2007-01-31 14:20:52 · 14 answers · asked by G 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I am stunned that everyone has listed such innane answers. As a professional historian I cannot think of an event that has changed more people's lives in the 20th century than the invention and development of the computer. News coverage, the space program, transportation, communication, EVERYTHING has been affected by the invention and development of the computer.
The Kennedy assassination? Mafia? Is that previous poster insane?
2007-01-31 14:53:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is going to sound crazy, but I once had a professor say that the opening of Coney Island is quite possibly the most significant event of the 20th century... and it actually makes a lot of sense when you think about it. When Coney Island opened it completely changed people's way of life. They became "deviant." They could have fun for no particular reason. The rides, attractions and colors that were in the park, all showed the change of the times. This was the first time people went to the beach, ate hot dogs and watched movies. It was a world altering time! Check out the Coney Island website, and if this is more of a long term question for you to answer, PBS released a great documentary on Coney Island that really captures the changing time.
2007-01-31 14:36:23 · answer #2 · answered by mab42387 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a good one! It's 9/11! We should all be on red alert! Our human to human relationships are in extreme need of repair! We are all misinterpreting one another. Cultures and countries are all non-tolerant of the other. And everyone wants to be king! We're all going to shoot ourselves in the foot if something doesn't change for the better soon! We need to start listening to one another! This is going too far, the killing of innocent bystanders being caught in the crossfire, one too many times! What is our real purpose? How does more killing solve the problems? If it's going to be an eye for an eye, we will certainly accomplish the annhilation of the human race in a very short time. The era of the insects is at hand! They're just waiting to take over, and we're helping by our assinine behaviors in every corner of the globe! Where is our supposed intelligence? Hello, is anybody home?
2007-01-31 15:00:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand. This led directly to WW1, and WW1 replaced each little thing. 4 empires disappeared, 2 of which were around because of the fact the middle a protracted time. WW1 led to the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, which introduced approximately the employer of the worldwide's first Communist state. Europe lost its financial, cultural, and ethical place because of the fact the worldwide's maximum excellent continent. WW1 develop into the beginning up of the worldwide all of us be attentive to at present, so the assassination of Franz Ferdinand develop into the main important journey of the twentieth century - the different 2 have been consequences of WW1.
2016-11-02 00:30:32 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
geez, I hate these kinds of questions, there were many earth-shattering events, 2 world wars, cold war, etc. but there were also major societal changes, sexual revolution in the west, musical changes, as well as major advances in communications technology, especially with the use of radio waves, and now with the advent of the internet, so dude, there was no 'most' event in the 20th century, if it was important enough to be history in the first place it was worth it on a scale from nothing to everything
2007-01-31 14:35:19 · answer #5 · answered by xanfred26 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
World War II. It was an event which affected the largest percent of population in the planet's history, save for natural disasters. Even neutral countries populations were affected in that some supplies were limited. The loss of life was astronomic.
2007-02-01 03:15:13 · answer #6 · answered by Bob Mc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The aligning of planets in the mid 81-visible to the naked eyes. I climbed up to the roof of my house and forgot how it's like to have your stomach turn inside out looking down to the ground from the height where i was.. I focused my eyes up the sky.
2007-01-31 14:28:54 · answer #7 · answered by oscar c 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The discovery of Penicillin to treat infection.
We began to live longer to go on to invent, create, procreate, consume, etc, etc, etc.
(You did mean 20th century, didn't you?)
2007-01-31 14:32:14 · answer #8 · answered by appalachian_panther 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be pretty close between the murder of President John Kennedy and world war 2.Both involve corruption from mafia to government.
2007-01-31 14:32:32 · answer #9 · answered by Moody baseball Champs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Treaty of Versailles....set the tone for everything else.
2007-01-31 14:43:54 · answer #10 · answered by fslcaptain737 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋