“The Times They Are a-Changin”

The passing of time is determined by events. No matter how big or how small, how

important or how pointless, throughout our history people have recorded events.

Events effect who we are, they effect our mood, our actions, our values and how we

choose to spend our time. The invention of the TV has changed how we spend our

evenings. Sliced bread allowed children to help themselves to bread safely. The Big Bang

theory has caused quite a few arguments between fans of creationism and fans of

evolution. Without the invention of Lego my childhood wouldn’t have been half as

creative and if Mark Zuckerberg had never thought of Facebook I would get a lot more

work done and this book would have ten times as many pages.

This book is an exploration into how we as a society spend time, I’ve been trying to get

a grip on how particular events in world history and more particular Britain’s history

may have shaped how we spend our time today. Starting from the 1900s and moving

through to present day I have tried to illustrate each era through clocks and watches

I’ve then picked events that I feel have effected today’s society in some way, as well as

some that define that era. It’s up to you whether you feel all the events (if any) are

relevant to the time we live in today, we all value our time differently so therefore see

the importance of events in different ways.

INTRODUCING

Queen Victoria’s long reign

ends with her death.

US president William

McKinley

is assasinated.

The Great Train Robber y is the first

silent film to be released.

The New York subway opens.

The first Toaster is patented.

Piccasso introduces the

world to cubism.

1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

Sigmund Freud publishes his

interpretation of dreams book.

Kodac introduces the first

Brownie camera, price $1.

1900 1900 1901 1901 1903 1904 1906 1907

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1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

The boy Scouts is founded.

Nestor Studios is the first film

studio to open in Hollywood.

The Titanic sinks.

First electric Traffic Light

is installed in Utah, USA.

Invention of the crossword puzzle.

Franz Ferdinand is assassinated

triggering WW

1.

The Olym

pics is cancelled for

the first time.

The Original DixieLand Jazz

band release the first jazz record

1910 1911 1912 1912 1913 1914 1916 1917

1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

B B C

1922 1924 1925 1925 1926 1928

The BBC is founded.

The spiral bound notebook is invented.

John Logie Baird gives the first

public demonstration of a TV.

Hitler’s book Mein Kam

pf is published.

Magician Harry Houdini dies.

The invention of sliced bread.

1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

1931 1932 1934 1936 1936 1937 1938

The Empire state building is com

pleted.

Ernest Walton and John Cockroft

split the atom for the first tim

e.

The invention of monopoly.

The invention of the Bass Guitar.

Nazi O

lympics in Berlin.

Disney’s Snow White is released.

The invention of Radar.

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1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

1941 1942 1944 1945 1946 1946 1947 1948 1948

The invention of the Jeep.

The Introduction of the T-Shir t.

The invention of the Ballpoint pen.

The UN is founded.

The introduction of the Bikini.

The Microwave oven is invented.

The Invention of Velcro.

Ghandi is assassinated by an actavist

in India.

The Big Bang Theory is formulated.

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1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

19511950 1953 1953 1954 1955 1956 19581958

The invention of Colour T.V.

The first Credit Card is introduced.

Jackson Pollocks no.7 displayed at

the National galleryof ar t.

The first edition of Playboy magazine

is released.

Pollution causes the great smog in London.

Proof that cigarettes can cause cancer.

Edmond Hillary and Tenzing N

orgay

reach the peak of Everest.

The McDonalds corporation is founded.

Elvis releases Heartbreak Hotel.

Lego hits the shelves.

NASA is founded.

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19521951

1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1968 1969 19691960

Alfred Hitchcock releases Psycho.

First video game Spacewar! is released.

Bob Dylan releases

The Times They Are a-Changin’.

JFK is assassinated.

England win the World Cup.

Malcolm

X is assassinated.

Mar tin Luther King, Jr is assassinated.

USA put first man on the m

oon.

Woodstock festival.

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1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

1971 1971 1975 1975 1976 1977 1977 19791970

The first facelift was attempted.

The first e-mail was sent.

Microsoft was founded.

The invention of the VCR.

Apple was founded.

The Sex Pistols formed.

The film Star W

ars was released.

Elvis ‘The King’ Presley dies.

Sony Walkm

an is introduced.

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1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

1981 1985 1986 1986 198919881980

John Lennon is assassinated

The AIDS epidemic begins.

Space shuttle Challenger explodes

just after take off.

The Chernoyble disaster.

The hole in the Ozone layer

is discovered.

The fall of the Berlin wall.

Prozac is invented.

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1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

19961995 1998 1999 19991997 19971990

Nelson M

andela is released from prison.

Mad Cow disease hits Britain.

The DVD is invented.

Viagra is available for the first time.

Introduction of the Euro.

Millenium

bug scare.

Dolly the Sheep is cloned.

The death of Diana, Princess of Wales.

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First series of Big Brother begins.

Take That reform.

Facebook is launched.

9/11.Barack O

bama becom

es first

black president of America.

3D Tv is available in the home.

Saddam Hussein is hung, video on youtube.

The Wii is released.

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