- 1900s
Features a text and .wav audio retrospective of the 20th Century, from 1900-1999.
archer2000.tripod.com
- 1901 Pan-American Exposition@
dir.yahoo.com/.../World_s_Fairs_and_Expositions/1901_Pan_American_Exposition__Buffalo
- 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco
Images and history.
www.sanfranciscomemories.com/ppie/panamapacific.html
- 1918 Influenza Pandemic (8)
dir.yahoo.com/.../20th_Century/1918_Influenza_Pandemic
- 1947 Partition of Palestine@
dir.yahoo.com/.../History/1947_Partition_of_Palestine
- 20th Century History
Provides photographs, timelines, maps, and more.
www.history1900s.about.com/mbody.htm
- 20th Century Women
Journal of stories from the lives of women, recording their places in the workplace and society.
www.20thcenturywomen.com
- 20th Century, The
Stories, timeline, pictures, and video from The Associated Press (AP).
wire.ap.org/APpackages/20thcentury
- BBC World Service: My Century
Thematic weekly features focus on a particular aspect of life in the 20th century.
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/features/mycentury
- BoondocksNet.com
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Considers the history of imperialism. Covers such topics as anti-imperialism in the U.S., Mark Twain's writings on the Philippine-American War, political cartoons, Rudyard Kipling, and the World's Fairs.
www.boondocksnet.com
- Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire@
dir.yahoo.com/.../History/Cocoanut_Grove_Nightclub_Fire
- Cottingley Fairies Hoax@
Learn about Cottingley Fairies, the mysterious photos of fairies taken by two English girls which later was disclosed as fake. Sites feature the story, legends of fairies, photographs, theories, alternative views, and critique of the fairies on film.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Fairies/Cottingley_Fairies
- Death of the Father: An Anthropology of Closure
Focuses on the idea of the death of a leader and his symbol as a father figure in the regimes of Mussolini, Hitler, Hirohito, Ceausescu, Stalin, and Tito.
cidc.library.cornell.edu/DOF
- EyeWitness: The 20th Century
First-hand accounts of historic events including sinking of the Titanic, 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Lindbergh's flight over Atlantic, and Scott's 1912 expedition to the South Pole.
www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/20frm.htm
- Geneva Convention of 1949@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Geneva_Conventions/Geneva_Convention_of_1949
- Genocide in the 20th Century
Provides overviews of such occurrences as Bosnia-Herzegovina, Rwanda, Pol Pot in Cambodia, the Nazi Holocaust, Nanking, Stalin's forced famine, and the Armenians in Turkey.
www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide
- Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century
The top twenty achievements in terms of their impact on the quality of life, chosen by the National Academy of Engineering and its collaborators.
www.greatachievements.org
- Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century
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Including information on socio-economic trends, systems of government, wars, and religion.
users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm
- historybeat.com
Share your own memories of major historical events, and check out archival photos and newspaper coverage.
www.historybeat.com
- Infoplease: Chronology of the Twentieth Century
Covers world and U.S. events, literature, entertainment, awards, and sports.
www.infoplease.com/millennium1.html#century
- Inter-War Years, The
Annotated timeline of the years between World War I and World War II.
interwaryears.8m.net
- League of Nations (9)
dir.yahoo.com/.../20th_Century/League_of_Nations
- Lectures on 20th Century Europe
Lectures on Europe in the 20th century, Nietzsche to the fall of Soviet Communism. Part of The History Guide.
www.historyguide.org/europe/europe.html
- Legacy Project, The
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Working to build a cultural and artistic library of scholarly research and innovative presentations of the many historical tragedies of the 20th century.
www.legacy-project.org
- Mine Workers Union@
dir.yahoo.com/.../History/Mine_Workers_Union
- One Man's Window on the 20th Century
Thurston Griggs' memoirs. Includes accounts of the Nazi rise to power, his experience as a conscientious objector in WWII, life in China before the Communist takeover, his research in speech transcription technology, and his work on behalf of the Appalachian Trail.
userpages.umbc.edu/~tgriggs
- People's Century
Relive the events of the 20th century through the eyes of the people who witnessed them. This site features a timeline of 20th century world events, teaching notes, and more.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/peoplescentury
- Piltdown Man Hoax@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Human_Evolution/Piltdown_Man_Hoax
- Pop History Now
Features a random year in pop history every weekday. Covers music, televison, movies, news, and politics.
www.pophistorynow.com
- Protocols of the Elders of Zion, The@
dir.yahoo.com/.../19th_Century/Protocols_of_the_Elders_of_Zion__The
- Roaring Twenties, The
Historical snapshot of life in the 1920s as recorded in period publications. Primarily focused on the United States.
www.1920-30.com
- That Wacky Century!
Stuff that happened from 1901 C.E. to 2000 C.E.
pw2.netcom.com/~rogermw/century.html
- The Dictatorship.com
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Takes a slightly more tongue-in-cheek approach to highlighting the actions and atrocities of some of the century's famous dictators.
www.thedictatorship.com
- Time 100
Presents the most important people of the 20th Century, as selected by the editors. Also features the results of a readers poll.
www.time.com/time/time100/index.html
- Titanic, The@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Shipwrecks/RMS_Titanic
- World History
E-texts and maps by Frank Smitha. Covers antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the twentieth century.
www.fsmitha.com
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