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| 1 | 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.
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| 2 | 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.
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| 3 | 1905 | - 1905: Einstein evolved the Special Theory of relativity
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| 4 | 1909 | - 16 Jan 1909: Ernest Shackleton\'s expedition finds the magnetic South Pole
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| 5 | 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.
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1901 - 1912 (11 years)