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Twentieth century (1914 – 2000)
Two world wars, decolonisation and the technologies that made the present. These articles cover the century within living memory.
50 articles, oldest first
Twentieth century by continent: Africa 6 West Asia 6 Europe 6 East Asia 6 South Asia 6 Central Asia 6 The Americas 8 Oceania 6
Record · Twentieth century · The Americas
A NASA oral history records how a four-person team advised Chile on re-feeding, urine tests and the Fénix capsule during the 2010 San José mine rescue.
2026-09-28 · 2010
Record · Twentieth century · Oceania
On December 11, 2019, Bougainville counted 176,928 votes for independence against 3,043 for autonomy, pending ratification by Papua New Guinea.
2026-09-28 · 2019