Mess
Cuban Missile Crisis almost
leads to nuclear war
People Protest further
involvement in Vietnam
1970-1979
Vietnam War begins to fade
down
Watergate Scandle forces
Nixon to resign
Isralian Athletes are
murdered at Munich
The disco era begins
Iran Hostage
Crisis
1980-1989
Ronald Reagan
brings back Conservative values
Mikhail
Gorbachev takes over in Russia
U.S.A hocky team
beats Russia in a stunning upset to advance to the gold metal round
1990-1999
Internet begins to
grow
O.J. Simposon murder trial
Attack on World Trade Centers
Oklahoma City Bombing
