Witness the most significant events of the 20th Century, from the Wright Brothers’ first flight to the landing on the moon, from WWI to the end of the Cold War, and from the first automobile to the birth of the Internet.
100 Years – 20th Century Almanac captures the history, the adventure and the remarkable achievements that have defined and shaped the world in which we live.
Featuring interviews, photos and the first-hand accounts of those who were part of this history. Shimon Peres, Helmut Kohl, Lech Walesa, Otto Habsburg, George Bush Snr., Mikhail Gorbachev and many others.
Over 16 hours of content!
100 Years – The Definitive 20th Century Almanac Boxed Set
Contents
1900: The Dawning of a New Era: World Exhibition in Paris.1901: The End of an
Era: Death of Queen Victoria 1903: The Dream Comes True: First flight by the
Wright Brothers 1906: The Ruins: Earthquake in San Francisco 1907: Rasputin and
the Romanovs 1908: The End of Child Labour 1909: The Good Fight: Suffragette
demonstrations 1910: The Mexican Revolution: Viva Villa 1911: The Race: Amundsen
reaches the South Pole and Scott dies 1912: The Demise: The maiden voyage of the
Titanic 1913: The Line: The assembly line changes the world 1914: The
Assassination: Sarajevo and the beginning of World War I. 1915: The Genius:
Albert Einstein discovers the Theory of Relativity 1916: The Great War: The
Battle of Verdun 1917: The Russian October Revolution 1918: The Revolution in
Germany 1919: The Contract: The Treaty of Versailles 1920: The Ban: The
beginning of Prohibition in the USA 1922: The Seizure of Power:
Mussolini’s march to Rome 1923: The Great Misery: Inflation in Germany 1924:
Stalin – Lenin 1925: “Golden Twenties”: Josephine Baker in her banana
skirt 1926: The Birth: Mickey Mouse is conceived 1927: The Winged Hero: Charles
Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic 1928: The Discovery: Help through Penicillin
1929: Black Friday: A stock-market crash and its consequences 1930: The March:
Gandhi 1931: The Record: Construction of the Empire State Building 1932: The
Crisis: The End of the Weimar Republic 1930: The Beginning: Hitler’s seizure
of power 1934: The Great Drought: Misery and despair in the USA 1935: The Long
March: Mao 1936: “Moment of Death” in the Spanish Civil War 1936: Hero of
the Olympic Games: Jesse Owens 1937: The End of Airships: The explosion of the
Hindenburg 1938: The “Reichs-kristallnacht” 1939: The Border Violation:
Hitler’s attack on Poland 1940: The Visit: Hitler in Paris 1941: The Arizona:
The attack on Pearl Harbor 1942: The Cold Battle: Stalingrad 1943: The
Unbelievable Horror: A boy from Warsaw 1944: The Day of Revenge: Getting even
with collaborators 1945: The Stars above Iwo Jima, The bomb at Hiroshima 1946:
The End of the Master Race: The Nuremberg Trials 1947: The Fight for Palestine
1948: The Flights: “Raisin-bombers” over Berlin 1949: The Separation: The
founding of the East and West German states 1950: The Conflict: The outbreak of
the Korean War 1951: The Comeback of a Legend: Churchill returns 1952: The Myth
Dies: Evita 1953: Rocks Against Tanks: Upheaval in East Germany 1953: On the
Top: The first ascent of Mount Everest 1954: The Myth of Marilyn Monroe in Korea
1955: The Homecoming: German POWs return from the Soviet Union 1956: The Riot:
Anti-Communist protests in Hungary 1957: The Shock: Sputnik 1957: The First
African-American Woman in a White School 1958: The Player: Soccer star Pelé
1959: The Victory: Fidel Castro in Havana 1960: The Catch: Israeli agents find
Adolf Eichmann in South America 1961: The Wall: The leap to freedom 1962: The
Crisis: Missiles on Cuba 1963: The Assassination: Kennedy in Dallas 1963: The
Playgirl: The Profumo Affair 1964: The”Loudmouth”: Cassius Clay 1965: The
Decoration: A royal medal for The Beatles 1966: The Bath in the River Yangtse:
Mao and the Cultural Revolution 1967: The Return to the Wailing Wall: The end of
the Six-Day-War 1968: The End of the “Spring of Prague” 1968: The
Assassination of a Vietcong. The student riots in Europe 1969: The Man on the
Moon: Neil Armstrong 1970: On His Knees in Warsaw: Willy Brandt in Poland 1972:
The Victim: A girl from Vietnam 1972: The Massacre: The attack on the Olympic
Camp in Munich 1973: The Concert: Elvis Presley’s “Aloha from Hawaii”
1974: The Watergate Hotel: Nixon resigns 1975: Killing Fields: Genocide in
Cambodia 1976: The Mourning in Soweto: The bloody end of student protests 1977:
The Airplane: Palestinian terrorists hijack Lufthansa plane 1978: The First
Test-Tube-Baby 1979: The Islamic Revolution: Khomeini’s return to Tehran
1980: The Hostages: American Embassy in Tehran 1981: The Fairy-Tale-Wedding:
A Prince’s kiss for a Lady 1982: The Falklands War 1983: The Protest:
Demonstration against nuclear weapons in Europe 1985: The Virus: Rock Hudson
becomes the first celebrity AIDS victim 1986: The Disaster: Chernobyl 1987: The
Prank: Mathias Rust lands his Cessna in Red Square 1988: The Attack: PanAm
103 explodes over Lockerbie 1989: The Massacre in Tiananmen Square 1989: The
Night the Wall Came Down 1990: The Party: Germany reunited 1991: The Gulf: War
for oil 1991: The Coup: Communists try to grab back power in Moscow 1992: The
Horror in Bosnia 1993: The Hunger: African girl and the vulture 1994: The
Murder: OJ Simpson 1995: Terror in the Heartland: The Oklahoma Bombing 1996: The
Children: Serial molestation in Belgium 1997: The Landing: Pathfinder on Mars
1997: The Death of a Princess: The birth of a myth 1998: The Scandal: Clinton
and Lewinsky 1999: The Incomparable Century: A Flash-back