One Hundred Years, Year by Year

An almanac of the twentieth century. Choose any year from 1900 to 1999 for its major events, sports highlights, top music, movies and television — and the Academy Awards, Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes that defined it.

100

Years

Decades

1900–1999

The century

Major Events · Sports · Prizes

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Each decade runs down a column. Pick a year to open its almanac, or jump straight to one.

100 Years

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1900s

1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1910s

1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s

1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s

1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s

1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s

1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s

1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s

1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

The Games

Olympic Games of the century

Year-by-year coverage of the modern Olympic Games, from Antwerp 1920 to Atlanta 1996.

18 Olympiads

1920Antwerp 1924Paris 1928Amsterdam 1932Los Angeles 1936Berlin 1948London 1952Helsinki 1956Melbourne 1960Rome 1964Tokyo 1968Mexico City 1972Munich 1976Montreal 1980Moscow 1984Los Angeles 1988Seoul 1992Barcelona 1996Atlanta

500

The People of the Century

The 500 most important people of the 20th century

Politicians, military leaders, actors, scientists and musicians who shaped a hundred years of history.

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