20th Century timeline by Rebecca https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury Categorise your research en-us 2018-01-02 13:33:21 UTC 2018-01-03 09:54:21 UTC hello@padlet.com World War 1 https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218443414 World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.]]> 2018-01-03 09:28:22 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218443414 Wall Street Crash https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218443446 The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as Black Tuesday, the Great Crash, or the Stock Market Crash of 1929, began on October 24, 1929, and was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of America.]]> 2018-01-03 09:28:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218443446 World war 2 https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218443631 World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945.It cost 60 million lives and was the deadliest conflict in human history]]> 2018-01-03 09:30:18 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218443631 Queen Victoria dies https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218444344  Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. On 1 May 1876, she adopted the additional title of Empress of India ]]> 2018-01-03 09:35:12 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218444344 Writers https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218444415 Some famous writers of the 20th Century were Rudyard Kipling, J. R. R. Tolkien and Roald Dahl]]> 2018-01-03 09:35:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218444415 Discovery of human blood groups / Landsteiner https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218444507 The discovery of blood groups. ... Many patients have died and it was not until 1901, when the Austrian Karl Landsteiner discovered human blood groups, that blood transfusions became safer. Mixing blood from two individuals can lead to blood clumping or agglutination.]]> 2018-01-03 09:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218444507 Cold war https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218444545  The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc and powers in the Western Bloc. ]]> 2018-01-03 09:36:40 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218444545 Marie Curie Wins Noble Prize in Chemistry https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218444577  The first woman to win a Nobel Prize was Marie Curie, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 with her husband, Pierre Curie, and Henri Becquerel. Curie is also the only woman to have won multiple Nobel Prizes; in 1911, she won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. ]]> 2018-01-03 09:36:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218444577 Titanic https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218444703 RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning hours of 15 April 1912, after it collided with an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City.]]> 2018-01-03 09:38:05 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218444703 Chernobyl https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218444757  The Chernobyl disaster, also referred to as the Chernobyl accident, was a catastrophic nuclear accident. It occurred on 26 April 1986 in the No.4 light water graphite moderated reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Pripyat, a town in northern Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ]]> 2018-01-03 09:38:22 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218444757 The Korean War https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218445149 At the end of the Second World War, Korea – which had formerly been occupied by the Japanese – was divided along the 38th Parallel. This was an internal border between North and South Korea based on a circle of latitude.

The North soon fell under the influence of the Soviet Union whilst the South relied on the support of the Americans. The Korean People's Army (KPA) was established in North Korea in February 1948, from Korean communist guerrillas who had previously served with the Chinese People's Liberation Army, but were 'advised' by Soviet personnel. By mid-1950 the KPA was composed of ten infantry divisions plus other units totalling some 223,000 men.

]]> 2018-01-03 09:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218445149 Dr. Seuss https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218445471
 Theodor Seuss Geisel was a German-American author, political cartoonist, poet, animator, book publisher, and artist, best known for authoring more than 60 children's books under the pen name Doctor Seuss. ]]> 2018-01-03 09:44:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218445471 John F Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was shot dead on 22 November 1963. He was travelling in an open-topped limousine.The Governor of Texas John Connally, who was sitting in front of the president, was wounded but survived.Within an hour, Dallas policeman JD Tippit was also killed. Soon afterwards, Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested.Within 12 hours, he was charged with the killings of President Kennedy and JD Tippit. https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218445712 2018-01-03 09:46:35 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218445712 Margret thatcher https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218445901  Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher LG OM PC FRS FRIC was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. 















































































































]]> 2018-01-03 09:47:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218445901 Gulf War https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218447082 On 2 August 1990 Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, a tiny oil-producing state in the Persian Gulf. The response of the international community was swift. The United Nations demanded Iraqi withdrawal and imposed a trade embargo.

A US-led coalition force made up of nearly one million service personnel from 32 countries, including 53,457 from the United Kingdom, was assembled to expel the Iraqis should diplomacy fail.

The United Nations set a deadline of 15 January 1991 for Iraqi forces to leave Kuwait. This deadline was ignored.

]]> 2018-01-03 09:54:07 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccaep/20thCentury/wish/218447082