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Modern History


1901
Einstein publishes his theory of Relativity.
Planck publishes his Quantum Theory.
1902
Queen Victoria dies and Edward VII becomes King.
The first wireless message is sent between Britain
and USA.
The first Teddy Bear is made.
1903
The Boar War Ends.
The Wright Brothers fly the first aeroplane.
The first silent movie, The Great Train Robbers, is released.
1906
San Francisco is destroyed by an earthquake.
Kelloggs sell the first Cornflakes.
1907
The first electric washing machine.
1908
Ford sells the first Model T motor car.
The first old age pension in Britain.
A meteor strike Tunguska in Russia.
1909
Bleriot flies across the English Channel.
Plastic is invented.
1910
King George VII dies and is followed by
King George V.
1911
Amundsen reaches the South Pole.
1912
The Titanic Sinks.
Parachutes Invented.
1913
First Crossword Puzzle

1914
World War I begins

1914 - 1919
The first self service food shop opens in America.
The Russian Revolution.
Women over 30 are allowed to vote in Britain.
A flue epidemic kills millions of people.
First aeroplane flight across the Atlantic.
1920 - 1930

King Tut's Tomb is discovered in Egypt.
BBC begins radio broadcasts in Britain.
The first Labour government in Britain.
The first TV image is seen.
Talking movies are invented - The first film is called "The Jazz Singer".
First Winter Olympic Games.
Winnie the Pooh is published.

Penicillin is discovered.
Sliced bread is invented.
The Depression begins in the USA and spreads across the world.
Pluto is discovered.
1931 - 1939

The Empire State Building is finishe in New York.
Hunger marches take place in Britain.
Scientists split the atom.
Hitler become the leader of Germany.
The Cheese Burger is invented.
Monopoly is sold for the first time.
King George V dies. He is followed by Edward VIII who has to abdicate. George VI becomes king in Britain.
BBC begins TV transmissions in Britain.
The Spanish Civil War.
The first passenger flight over the atlantic by aeroplane.

1939
The Second World War begins.

1940 -1949
The T-Shirt goes on sale.
The first electric computer is built.
The sound barrier is broken.
Dead Sea Scrolls are discovered.
India becomes independent.
The National Health Service starts in Britain.
The United Nations is formed.
The "Big Bang" theory is formed.
First non-stop flight around the world.
NATO is formed.
1950
The Korean War starts.
The first organ transplant.
First credit card introduced.
1951
The first colour TV
Festival of Britain takes place.
1952
George VI dies and is succeeded by
Queen Elizabeth II.
First car seat belts introduced.
1953
Corination of Queen Elizabeth II.
Mount Everest is climbed.
DNA is discovered.
1954
First report says that cigarettes can cause cancer.

Roger Banister breaks the 4 minute mile.
1955
Disneyland opens.
MacDonald's is started.
The European Union is founded.
1957
The Russians put the first satellite into orbit.
The Russians put a dog called Laika into space.
European Economic Community (EEC) founded.
1958

Lego is sold for the first time.
NASA is founded in USA.
1959
The first motorway opens in Britain.

1961
The Russians send the first man into space.
The Berlin Wall is built.
1962
The Beatles have their first hit - Please Please Me.
The Cubin Missile Crisis.
Marilyn Monroe Found Dead.
USA send troops to Vietnam.
1963
John F Kennedy Assassinated.
Martin Luther King makes his "I Have a Dream" speech.
1965
Malcom X Assassinated.
Anti Vietnam War protests in USA and Europe.
1966
England win the football World Cup.
Star Trek TV series starts.
1967

First heart transplant.
Six Day War in Middle East.
First colour TV transmissions in Britain.
Summer of Love.
1968
Russia invades Czechoslovakia.
Martin Luther King is Assassinated.
1969
Neil Armstrong becomes the first man on the Moon.
Britain sends troops into Ireland.
Music concert at Woodstock.
Death penalty abolished in Britain.

1970
The Beatles break up.
1971
Britain goes decimal.
The first video recorder is introduced.
1972

First pocket calculators.
Watergate Scandal.
Miners Strike in Britain.
1973
USA pulls out of Vietnam War.
Britain enters the European Common Market.
1975
Microsoft is Founded.
1977
Elvis is found dead.
Star Wars is released.
Punk Rock is fashionable.
1978
First "Test Tube Baby" is born.
1979

Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman Prime Minister of Britain.
Mother Theresa Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1980
Mount St Helens erupts.
John Lennon is assassinated.
Iran - Iraq war starts.

1981
The personal computer ( PC ) is introduced by IMB.
Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer.
First reports of AIDS.
1982
Britain fights the Falklands War.
The Mary Rose is raised.
Thriller is released by Michael Jackson.
1986
Famine in Ethiopia.
Challenger Space Shuttle Explodes.
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident.
1988
First Gulf War begins.
Pan Am flight 103 is bombed over Scotland.
1989
Berlin Wall falls.
Exxon Valdez Spills Millions of Gallons of Oil on Coastline.
Students Massacred in China's Tiananmen Square.
The World Wide Web (www.) is invented.
1990
Hubble Telescope Launched Into Space.
Nelson Mandela is released from prison.
John Major becomes Prime Minister of Britain.
1993

Bosnian Civil War.
Huge increase in internet use.
1994
Channel tunnel between England and France opens.
Nelson Mandela Elected President of South Africa.
Rwandan Genocide Begins.
1997

Tony Blair becomes Prime Minister.
Hong Kong is returned to China.
Princess Diana is killed in a car crash.
Scientists Clone Sheep.

1999

NATO Attacks Serbia.
The Euro becomes the new European currency.
2000
First elected Mayor of London - Ken Livingston.

2001
Twin Towers are attacked and destroyed in New York.
Britain joins USA in Afghanistan war.
Labour Party re-elected in Britain.
2003
Second Gulf War starts.
England win the Rugby World Cup.
Space Shuttle Columbia explodes on landing.
2004
A tsunami kills 250,000 people in Asia.
2005
Terrorist bombs kill 56 people in London.
2008

Barack Obama beomes the first black President
of the USA.
World wide "Credit Crunch".