History from 1914 – Present Day In A Nutshell
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1933 Hitler becomes chancellor
Watch “How the Nazis first burned books and then people” on YouTube
A post Second World War history until the end of The Cold War.
A MUSICAL TIMELINE.,(Please check in for regular updates.
1939 Watch “Review Of The Year – 1939 (1939)” on YouTube
1940 Watch “Review Of The Year 1940 (1940)” on YouTube
1941 Watch “Review Of The Year 1941 (1941)” on YouTube
1942 Watch “1942 news review (1942)” on YouTube
July 17th and 18th Round up of French Jews
1943 Watch “Review Of The Year – 1943 (1943)” on YouTube
1944 Watch “Review Of The Year 1944-5” on YouTube
1945 Harry Truman elected president.
Charles de Gaulle led much of the French resistance from The UK through WW2
Watch “World News In Review (1945)” on YouTube
Watch “TNC:27 (excerpt) Truman Criticism of JFK” on YouTube
Cold War Began almost immediately following the end of WW2.
1946 Watch “Review Of The Year 1946 (1946)” on YouTube
1947 Watch “Looking Back – On 1947 (1947)” on YouTube
1948 Watch “How the Biggest Airlift in History Saved West Berlin” on YouTube
Watch “Berlin Air Lift (1949)” on YouTube
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1949 Watch “Reviewing The Year 1949 (1949)” on YouTube
1950 Joe McCarthy most visible face in the United States amid Cold War tensions.
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Korean War began
1951Rosenbergs convicted of espionage
1952 Polio vaccine was invented
Eisenhower elected
1953 Queen Elizabeth Ii crowned
Rosenberg executed
Korean War ended
Joseph Stalin dies
1954 Rock Around The Clock – Bill Haley and the Comets
1955 Disneyland opens
James Dean Killed in car crash
1956 Grace Kelly marries Prince Ranier
Suez Crisis
1957 Watch “Reviews 1957 Aka Review Of The Year – 1957 (1957)” on YouTube
1958 Watch “Review Of 1958 (1958)” on YouTube
1959 Buddy Holly killed in plane crash
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1960 Kennedy Elected
1961 Bay of Pigs
Thalidomide birth defects first noted
Tral of Eichmann for war crimes
Cuban Missile crisis
1962 Watch “KENNEDY AFTER TWO YEARS” on YouTube
Watch “”Why go to the moon?” – John F. Kennedy at Rice University” on YouTube
Death of Marilyn Monroe
Beatles have their first big hit
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Nelson Mandela Imprisoned
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1963
Review Of 1963: The Space Race to the JFK Assassination | British Pathé
January 15 Death of Winston Churchill
The Day The Nation Buried Winston Churchill
1964 Watch “Review Of 1964 (1964)” on YouTube
1965 Watch “1965 IN REVIEW (REVIEW OF THE YEAR 1965)” on YouTube
1966 Chinese Cultural Revolution launched
1967
1968 WOODSTOCK
Martin Luther King was assassinated
Stevie Wonder later created a song to honour Martin Luther King’s birthday.
1969 Man on the moon
A History Of Spacewalks: First Walk On The Moon, July 21, 1969 | TIME
Watch “R.E.M. – Man On The Moon (Lyrics)” on YouTube
Richard Nixon elected President.
1971 Watch “REVIEW OF THE YEAR 1971” on YouTube
1972 Killings at the Munich Olympics
Watergate begins
1973 Watch “REVIEW OF THE YEAR 1973” on YouTube
1974 Watergate ends
1975 Watch “BILLBOARD – TOP 100 HITS OF 1975 – PART 1/4” on YouTube
1976 Watch “That was the year 1976. Events which shaped our world. ‘” on YouTube
1977 Elvis Presley died
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1978 Pope Paul dies.John Paul becomes pope
Iranian Revolution
Margaret Thatcher elected
1979 Russia Invades Afghanistan
1980 John Lennon murdered in New York.
https://youtu.be/adih-yIc8kc?si=4AsZXMFTz8JNSmNmMargaret Thatcher deposed as Conservative leader
1981 AIDS CRISIS BEGINS
1982 Lebanon War
1983 Watch “Sunday Bloody Sunday – U2 (with lyrics)” on YouTube
1984
Watch “Year In Review: 1984” on YouTube
1985 Watch “Television’s “Year In Review” For 1985″ on YouTube
1986 Watch “Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster: News Report From April 28, 1986” on YouTube
1987 Watch “REVIEW OF THE YEAR 1987” on YouTube
1988 Watch “ARCHIVE: Lockerbie Bombing 1988 – BBC Newsnight” on YouTube
1989 Berlin Wall comes down
1990 Nelson Mandela released from prison
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1993 Music Watch “REMEMBER 1993” on YouTubeWatch “REMEMBER 1993” on YouTube
1994 Watch “Timeline 1994 – Everything That Happened In ’94” on YouTube
1995 Watch “TIMELINE: 1995 – Everything That Happened In ’95” on YouTube
1996 Watch “Timeline: 1996 – Everything that Happened In ‘
1997 Watch “REMEMBER 1997” on YouTubeWatch “REMEMBER 1997” on YouTube
1998 Watch “REMEMBER 1998” on YouTube
1999 Columbine Massacre
2000 Watch “Top 10 Most Memorable Events of 2000” on YouTube
MOST POPULAR SONGS EACH MONTH 2000s
2001 2001 Terrorist attack in New York
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008 February 13th 2008 Australia apologises for stolen generation.
Watch “Prime Minister says sorry” on YouTube
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2009 7th February BLACK SATURDAY BUSHFIRES
2010 Julia Gillard becomes Prime Minister of Australia.
May 2nd Osama Bin Laden killed
2012
2013
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2014
2015 The world strikes a deal on climate change,
2016 BREXIT VOTE
2017 Britain triggers Article 50 to leave EU.
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22nd May Manchester Bombings
2018 Democrats In US win back house
2019 First case of Covid discovered
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2020
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2021 US CAPITOL COMES UNDER ATTACK
2022 September 8th THE QUEEN DIES
2023
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