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Stock Market Crashes 1929 In October 1929, after the long economic and stock market boom of the 1920s, in October 1929, shares on Wall Street dropped sharply. This led to a prolonged fall in share [roce and precipitated the global great depression. Unemployment rose to 25% in US with output and trade falling around the world. The widespread poverty and sense of alienation led to the growth of political extremes across the world. Japan and Germany both turned to far-right nationalist movements, which led to military expansionism and the Second World War. In America, the Great Depression led to the election of FDR and a great expansion in the size of the Federal government as people wanted the government to intervene in dealing with the depression.
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Treaty of Versailles 1919 After the First World War, American President Woodrow Wilson promoted an idealistic 14 points and creation of a new “League of Nations” to help prevent war. However, the American Senate voted against joining the League of Nations and France and Britain sought ‘reparations’ from Germany and the defeated powers. Germany was occupied by French troops until the mid 1920s and the German army severely limited. These restrictions were considered ‘humiliating’ by many German army officers and this sense of ‘betrayal’ would be exploited by Hitler in the coming years. French general Ferdinand Foch stated. “This is not peace. It is an armistice for twenty years.” The Treaty of Versailles and other similar treaties arbitrarily re-drew the map of the world – creating new countries, such as Czechoslovakia, Finland, Poland, Latvia, and Yugoslavia out of ethnically mixed populations, which would prove problematic many years later. Just 20 years later, Hitler would plunge the continent into conflict for a second time in an effort to restore lost pride.
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Russian Revolution 1917 25 October 1917 – Start of October Uprising by Bolsheviks Since the publication of Marx’s Communist Manifesto, there had been sporadic Communist revolutions in European countries, but nothing had really succeeded. But in October 1917, the Bolshevik revolution, led by Lenin, brought about a radical new form of government with worldwide implications. Lenin was a fervent Marxist and wasted little time in implementing his version of a ‘dictatorship of the Proletariat’. Communist Russia divided the world. It was seen by some as an alternative to the inequities of Capitalism and by others as an embodiment of totalitarianism and lack of freedom. The Soviet Union transformed the lives of Russian people – it led to economic growth, but also increased political repression. The ideology of the Soviet Union also led to a prolonged ‘Cold War’ – with an ideological divide between western democracy and Soviet Communism.
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These are ten events from the twentieth and twenty-first century that changed the world in a very significant way. It includes the sparks which started major wars and revolutions affecting the lives of millions of people across the globe. The assassination of Archduke F. Ferdinand and Outbreak of World War I – June 28, 1914 In 1914, Europe was a tinderbox of tension and military rivalry. The spark for war could have been many incidents; but, as it happened the assassination of an Austrian Archduke – Franz Ferdinand by a Serb provoked widespread declarations of war and the fulfilment of treaties which led to the horrendous conflict of the First World War. The war was to last four years and cost the lives of millions of men and women from all corners of the world. The First World War also led to profound social change. After the First World War, there was increased recognition for the role of women in society, with many countries giving women the vote. There was also greater emphasis placed on the role of the working class, who had fought and died in the war, and now wanted a better peace. In 1918/19 there was global flu pandemic which killed nearly 50 million people (many young adults) but such was the carnage of the First World War, it had only a limited effect on changing the world as many governments downplayed its impact.
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Sojourner2000:yep |
Sojourner2000:Hey ! And tomorrow morning definitely, how did your day go ? |
DriggityDre:yeah man hey , Good Morning. |
Uniquisite:hey bud ! How’s your evening?.and Nah not Sourcerer. Interesting read OP. |
OurTruth24:The thing is you remind me so much of me , I really used to believe most of these , some are facts though embroiled in sensitized plot , for instance Venus was the planet similar to Earth and well Mars is we’re we are going to and this is because in the steady increase in size of our nearest star the Sun , I take it you know Anunnaki? |
Crystalom3:hmm interesting |
OurTruth24:How about other planets and their moons ? Do they serve as extra terrestrial bases too ? I fancy your work though ![]() |
Teenwolf:The ice age is true though . Why ? Mammoths , climate change . |
Jeon: ![]() |
peacefull:I appreciate you too ❤❤ |
Depersonalized:darnleypedro22@gmail.com |
Depersonalized:I tagged you on a dead thread ![]() |
Depersonalized:❤❤i'll be here if you need to talk. |
And is this not obvious there's a child sexual killing predetor POS in your area ? Its one now , check other unsolved homicide cases in the area , similar instances are sure to come up , from there please let investigations continue and not go cold .it's obvious there will be more. Check for defensive wounds, nail scratching is common , check under her fingernails for the perpetrators skin cells , check around the neighbourhood who has fresh scars , make public her face and time of death , let anyone who saw anyone or anything suspicious during that time come out , send detectives to canvass , she's just a child! Ask who saw her last and with who, even if she walked alone , people would have seen something , Canvass the area and find information any information . |
Jeon:Well you're awesome so yeah . |
Jeon:likewise , will go home anytime soon too , hope you have a truly wonderful morning and weekend . ![]() |
Jeon:Alrighty then Fati, so wyd ? ![]() |
Good Morning Jeon, sometimes I feel I should call you be your real name the shortened one of course . |
fredwill1357:Edit the number out . Fadigba is this you again? |
Papichulostunne:I clicked , found an animated mermaid who actually hops and looks like soldier toys , excruciatingly 14 seconds long too |
fredwill1357:oh yes please. |
LordReed:Most definitely, Elephants are notorious for their memories esp during the height of poaching .The mother Reminds me of a thread I made on animals actually asking for help from humans, weird really . |
LordReed:just did , Wow though ! Motherly instinct I believe , but why humans? Why ask help from humans...? |
Jolene201:Exactly! ![]() |
Rheal Guindon, a young boy in Ontario, Canada, was out on a camping trip with his parents when they decided to go fishing. Rheal stayed onshore but was appalled to witness his parents’ boat tip over, and his parents tragically drown. Panic-stricken, he attempted to walk to the nearest town to get help, but as the sun set, he realized he would have to spend the night outside. As he lay on the ground, traumatized by this ordeal, he felt “a warm, furry body” press up against him. Thinking it was a dog, he fell asleep. On waking up the next morning, he found three wild beavers snuggled up against him. They had saved him from freezing to death overnight when temperatures had dipped below zero. With all these stories it begs the question are these animals really uncivilized as we have always thought , and do we share the Instinct of empathy ?
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In February 2012, a woman was walking through Oxford, Ohio, when a man dragged her behind a building and tried to choke her with her purse straps. He was seemingly intent on robbing her – if not worse – but these plans were foiled by a heroic deer, who ran out from underneath a nearby bush and scared him off! Sergeant Jon Varley, who assisted the woman after the attack, said he couldn’t “recall a similar incident” during his seventeen-year long career. The woman suffered red marks and bruises but did not require any hospital treatment. She also did not lose any of her belongings… thanks to the quick-thinking actions of that unknown deer.
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Sea lion saves man after he jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge Suffering from mental illness led Kevin Hines, who was then just 19 years old, to attempt to take his own life by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Astoundingly, he survived the impact but suffered severe injuries and was desperately trying to stay afloat in the freezing waters. He felt a creature in the water and was scared until he realized this animal was bumping up and helping him swim. Although at the time he did not know what animal helped save his life, he later found out from an onlookers photos that the animal was a sea lion! Kevin Hines now travels the world to educate others on mental health and suicide prevention
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