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Bookmark or Share- Timeline of the 20th century - WikipediaMay 31: Establishment of 20th Century Fox. March 21 : Reza Shah of Iran asks the international community to formally adopt the name "Iran" to refer to the country, instead of the name "Persia". June 12 : Chaco War ends.
- Great 20th Century Inventions From 1900 to 1949 - ThoughtCoTechnology, science, inventions, and re-inventions have progressed at an accelerated rate during the hundred years of the 20th century, arguably more so than any other century.
- Brad DeLong’s Long March Through the 20th Century - JacobinShort Twentieth, Long Caveats. The subtitle of DeLong’s book is An Economic History of the Twentieth Century. In his 1995 review, one of DeLong’s major gripes with The Age of Extremes was the book’s focus on political and ideological issues over strict economic history. But Hobsbawm had prepared readers for his non-economic preoccupations ...
- On the Twentieth Century - WikipediaOn the Twentieth Century is a musical with book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Cy Coleman. Based partly on the 1932 play Twentieth Century and its 1934 film adaptation, the musical is part operetta, part farce and part screwball comedy. The story involves the behind-the-scenes relationship between Lily, a temperamental ...
- 20th Century Timeline Of World History: What Happened?Following the 19th century, the 20th century changed the world in unprecedented ways. The World Wars sparked tension between countries and led to the creation of atomic bombs, the Cold War led to the Space Race and the creation of space-based rockets, and the World Wide Web was created.
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