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100 years into the past
1940 - 1949
Britain celebrates VE day.
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.
1940
Germany launches air raids against England and extends persecution of the Jews into Poland, Romania, and the Netherlands.
Peter Goldmark develops modern colour television.
Peter Goldmark develops modern colour television.
1941
On December 7, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, drawing the United States into the war.
Nazi troops invade Soviet Russia, extending as far as Moscow.
Nazi troops invade Soviet Russia, extending as far as Moscow.
1942
The first ever sustained nuclear reaction occurs.
1943
Allied forces invade Italy, resulting in the surrender of the Fascist Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and Italy's surrender to the Allies.
1944
Allied troops storm the beaches at Normandy, France, on D-Day.
A team of scientists working at Harvard University and funded in part by IBM construct the first automatic computer.
A team of scientists working at Harvard University and funded in part by IBM construct the first automatic computer.
1945
Soviet troops liberate prisoners of the concentration camp at Auschwitz. An estimated 6 million people died in the German camps.
In August, U.S. planes drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, prompting Japan's surrender.
World War II ends. The Allies celebrate victory over Germany on May 8th and over Japan on August 14. Total human casualties from the war exceed 50 million people.
In August, U.S. planes drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, prompting Japan's surrender.
World War II ends. The Allies celebrate victory over Germany on May 8th and over Japan on August 14. Total human casualties from the war exceed 50 million people.
1946
As conflict intensifies between the United States and the U.S.S.R., Winston Churchill coins the term 'iron curtain'.
1947
The sound barrier is broken.
Footage of extraterrestrials is supposedly taken at Roswell.
AT&T develop the first mobile (cellular) phones, but it takes another 36 years for them to be released commercially.
Footage of extraterrestrials is supposedly taken at Roswell.
AT&T develop the first mobile (cellular) phones, but it takes another 36 years for them to be released commercially.
1948
The invention of the transistor will permit miniaturization in science and technology.
Television begins its boom with close to one million households having television sets.
Columbia Records introduces the 33 1/3 LP record in New York.
Television begins its boom with close to one million households having television sets.
Columbia Records introduces the 33 1/3 LP record in New York.
1949
The Soviet Union conducts A-bomb tests, heating up the cold war arms race.
In South Africa, racial apartheid is instituted.
In South Africa, racial apartheid is instituted.
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