20th Century Historical Events (1901-2000) | Hisdates.Com

Two World Wars, the dawn of aviation and the Space Age, atomic breakthroughs, the Cold War, and the rise of digital computers.

Notable 20th Century Milestones

1901 Jan 01: Australia is recorded as becoming a Commonwealth under British rule.
1901 Jan 01: Australia declares independence from federation of UK colonies.
1902 Jan 01: Nathan Stubblefield makes inaugural public demonstration of radio, Pennsylvania.
1902 Jan 01: The inaugural Rose Bowl game (Pasadena CA) (University of Michigan-49, Stanford-0).
1904 Jan 01: Netherlands Indies colony begins opium production.

Browse 20th Century by Decade and Year

1900s

1901 438 events 1902 480 events 1903 481 events 1904 482 events 1905 478 events 1906 532 events 1907 504 events 1908 534 events 1909 507 events

1910s

1910 523 events 1911 524 events 1912 552 events 1913 550 events 1914 665 events 1915 609 events 1916 594 events 1917 620 events 1918 655 events 1919 600 events

1920s

1920 599 events 1921 528 events 1922 622 events 1923 589 events 1924 598 events 1925 577 events 1926 558 events 1927 523 events 1928 472 events 1929 519 events

1930s

1930 530 events 1931 463 events 1932 516 events 1933 560 events 1934 508 events 1935 458 events 1936 480 events 1937 433 events 1938 443 events 1939 524 events

1940s

1940 630 events 1941 699 events 1942 754 events 1943 702 events 1944 741 events 1945 774 events 1946 460 events 1947 454 events 1948 529 events 1949 459 events

1950s

1950 481 events 1951 460 events 1952 418 events 1953 485 events 1954 481 events 1955 474 events 1956 509 events 1957 502 events 1958 486 events 1959 495 events

1960s

1960 535 events 1961 535 events 1962 540 events 1963 474 events 1964 539 events 1965 542 events 1966 509 events 1967 583 events 1968 584 events 1969 533 events

1970s

1970 479 events 1971 499 events 1972 504 events 1973 525 events 1974 467 events 1975 500 events 1976 459 events 1977 477 events 1978 440 events 1979 524 events

1980s

1980 505 events 1981 495 events 1982 569 events 1983 508 events 1984 519 events 1985 554 events 1986 567 events 1987 547 events 1988 613 events 1989 618 events

1990s

1990 766 events 1991 741 events 1992 539 events 1993 529 events 1994 573 events 1995 536 events 1996 433 events 1997 366 events 1998 164 events 1999 80 events

2000s