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100 years into the past
1920 - 1929
Penicillin is discovered.
What were the main events in the previous century that shaped the way we live today?
We've looked back over the past 100 years and compiled a list of events, inventions and social changes that may have affected the present and possibly the future.
What were the main events in the previous century that shaped the way we live today?
We've looked back over the past 100 years and compiled a list of events, inventions and social changes that may have affected the present and possibly the future.
1920
The USA gives votes to women.
1921
The German Avus Autobahn, the first road for motor vehicles, opens.
The first robot is developed and built.
The first robot is developed and built.
1922
Mohandas Gandhi, 53, of India, was sentenced to six years in prison for his protests against British rule in his country.
1923
Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party seize Munich's city government. Hitler is arrested and sentenced to 5 years in prison.
1924
In Russia, Vladimir Lenin dies, to be succeeded by a triumvirate headed by Joseph Stalin..
1925
John Logie Baird develops the mechanical television.
Margaret Hilda Roberts (Maggie Thatcher) is born in Grantham, Lincolnshire on October 13.
Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf.
Margaret Hilda Roberts (Maggie Thatcher) is born in Grantham, Lincolnshire on October 13.
Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf.
1926
The first liquid based rocket fuel is used.
1927
The first transatlantic telephone calls are available to the public. Talking for 3 minutes between London and New York costs $75.
Television is demonstrated for the first time, but full-scale development is delayed nearly two decades.
In the movie industry, The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson, is the first successful talking motion picture. The Quartz clock is invented.
Television is demonstrated for the first time, but full-scale development is delayed nearly two decades.
In the movie industry, The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson, is the first successful talking motion picture. The Quartz clock is invented.
1928
Penicillin is discovered.
Philo Farnsworth develops the first working television sets.
Philo Farnsworth develops the first working television sets.
1929
The first round-the-world flight is completed by the airship Graf Zeppelin.
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