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1) 1910's
Series
100 years 100 events volume disc 2
Language
English
Description
Details notable historical events of the 1910's, including the race to the South Pole, the sinking of the Titanic, World War I, and the Russian Revolution.
2) 1920's
Series
100 years 100 events volume disc 3
Language
English
Description
Details notable historical events of the 1920's, including the beginning of prohibition, excavation of Tutankhamen, the rise of Hitler and Mussolini, Charles Lindbergh's flight, and the start of the great depression.
3) 1930's
Series
100 years 100 events volume disc 4
Language
English
Description
Details notable historical events of the 1930's, including Hitler's rise to power and the German attack on Poland, the Spanish Civil War, Jesse Owens' performance in the Olympics, and the explosion of the Hindenburg.
4) 1900's
Series
100 years 100 events volume disc 1
Language
English
Description
Details notable historical events of the first decade of the 1900s, including the Paris World Exhibition, the death of Queen Victoria, the Wright Brothers, the San Francisco earthquake and the suffragette movement.
5) 1990's
Series
100 years 100 events volume disc 10
Language
English
Description
Details notable historical and political events of the 1990's, including German reunification, the first Gulf War, Nelson Mandela and the end of apartheid, Bosnia and Somalia, the impeachment of President Clinton, and the deaths of Yitzhak Rabin and Princess Diana. Concludes with a retrospective on the century.
6) 1980's
Series
100 years 100 events volume disc 9
Language
English
Description
Details notable historical and political events of the 1980's, including the AIDS epidemic, the Falkland War, Challenger explosion, assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II and the fall of the Berlin Wall.
7) 1970's
Series
100 years 100 events volume disc 8
Language
English
Description
Details notable historical and political events of the 1970's, including the Vietnam War, Munich Olympic attack, first test tube baby, and Islamic revolution in Iran.
8) 1940's
Series
100 years 100 events volume disc 5
Language
English
Description
Details notable historical events of the 1940's, including World War II, the Holocaust and formation of the state of Israel, and the Berlin airflift.
9) 1950's
Series
Language
English
Description
"Every decade has its share of important events. But in this completely engrossing series we bring you only the best, the most far-reaching, the most worldly, and the most consequential. It is extremely rare that a series of this magnitude can offer such a unique clarity of events, credibly enhanced by only the most symbiotic in insider accounts."--Container.
10) 1960's
Series
100 years 100 events volume disc 7
Language
English
Description
Details notable historical events of the 1960's, including the Berlin Wall, Cuban missile crisis, assassination of President Kennedy, the Beatles, the Six Day War in Israel and the manned landing on the moon.