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Kenneth Lorne MARTIN

Male 1899 - 1959  (60 years)

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   Date  Event(s)
1900 
  • 1900: The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent.
1901 
  • 1901: Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General.
  • 1901: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time.
  • Jan 1901: Queen Victoria's death.
1904 
  • 9 Nov 1904: In 1904, the first flight lasting more than five minutes took place on November 9. The Flyer II was flown by Wilbur Wright.
1905 
  • 1905: Einstein evolved the Special Theory of relativity
1909 
  • 16 Jan 1909: Ernest Shackleton\'s expedition finds the magnetic South Pole
1912 
  • 15 Apr 1912: On the night of April 14, at 11:40 p.m., The Titanic struck an iceberg; just under three hours later, at 2:20 AM, on April 15, 1912 the ship sank.
1914 
  • 28 Jul 1914—11 Nov 1918: World War I
1915 
  • 25 Apr 1915: Gallipoli campaign starts (declared ANZAC Day in 1916)
1923 
  • 1923: Vegemite is first produced.
10 1924 
  • 4 Jun 1924: Radio station 6WF conducts first radio broadcasts in Perth, Western Australia.
11 1927 
  • 1927—1948: Aborigines banned from entering the centre of Perth, Western Australia.
12 1928 
  • 1928—1933: The Great Depression.
  • 1928: Mickey Mouse cartoon character created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at The Walt Disney Studio.
13 1929 
  • 1929: 'Talkies' or movies with sound are seen in Perth, Western Australia for the first time.
14 1939 
  • 1 Sep 1939—15 Aug 1945: World War II
15 1945 
  • 1945: First Computer Built
  • 30 Apr 1945: Adolf Hitler committed suicide by gunshot in his Fuhrerbunker in Berlin. His wife Eva (nee Braun), committed suicide with him by ingesting cyanide.
  • 6 Aug 1945: Atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
  • 9 Aug 1945: Atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
16 1948 
  • 1948: Aborigines recognised as Australian citizens.
17 1955 
  • 1 Nov 1955—30 Apr 1975: Vietnam War
18 1956 
  • 1956: Eurovision Song Contest starts
19 1959 
  • 16 Oct 1959: Television officially screened to Western Australian Homes.