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End of WWI
The victory in November 1918 was not due to American involvement. Rapid advancements in weapon technology meant that by 1918 tanks and planes were commonplace. -
Treaty of Versailles
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Invention of television
n 1884, Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, a 23-year-old university student in Germany,patented the first electromechanical TV system which employed a scanning disk. In 1927, Philo Farnsworth made the world's first working television system with electronic scanning of both the pickup and display devices,[19] which he first demonstrated to the press on 1 September 1928 -
The Jazz Age
When The Great Depression ended jazz music and dance became popular. This occurred in the United States, but also in Britain, France and elsewhere. It orgininated in New Orleans, USA. -
Market Crash of 1929
The Wall Street Crash of 1929, is also known as Black Tuesday or the Stock Market Crash of 1929, began in late October 1929 and was said to be the most devastating market crash in the history of the United States, -
Great Depression
There isnt much detail on the great depression so the date it started is unknown. -
1938 Day of Mourning
January 26 1938 was the 150th anniversary of the landing of the First Fleet in Australia. For those who celebrated there was a parade, a re-enactment of the arrival of the First Fleet and lots of partying.
Those who mourned, were kept waiting until the parade passed by before they could march in ‘silent protest from the Town Hall to the Australian Hall in Elizabeth Street -
Start of WWII
The world war started on 1 September 1939 and ended on the 2nd September 1945.
The locations of the war were Europe, Pacific, Atlantic, South-East Asia, China, Middle East, Mediterranean, North Africa and Horn of Africa, briefly North and South America. -
Japanese Attack of Pearl Harbor
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Bombing of Darwin
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Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
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Declaration of Human Rights
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Invention of the internet
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Melbourne Olympics
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Fall of the Berlin Wall
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream…” speech
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Australian Freedom Rides
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Invention of mobile phone
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Release of Crocodile Dundee
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United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child