humanities - timeline kelvin sam 10b
Category: History
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1939 Britain declares war on Germany1940 The Battle of Britain prevents a German invasion of Britain.1941 Australians hold out for months against German forces in the Tobruk siege.1942 Australians turn back the Japanese advance in Papua.1944 The ‘D Day’ landings take place in France.1945 Germany surrenders on 7 May.1945 japan surrenders on 2 September.1948 The UN adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.1949 Immigrants from many European nations are employed in the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme.1950 North Korea invades South Korea on 25 June.1953 The Korean armistice is signed.1954 Pro-French forces defeated in Vietnam; the Geneva Conference divides Vietnam into North and South.1956 Melbourne hosts the Summer Olympics, starting on 22 November.1956 Australia airs its first television broadcast on 16 September.1962 Australia sends military advisers to South Vietnam.1967 In a referendum, more than 90 per cent of Australians vote for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to be included in determinations of population.1973 Australia’s voting age is lowered from 21 to 18.1975 The North Vietnamese army captures Saigon on 30 April.1975 The Whitlam government is dismissed on 11 November.1983 A High Court ruling blocks the damming of Tasmania’s Franklin River1992 In the Mabo case, the High Court recognises Indigenous ownership of the land for the first time.2000 Sydney hosts the Summer Olympics.2008 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivers a formal apology to the members of the Stolen Generations2015 In Paris, 150 countries sign a draft Agreement at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to work towards capping global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius.2016 The High Court dismisses a challenge to the legality of the Immigration Detention centre on Nauru.
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