An encyclopaedia on the Modern Age events

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An encyclopaedia on the Modern Age events

• By Aimee Townsend
• Siân Davies

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Contents

• 1900 1910
• 1910 1920
• 1920 1930
• Captain Scott
• Neil Armstrong

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1900 - 1910

• In the year 1901 the book Peter Rabbit was
  published, Italian inventor Marconi transmitted
  the first ever radio signals, on the 23 October
  Queen Victoria. In the year 1904 the first
  performance of Peter Pan was performed. In 1905
  the first bar of Dairy Milk Chocolate was made.
  In 1906 the first modern battleship the HMS
  Dreadnought was launched and the Ritz Hotel
  opened its doors. And in 1909 the first
  trolleybus was demonstrated.

We love the 1900s the 1910s not
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1910 1920

• In 1911 the English folk dancing society was
  founded. In 1912 the HMS Titanic hit an
  hhuugggggee iceberg. In the year 1914 the horse
  drawn bus gave its last journey. In 1918 women
  over the age of 30 gained the right to vote in
  the general election YYYIIIIPPPPPPPEEE!!!
• In 1919 the book the young visitors was
  published when the author Daisy Ashford was only
  9 years old.

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1920 - 1930

• In 1923 the first ever FA cup final was held at
  Wembley stadium. In the year 1926 the general
  strike was called to prevent a decrease in miners
  wages. The first Winnie the Pooh book was also
  published in the year 1926 also in this year John
  Logie gave the first demonstration of
  television.1927 the bbc started broadcasting and
  in 1928 Alexander Fleming invented penicillin .

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Captain Scott

• Captain Scott was an explorer who left the docks
  of Cardiff bay to go and explore and be the first
  man to reach the south pole. He set of on his
  expedition on the 17 July 1912 but when he got
  there with his team he found that a Norwegian
  explorer called Robert Amundsen had beat him.

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Neil Armstrong

• On the 20 July 1929 an American astronaut called
  Neil Armstrong and his crew Buzz Aldrin and
  Michael Collins ventured to the moon in the
  Apollo 11. He was the first man to reach the moon
  and his famous words were One small step for
  man and a giant leap for mankind. Some people do
  not believe that he did not actually go to the
  moon and it was all filmed in a secret studio.
  What do you think?

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