World Events De’Dra Smith World History 1 st period May 15,2014

1900’s Queen Victoria dies 1902-Teddy bear introduced Wright brothers (first flight) 1904-ground broken on panama canal 1905-Einstein proposes his theory of relativity 1906-Finland first European country to give women the right to vote 1907-Picasso introduced cubism Henry Ford introduced the Model-T 1909-NAACP is founded

1910’s Tango catches on Rutherford discovers the structure of the atom 1912-Oreo cookies first introduced Henry Ford creates first moving assembly line World War 1 starts: Archduke Ferdinand Assassination Lusitania sunk by German U-boat 1916-First self- service grocery store U.S enters WW Spanish flu pandemic 1919– Treaty of Versailles ends WW1

1920’s 1920-Harlem Renaissance begins : Women granted the right to vote in the U.S lie detector invented insulin discovered 1923-Hitler jailed after failed coup 1924-First Olympic winter games 1925-Hitlers Mein Kampf published 1926-A.A Milne published Winnie-the-Pooh 1927-Babe Ruth makes home-run record 1928-Bubble gum invented 1929-Great Depression begins

1930’s 1930-pluto discovered U.S officially gets national anthem 1932-Air conditioning invented 1933-Adolf Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany (HOLOCAUST) 1934-The Dust Bowl 1935-Germany issues the Anti-Jewish nuremburg laws Hoover dam completed 1937-Japan invades China 1938-Broadcast of “The War of the Worlds” causes panic 1939-World War 2 begins

1940’s Battle of Britain 1941-Japanese attack Pearl Harbor 1942-Japanese-Americans held in camps 1943-Italy joins the allies 1944:D-Day 1945-FDR dies: End of holocaust 1946-Churchill gives “Iron Curtain” speech 1947-Marshall Plan 1948-Ghandi assassinated 1949-NATO established

1950’s 1950-First “Peanuts” cartoon strip 1951-color television introduced Seat belts introduced DNA discovered 1954-Segregation ruled illegal in the U.S Disney land opens 1956-Velcro introduced 1957-Cat-in-the Hat published 1958-NASA founded 1959-Sound of music opens on broadway

1960’s The Birth Control Pill Is Approved by the FDA 1961-Berlin wall built Cuban Missile Crisis 1963-JFK Assassinated 1964-Beatles become popular in the U.S Malcolm X Assassinated National Organization for Women (NOW) Founded Thurgood Marshall Becomes the First African-American U.S. Supreme Court Justice Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated 1969-Neil Armstrong first man on the moon

1970’s 1970-Beatles Break Up 1971-VCRs Introduced 1972-WaterGate scandal begins 1973-Roe v. Wade legalizes abortion in the U.S 1974-U.S. President Nixon Resigns 1975-Microsoft Founded 1976-North and South Vietnam Join to Form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 1977-Elvis found dead 1978-Jonestown massacre 1979-Iran takes American hostages in Tehran

1980’s 1980-Failed U.S. attempt to save hostages in Tehran 1981-New plague identified as AIDs 1982-E.T. movie released 1983-Reagan announces defense plan called Star Wars 1984-Huge poison gas leak in Bhopae,India 1985-Wreck of the Titanic found 1986-Chernobyl nuclear disaster 1987-DNA used to convict criminals 1988-U.S. shoots down Iranian airliner 1989-Berlin wall falls

1990’s 1990-Nelson Mandela freed 1991-collapse of Soviet Union 1992-Official end of the Cold war World Trade center bombed 1994-Nelson Mandela elected president of South Africa 1995-Sarin Gas attack in Tokyo subway mad cow disease hits Britain 1997-Princess Diana dies (car crash) The movie Titanic is a success 1999-Killing spree at Columbine High