The 101 Events That Made The Twentieth Century

Events 101 to 89. Coronation of the British monarch Queen Elizabeth II, rise of Iranian dictator Khomeini, impeachment trials of US president Bill Clinton. Discovery of King Tut in The Valley of Kings, evacuation of Dunkirk.

Events 88 to 74 that have shaped and influenced thought, marked wars, changed fashion, and rebuilt economies. We see the release of a book called Silent Spring, the doom of the Jonestown cult, and the opening of Disneyland.

Events 75 to 63. We showcase great works of art and scientific feats in space, civil wars, sieges, and environmental crises. We see the construction of the Panama Canal and the invention of genetically modified crops.

Events 62 to 50. The battle of Stalingrad was WWII turning point, the Rwandan genocide and Tiananmen Sq. massacre left millions in sorrow, the creation of the bra symbolized the liberation of women, and a groundbreaking heart transplant.

Events 49 to 34. Wars, politics, and revolutions - Versailles Treaty aimed at bringing peace to the world, the Watergate political scandal, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the assassination of John Lennon.

Events 35 to 24. A space venture of the Challenger shuttle, a ship journey on the unsinkable Titanic, and a car chase of Princess Diana. A war in Vietnam, in China, the birth of the Israeli nation, and a new cinema with sound.

Events 23 to 11. Our rapid advance in technological feats. For the first time Wright brothers flew a plane, Sputnik was launched into space. A new vaccination for the polio epidemic and a leap in human rights with a new Declaration.

Events 10 to 1. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" Speech influenced civil rights laws, apartheid ended in South Africa, a bomb dropped in Hiroshima, and man landed on the moon.