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(See
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A
Selective
Timeline
of 20th Century Events (2)
"...
the most important invention of the 20th
century..."
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Timeline, part 1,
2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7
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1910 |
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February
13 - William Shockley born |
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1911 |
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Amundsen
reaches South Pole, Standard Oil loses anti-trust suit |
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1912 |
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De Forest invents telephone amplifier, The
Titanic sinks |
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1913 |
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Ford assembly line produces Model T |
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1914 |
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Panama
Canal opens |
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1915 |
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Coast
to coast phone system operational, Military tank invented |
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1916 |
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Condenser
microphone,
stainless steel invented |
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1917 |
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Electric
razor invented, Communists win Russian Revolution |
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1918 |
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Mass
spectroscope invented,
World War I ends |
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1919 |
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Proton
discovered,
Arc welder invented |
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1920 |
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19th Amendment gives women the right to vote, Isaac Asimov born,
Ghandi leads non-violent reform in India |
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1921 |
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Albert
Einstein wins Nobel prize |
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1922 |
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Lincoln
Memorial opened, Vitamin D, King Tut's tomb discovered |
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1923 |
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De Forest shows first sound-on-film motion picture |
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1924 |
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Frosted
light bulb, frozen food marketed |
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1925 |
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Hitler's
Mein Kampf is published in Germany, Scopes evolution trial |
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1926 |
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Goddard
demonstrates liquid fuel rocket,
AA Milne writes Winnie the Pooh |
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1927 |
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Lindbergh
makes first solo transatlantic flight |
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1928 |
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Flemming discovers Penicillin, Duncan sells yo-yos |
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1929 |
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Stock market crashes, Silent films are completely replaced by "talkies." |
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1930 |
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Quantum
Mechanics meets Semiconductors, Sliced bread introduced |
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1931 |
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Empire
State Bldg. opened, Edison dies |
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1932 |
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Quantum
theory of solids developed |
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To Part 3
Through 1948
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