the history of the twentieth century

The History of the Twentieth Century

Literally , the beginning of the 20th century was on January 1 , 1901 and ended in December 31 , 1999 . Perhaps a bad omen on what the world in 20th century would be experiencing , shocking event such as the assassination of the President of United States William McKinley by Leon Czolgosz happened on September 6 , 1901 . It was followed with lots of historical events , discoveries , inventions , series of wars , racial changes and humanity transitions that has experienced in this era . Some nations and extraordinary people owned spots in

the history of 20th century as well as in the world history

Two World Wars , Cold War , Civil Wars , Vietnam War , Korean War Communism , Crusades among Islamic People and Jews , the Great Depression in America , and Women Suffrage dominated the century-long survival of human dignity . Specifically , the Holocausts or the genocidal acts of the Germans to the Jews in the 2nd World War leaded by the world-known dictator and fascist Adolf Hitler as well as the Pearl Harbor Bombings of the Japanese Imperial Armies throughout the half of the century that brought into deep reflective analysis and investigation among Earth inhabitants even after today 's generation

In Science , make or break news also played part in the history such as the sinking of Titanic in 1912 and the recovering of its wrecked body in 1985 the successful discovery of a new plague which named as AIDS and the failure in finding its cure and vaccination the successful creation of Polio vaccine , DNA and cloning success theories like the Continental Drift , Paleomagnetism and Plate Tectonics VCR , the showing of the first silent movie and the introduction of the first colored television personal computers , software , Pac-man craze , internet inventions and the Y2K problem in the last two decades of the twentieth century creation of satellite , nuclear missile , atomic and hydrogen bomb the first flight and the first invasion to the moon and outer space took place in 20th century

Participation of female success and development has been started to recognize such as Amelia Earhart , the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic ocean Margaret Thatcher as the first woman Prime Minister of Great Britain President Corazon Aquino of the Philippines as the Asia 's first female president Princess Diana 's life , death and love story and Argentina 's Evita Peron being the so-called spiritual leader of their nation

Scandalous events in entertainment industry , politics , and natural phenomena also evolved like the famous Elvis Presley and his death Swing 60 's as the Beatles ' influences around the globe and the disband issue following the death of John Lennon Pop and Disco culture and the creation of video games . It also includes news such as another assassination to US President John F . Kennedy assassination attempts to US President Ronald Reagan and to Pope John Paul I and II the Watergate scandal of US President Richard Nixon and his resignation El Nino and La Nina drought , starvation and famine in Africa especially...