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8 Major Events From Modern Times
What Were You Doing When ? Wall Street Crash Hiroshima First Credit Card First Man on The Moon
Munich Olympics Panam Flight 103 Berlin Wall 911

These Events Effected Each and Every Man and Woman who lived during them

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    Wall Street Crash 1930's
  • Following the wall street stock market crash in 1929 which affected the US economy and ultimately put the world into a global recession
  • Televisions becoming more widespread and more programmes and TV stations appearing
  • The Car industry continuing to grow to support the increase in buyers
  • World War II Starts


    Nuclear Bomb in War on Hiroshima 1940's
  • World War II Ends
  • The first use of a Nuclear Bomb during a war on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, which did end the 2nd world war but the cost in human life and mans ability to destroy others by pressing a button weighs heavily on both Politicians and all of us
    Introduction of Credit Cards 1950's
  • The first introduction of credit cards in the USA which at the time may have not seemed a significant event but as we all know credit cards play a large part in our day to day lives
  • The Vietnam War starts
  • The Beginning of the Cold War
  • Polio affects US and UK, many children die or become paralyzed
  • Elvis Presley causes a change in the music industry and pop music
  • Larger Aircraft are built allowing cheaper travel between continents


    First Man Walks on The Moon 1960's
  • The Vietnam War ends
  • The landing of the first man on the moon showing man's technological prowess to go beyond the limits of our earth and explore previously unexplored or conquered space except in science fiction
  • The Beatles era starts and continues the changes in pop culture that Elvis Presley started in the 50's
  • The Concorde allows passengers to fly faster than the speed of sound
  • Martin Luther King spearheads equal rights for all in the United States
  • The first introduction of ATM's or cash machines in the USA which quickly became the quickest and easiest way to access you bank and obtain cash throughout the world
    Munich Olympics Terrorist attacks 1970's
  • The use of Transistors in electronics making things smaller and cheaper due to mass production and cost
  • The Munich Olympics Terrorist attacks against Israel athletes
  • The start of the computer revolution due to the earlier invention of transistors and microprocessors starting the computer as a means to play games in the home
  • A worldwide recession with accompanied high inflation in the worlds economy
    Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing 1980's
  • The birth of the IBM PC signaled the start of Personal Computers first in the Offices and then into peoples homes becoming an integral part of our lives
  • Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over lockerbie in Scotland
  • The beginnings of mobile phones which although large and often did not work signaled the future of personal communication
  • The growth of those affected by AIDS virus which effects people throughout the world and is still not fully understood how to cure only how to protect from
    Berlin Wall Comes Down 1990's
  • The Growth of Microsoft first with DOS then Windows and Office Applications making Microsoft the richest company in the world
  • Dismantling of the Berlin Wall
  • The birth of the World Wide Web and adoption by 10's of millions of users in just a few years
  • The use of the latest technology in cloning and the experiments with stem cell research raises moral questions in the field of medical research
  • The use of technology for changing the genetic makeup of the foods we grow through the use of bio-engineering and the planting of GM foods ( genetic modification ) to protect against disease and insects.
  • Human Genome Project to identify all the approximately 20,000-25,000 genes in human DNA started in the early 90's and would take over 10 years to complete. This became a worldwide project with companies and universities from US, UK, Japan, France, Germany, China, and others all helping to provide resources and research results.
  • The growth in the use of terrorism as a weapon
    911 Terrorist Attacks New Millennium
  • 4 Aircraft hijacked and flown into the Twin Towers World Trade Center and Pentagon Building by Terrorists
  • The increased demand for energy causes the prices of Petrol and natural gas to increase as demand outstrips supply
  • The continuing debate on effects of Global Warming on our environment with some countries adopting the Kyoto agreement to limit emissions and some countries not
  • Many large companies using accounting fraud to "cook the books" caught, and being forced into bankruptcy including Enron and Worldcom