", Slouching Towards Utopia: The Economic History of the Twentieth Century, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=20th-century_events&oldid=1012725250, Articles with dead external links from June 2020, Articles with permanently dead external links, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 17 March 2021, at 23:51. Wars in the early part of the 20th century led to the end of the colonial world and gave birth to new nations. In 1934 Manchukuo became a constitutional monarchy and the former Chinese Emperor Pu Yi was placed on the throne, despite the real power being held by Japan. However, Hitler, embroiled in his invasion of the Soviet Union, refused to send Rommel any more troops, causing Rommel to retreat and preventing him from seizing the Middle East, where Axis-friendly regimes had taken root in Iraq and Persia (present-day Iran). [128] The Nazis used propaganda to great effect to stir up anti-Semitic feelings within ordinary Germans. Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century is a compilation of the 20th century's 100 most influential people, published in Time magazine in 1999. [184] In March 1946, Winston Churchill gave a now famous speech while visiting Westminster College in the US which is usually credited as the first use of the term iron curtain to refer to the separation of Soviet and Western areas of influence in Europe:[185]. Of course, you can also add any events that aren't already on the list. [76], The Battle of the Atlantic took place from 1942 to 1944 and was described as "longest, largest, and most complex naval battle in history". At this time, Hitler introduced the V-weapons, the V-1 flying bomb and, later, the V-2, the first rockets used in modern warfare. [150] These were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945 each. This Genius project helps connect music to historical events Many times, we listen to a song, not ever knowing it was based on an actual event in history. China, an ancient nation comprising a fifth of the world population, was finally open to the world in a new and powerful synthesis of west and east, creating a new state after the near-complete destruction of the old cultural order. If not for the oil wealth of such nations as Iran and Saudi Arabia, … By July 1944, the US recaptured Guam and captured Tinian, which finally put them in attacking range of mainland Japan using the new Boeing B-29 bombers. [144] In many places, Jews had to walk past towns and villages on their way to work as slaves in German industry. They drove out the Germans in Africa, invading Morocco and Algeria on November 8, 1942. [31] He then negotiated the annexation of the Sudetenland, a German-speaking mountainous area of Czechoslovakia, in the Munich Conference. However, the development of the destroyer and aircraft with a longer patrol range were effective at countering the U-boat threat and by December 1943, the Germans had lost the battle. [158] The creation of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty in 1968 was an attempt to curtail such proliferation,[159] but a number of countries developed nuclear weapons since it was signed (and many did not sign it), and a number of other countries, including Libya and Iran were suspected of having clandestine nuclear weapons programs. [168] A new attempt at world peace was begun with the founding of the United Nations on October 24, 1945, in San Francisco. The core of this network was the robust TCP/IP network protocol. [80], By this time, the war was looking ever darker for Germany. Furthermore, between 1945 and 1949, Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and East Germany saw communist regimes coming to power and their transformation into People's Republics. 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First man on the moon (Neil Armstrong, 20 July 1969) 6. 1903 It was ignited by the Assassination in Sarajevo of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's heir to the throne, Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand, by Gavrilo Princip of the organization "Young Bosnia," Bosnian Serbs' liberation movement. The Bolsheviks negotiated the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany, although it was at huge cost to Russia. Economic Growth. 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Core memory and bubble memory fell to random access memory. The changes associated with the 20th century would come in the future, with the exception of two major inventions: the airplane and the car. [82], In France, the Allies took Normandy and finally Paris on August 25. [52] Throughout the war, the Italians would be more of a burden to the Nazis than a boon, and would later cost them precious time in Greece. [253][254] The main impetus for this was electronic mail, a far faster and convenient form of communication than a conventional letter and memo distribution, and the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). The Prophet Is Published (Sept. 23, 1923) By Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen. After the invasion of the Soviet Union, armed killing squads of SS men known as Einsatzgruppen systematically rounded up Jews and murdered an estimated one million Jews within the country. [135] Out of the widespread condemnation of the Nazis' medical experiments, the Nuremberg Code of medical ethics was devised. These advancements have played a significant role in citizens' lives and shaped the 21st century into what it is today. In 20 th Century China, Clubb tries to clarify the events and happenings in China before the 1949. Soon the two were locked in a massive stockpiling of nuclear weapons. The 1950s are sometimes referred to as the Golden Age. In the aftermath of World … However, the British smashed the Italians and were on the verge of taking Libya. [255] "The Web" suddenly changed the Internet into a printing press beyond the geographic boundaries of physical countries; it was termed "cyberspace". 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[164] Occupation of Berlin would continue until 1990. He followed a "fight to the last man" policy that was completely ineffective. [112] The battle of Leyte Gulf is also notable as the first battle in which Japanese aircraft carried out organized kamikaze attacks.[113]. A crane removes a section of the Wall near Brandenburg Gate on 21 December 1989. [88] By April 25, the Soviets had besieged Berlin. ; September 11 attacks: Al-Qaeda terrorists crash planes into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, and the Pentagon in Washington, DC.A fourth plane is downed on the outskirts of Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania; 2,996 people die in the attacks. The creation of early warning systems put the control of these weapons into the hands of newly created computers, and they served as a tense backdrop throughout the Cold War. [65] Rommel managed to use his small force to repeatedly smash massively superior British forces and to recapture the port city of Tobruk and advance into Egypt. CNN, the first 24-hour cable news network debuted. [183], During the Yalta Conference, where the Western, capitalist powers, and the communist Soviet Union agreed on separate spheres of influence in Europe, they set up the stage for a geopolitical rivalry that would dominate international relations for the next five decades. [102] In March 1942, days before the surrender of the Philippines, general Douglas MacArthur, who came out of retirement to become commander of United States Army Forces in the Far East at the onset of the war, was forced to flee and narrowly escape to Australia. Jennifer Rosenberg is a historian and writer who specializes in 20th-century history. The solution was to round up Jews and place them in Nazi concentration camps or in ghettos, cordoned off sections of cities where Jews were forced to live in deplorable conditions, often with tens of thousands starving to death, and the bodies decaying in the streets. World History of the 20th Century- Timelines of the major event during the 20th century- US, Europe, Afirca,South America and Asia Memes, like "the distracted boyfriend," are now part of our … Other revolutionary movements of the decade included the Stonewall Riots and the beginnings of gay rights, the Women's Lib movement, and the continuing and growing civil rights movement. Some of the most important events of this century triggered significant future development, like sending the first man into space, while others were a dark spot in history that most would rather forget, like the Holocaust. 1. eebass added World War II. Over three million men and their weapons were put into service against the Soviet Union. Hitler also insisted on a "hold at all costs" policy which forbade relinquishing any ground. Apple Launches The First iPhone We are sure some of you have friends you cannot even imagine without a … [190] While they remained independent countries and their relation with the Soviet authorities would fluctuate over the next half century, they were widely seen as Soviet satellite states. Hitler did not occupy all of France, but about three-quarters, including all of the Atlantic coast, allowing Marshal Pétain to remain as dictator of an area known as Vichy France. On September 9, the invasion of Italy began. Computer games were first developed by software programmers exercising their creativity on large systems at universities, but these efforts became commercially successful in arcade games such as Pong and Space Invaders. [68], Meanwhile, the Japanese had attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. Lady Astor becomes the first woman to sit as a British MP. [19], Communism was strengthened as a force in Western democracies when the global economy crashed in 1929 in what became known as the Great Depression. [240][241] [101], The next six months were dominated by Japanese victories against the Allied forces, already war-weary and stretched thin after two years of war in Europe and North Africa.