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100 years past and future
The Past 1900 - 2007
Past events that have shaped the way we live today.
The last 100 years have given us many inventions that we couldn't imagine being without. With major breakthroughs in medical science and technology, we've compiled a list of events and social changes that have combined to shape the early 21st century we live in.
The last 100 years have given us many inventions that we couldn't imagine being without. With major breakthroughs in medical science and technology, we've compiled a list of events and social changes that have combined to shape the early 21st century we live in.
The first flight by the Wright brothers, Finland gives women the vote and we hear the first transatlantic radio signal.
The Titantic hits an iceberg, Britain declares war on Germany and the first granulated soap flakes are introduced.
The first rocket based liquid fuel is used, penicillin is discovered and in South Africa, blacks are excluded from voting.
Germany invades Poland prompting Britain to declare war and America panics as the radio broadcasts War of the Worlds.
War in Europe ends, Winston Churchill coins the phrase, 'Iron curtain' and the television boom takes hold across the world.
Mount Everest is conquered, Ray Kroc buys a hamburger franchise and a dog is the first living creature in space.
Silicon chips are developed, Mandela is sentenced to life imprisonment and the first heart transplant takes place.
The first email is sent, The World's first test-tube baby is born and Maggie Thatcher becomes Britain's first female Prime Minister.
AIDS becomes recognised as an epidemic, the CD player is launched and the Berlin wall is dismantled, unifying Germany.
The channel tunnel opens between England and France and Dolly the sheep is the first clone of another living animal.
Two hijacked airliners crash into the World trade centre and North Korea conducts their first nuclear weapons test.
What does the future hold for the human race? Take a tour through the next 92 years and find out what may or may not await you?
Quiz
How much do you know about the past 107 years? Test your historical knowledge in this fun quiz.
A Brief History of Time
Was there a beginning of time? Could time run backwards? Is the universe infinite? These are just some of the questions considered in this book for the non-scientific layman.
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