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United States1933Launches
FDR's bold economic program fundamentally expanded federal authority and redefined the state's role in managing capitalism and social welfare.
She was the longest-serving first lady of the United States, during her husband Franklin D. - summary
United States1932Elections
FDR's landslide victory in the depths of the Great Depression gave the presidency to an architect of the New Deal, fundamentally expanding federal government's role in economic life.
He is the longest-serving US president and the only one to have served more than two terms. - summary
United States1930Tech launches
The Art Deco masterpiece briefly held the world's tallest building title and embodied the industrial optimism of the machine age.
The Chrysler Building is a 1,046-foot-tall (319 m), Art Deco skyscraper in the East Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. - summary
United Kingdom1930Disasters
The city's relationship with fog was almost romantic in Victorian literature-that useful obscurity that softened the edges of gas lamps and hansom cabs. - summary
Netherlands1928Sports
The 1928 Summer Games introduced the Olympic flame and cauldron ritual, codifying ceremonial elements that define the modern Games.
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. - summary
Canada1927Launches
The CBC's establishment created Canada's first national public broadcaster and defined the country's broadcasting policy for the century.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is the Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. - summary
United States1925Festivals
African American cultural renaissance peaked in Harlem, New York, producing seminal works in jazz, literature, and visual art that redefined American modernism.
The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural movement of African-American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics, and scholarship centered in Harlem, New York City, spanning the 1920s and… - summary
France1924Sports
Chamonix hosted the inaugural Winter Olympic Games, creating a separate competitive stage for snow and ice sports that endures as a global athletic spectacle.
The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Chamonix 1924, were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France. - summary
Ireland1922Revolutions
The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed on December 6, 1921, creating a pathway to self-governance, though it fell short of the republic that many republicans demanded. - summary
United States1919Protests
The first general strike by an American city paralyzed Seattle for five days and demonstrated labor's growing organizational power.
The Seattle General Strike was a five-day general work stoppage by 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington, from February 6 to 11, 1919. - summary
Russia1918Wars
The Bolsheviks faced White Army opposition across a vast, fractured landscape—a brutal conflict that solidified Soviet power through force.
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire, lasting from 1917 to 1922, sparked by the overthrowing of the Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution, as many factions … - summary
France1914Wars
Combat pilots engaged in aerial dogfights over the Western Front, transforming aviation from experimental curiosity into a decisive weapon of modern warfare.
The first aerial circumnavigation of the world was completed in 1924 by four aviators from an eight-man team of the United States Army Air Service, the precursor of the United States Air Force. - summary
Sweden1912Sports
Stockholm's Games introduced modern pentathlon and electric timing, setting standards that govern Olympic competition today.
The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 6 July and 22 July 1912. - summary
United Kingdom1906Elections
The 1906 landslide gave the Liberal Party a massive mandate for sweeping social reforms, establishing the modern welfare state.
The Liberals under Henry Campbell-Bannerman won a landslide victory against a bewildered Conservative Party, in which its leader, Arthur Balfour, lost his seat; the party won the lowest number of seats it ever had in … - summary
Greece1906Sports
The intercalated Athens Olympics revived the ancient Games tradition and demonstrated the modern Olympic movement's growing institutional power.
The 1900 Summer Olympics, today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad and also known as Paris 1900, were an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris, France, from 14 May to 28 October 1900. - summary
Russia1905Wars
Japan's decisive naval victory over Russia marked the first defeat of a European power by an Asian nation and reshaped global power balance.
The Battle of Tsushima was the final naval battle of the Russo-Japanese War, fought on 27–28 May 1905 in the Tsushima Strait. - summary
Sweden1901Sports
Sweden launched the Nordic Games as a regional winter sports competition, predating and influencing the modern Winter Olympics.
The Nordic Games were the first international multi-sport event that focused primarily on winter sports, and were held at varying intervals between 1901 and 1926. - summary
France1900Sports
The 1900 Paris Olympics marked only the second modern Games and the first to include female athletes, expanding competitive sports beyond exclusively male participation.
The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, are a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. - summary
