What 5 events would you say changed the World since 1900? Please avoid the Generalizations like WWII and such, lets try to focus this on particular events such as 9/11, or Hiroshima. The murder of Arch-Duke Ferdinand, things like that.
1) Bolshevik revolution 2) Hitler takes power in Germany 3) Nuclear bomb invented 4) Television invented 5) USSR invades Afghanistan
DynamoKiev_USA: I echo your list except for #5; I believe the development of the computer chip had more of an effect on the world than the Russians in Afghanistan... additionally the development of the Monroe Doctrine and how it ushered in the USA as the world's benefactor should factor in one of these "events"!
1. Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk 2. Hiroshima Destroyed 3. Bolshevik Revolution 4. Human Genome Project 5. 1st Television Broadcast
Russians in Afghanistan has, arguably, led to both the collapse of the USSR, end of the Cold War, and rise of Al Qaeda... As for the Internet, I guess it can be grouped together with the development of TV -- both led to an enormous number of people suddenly having access to all kinds of stuff that never used to concern them before, for better or for worse.
In no particular order: The discovery of penicillin (well, the discovery that led somewhere). The successful testing of the first atomic weapon at Alamogordo. The invention of broadcast television. The emergence of AIDS. Ferris Bueller taking a day off.
the advent of television. central air. pizza delivery. my dad sleeping with my mom. listerine breath strips.
in no order cause I don't roll that way -invention of the integrated circuit -the summer of 1968 -first combat deployment of nukes in Japan -the rise of the third reich -the missing white girl in Aruba /pulled out of my ass
Treaty of Versailles (Edited) Opening of the Ford Motor Company 1939 Wold's Fair with the 1st TV broadcast JFK Assasination Sputnik
Chronological order: 1. Assasination of Arch-Duke Ferdinand. WWI started digging formal Imperialism's grave. 2. UK high-tailing it out of the middle-east, leaving Israel holding the bag, and Palestine wanting what was in it. 3. Alan Freed using the words "Rock" and "Roll" to describe a type of music. 4. Assasination of Bobby Kennedy. For what might have been. 5. The release of the RFC that standardized DNS. Honorable mentions: Arnold Schoenberg liberating the dissonance. Rosa Parks refusing to leave her seat on the bus. Albert Einstein theorizing that E=mc^2. Nelson Mandela's election as President of South Africa. (A larger event, but: ) The global economic collapse of the 1920s and 1930s. The fall of the Berlin Wall. The attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon in '01.
Wouldn't you say that the RFK assasination was a result of actions put into motion by the JFK assasination?
Black Tuesday= Inflation never release bite on country and even worldly matters (National Debit). http://www.snopes.com/quotes/brazil.htm http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/issueguides_minwage_minwagefacts Treaty of Versailles= Marks end of war only to see it rise. http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/imt/partxiii.htm Black Death= twenty five million dead in five years' couple that with end of The Crusades; you see why England could deny Mr. Christopher Columbus. http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/fleas/bdeath/bdeath.html http://www.themiddleages.net/plague.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_Crusade Computers= Informational transition to The Space Age. http://www.maxmon.com/1973ad.htm Independence Day= It happens periodicaly throughout time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_%28United_States%29
Unfortunately, Matt, he was assasinated 3 years before I was born, so I don't have the kind of first-hand sense of event-sequencing that comes from seeing them happen (to wit: I knew we were going to war in Iraq in '91 when the late-night talkshows began to proactively complain about high gas prices...). What hindsight gives me is a wistful "what-if?" point of view that looks at his actions in a historical context and plays them out into today's world. From my vantage, an RFK administration would have had a larger positive impact on the United States (and by proxy, the planet) than another 1.5 or 5.5 years of JFK. A long way of saying: you may be right, but I couldn't assert that with my knowledge set.
1. 1916: Nathan Handwerker opens nickel hot-dog stand at Coney Island. 2. 1943: Frank Powolny takes pin-up photograph of Betty Grable. 3. 1958: Richard Knerr and Arthur "Spud" Melin begin selling both the Hula Hoop and the Frisbie. 4. 1981: Luke and Laura get married. 5. 1999: Dean Kamen founds company to build the Segway, which 4 years later fails to kill President Bush.
See, I think a lot of people might jump the gun and go with JR getting shot here. But clearly Luke and Laura getting married is the right selection.
All classics! I don't see how JFK's assasination is that big of a world event. Seems like the yank-colored glasses are being worn on that one. a) Communism (rise in Russia / fall in Russia): The rise and fall is leading countries to things they would've thought silly 50 years ago. It rose with a belief that economies were things that could be planned and controled. And with it's collapse in eastern europe and Russia, it seemed to finally show to the world that too much control choked everything off. b) NAFTA : Clinton's signature signaled that globalisation wasn't about being on the right or the left; maybe lump this in with the EU since it also challenges the paramters of nationalism after it had such a strong run in the 20th century. But for the latter, maybe the birth of Israel. c) WWII : not just for the number of people that died nor the areas it occured in, but what it resulted in. Africa being abandoned and divided up into countries that would be difficult to run; the cold war; the unresolved spilt of korea; the split of Germany; China/Taiwan; etc. d) Airline "deregulation" : finally, middle class and lower middle class people can afford to fly so the world truely feels smaller for everyone and human interaction across the world is greatly increased. It's only just now gettin started.
The Giant Puppet industry would damn near go out of business in Europe if it weren't for complaints about US foreign policy. Things that happen here are important, if for no other reason than we have a whole lot of cash, a whole lot of guns and the seeming inability to stay the hell out of other countries' business.
(1) Apollo 11 (2) Re-Creation of Israel in 1948 (3) Red Sox breaking the Curse (4) Pong (5) Arena benching Clint Mathis against Germany, costing America its first World Cup
5. The Birth of Elvis Presely 4. Television 3. The Bomb 2. Kittyhawk 1. The First Ford to roll off an assembly line
Silly me. And I've been blaming it on Sports Illustrated placing Mathis on the cover. That or the unholy love-triangle of Torsten Frings, Olli Kahn's glovemaker (making the fingers 2cm longer) and Hugh Dallas. Damn you, Arena... Damn you to hell!