20 Century: The most disastrous hundred years in history, but the most

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Nov 18, 2024
7:31:32am

HighHorse Vote Libertaria

20 Century: The most disastrous hundred years in history, but the most

amazing in good ways as well.

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HighHorse

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Time

POLL: What was the single most important event of the 20th century?

Japan Coug

1:08am

1984: BYU National Championship

NorthernCougifornia

1:19am

The development of the internet, email, smart phones, etc.....

VenomFarmer

1:27am

Internet has changed life completely and the use of it continues to change life almost daily.

RoaroftheCougartails

1:32am

1995 Al Gore invents the internet

Big Daddy D

1:29am

1978 Priesthood revelation

CopperLix

1:55am

“For purposes of this poll, let’s disregard events related to religion or faith,

Japan Coug

5:54am

August 16, 1958. Madonna's Birthday 🥳

Cougs4Lfe

2:02am

RE: August 16, 1958. Madonna's Birthday 🥳

Pangare

7:43am

The signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact in Moscow, 23 August 1939. This was

OU Cougar

2:27am

Reading comprehension fail on my first answer.

WDaddy

4:40am

I believe the Treaty of Versailles kicked off Hitler, Nazism and all WW2 events

Your Royal Blueness

4:57am

Wright bros first flight is up there (I went with start of wwi)

DC12

5:36am

Alberto Santos-Dumont would like a word.

Japan Coug

7:11am

All Brazilians believe this story. But Santos Dumont built a Dirigible not an

CariocaCoug

8:24am

If the U.S. govt goes bankrupt I might vote for the 1929 stock market crash

nova_coug_fan

6:02am

WW1 changed the entire world in ways Americans

CasualFan

6:03am

I wish I knew more about this. I will point out that

RoboKayne

7:26am

This is the correct secular answer. The war ended three empires, was the

RedHeadedStranger

7:35am

The discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming, 1928

maizecoug

6:21am

The birth on June 14, 1946

6:25am

Honorable mention to whoever invented yoga pants.

CasualFan

6:43am

The A bomb showed the world who was the #1 super power

TADOW

6:53am

I think that was already done by then

2FarGone

7:17am

This solidified it

TADOW

7:48am

Yeah, was thinking the invention route: the transistor was important.

RoboKayne

7:13am

You mean how we gutted an alien spacecraft and the rest is history? 🙂

CasualFan

7:15am

I might say Planck’s quantum theory as a 1900 precursor to transistors, lasers,

AggieWeekendCougar

7:34am

Netflix has a great 5 season documentary on Heisenberg

machete

7:49am

The Treaty of Versailles basically makes WWII inevitable

2FarGone

7:16am

The assassination of Franz Ferdinand, which

Pinetree

7:28am

Moon landing & space program that made it happen.

Soupie

7:18am

20 Century: The most disastrous hundred years in history, but the most

HighHorse

7:31am

1948. Israel becomes a recognized state.

niqmadu

8:05am

The Rise and Fall of American Growth-- a book that argues that 1878-1978 was the

RoboKayne

8:13am

I would add the birth control pill in 1965.

gopman

9:12am

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