Sinking of the Titanic
Stolen Mona Lisa returned to the Louvre
Archduke Ferdinand shot dead in Sarajevo
Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary
Battle of the Somme
Marcel Duchamp's 'Fountain' scandalises the art world
First World War ends
Weimar Republic begins in Germany
Prohibition begins in the USA
Hitler becomes leader of the NSDAP
Establishment of the Irish Free State
Coolidge succeeds Harding as US president
Death of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Hitler publishes 'Mein Kampf'
British General Strike begins
World population reaches 2 billion
Alexander Fleming accidentally discovers penicillin
Wall Street Crash begins
First Mickey Mouse comic strip appears
Floods kill up to 4 million in China
Opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
Chancellor Dollfuss of Austria assassinated
Persia is renamed Iran
Abdication of King Edward VIII
Hindenburg airship disaster takes place in New Jersey
Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass) takes place in Germany and Austria
Germany invades Poland; World War II begins
Battle of Britain
Pearl Harbour attacked by Japan
First and Second Battles of El Alamein
Germans retreat from Stalingrad
D-Day Landings take place in northern France
Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
League of Nations dissolved
Princess Elizabeth marries the Duke of Edinburgh
State of Israel comes into being as an independent nation
The GDR is established in East Germany by the Soviet Union
Korean War begins
Festival of Britain opens
Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the UK following the death of George VI
Mount Everest is conquered by Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary
First sub-4-minute mile run by Sir Roger Bannister
James Dean killed in car crash
Suez Crisis takes place in Egypt
'Jailhouse Rock' film opens in USA
Brazil wins World Cup for the first time
First Mini (car) launched in the UK
Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho' released
Berlin Wall is built
Cuban Missile Crisis
The USA Declares War!
Original 13 Colonies
20th Century by Image
