1901-
Marconi receives radio signal over the Atlantic
1903-
The Wright brothers fly the first motorised plane
1905-
Einstein publishes the special theory or relativity
1907-
Radiometric dating finds that the world is 2.2 billion
years old
1909-
Ehrlich finds a cure for syphilis
1913-
Ford installs the first moving assembly line
1913-
Rutherford and Bohr describe atomic structure
1915-
Einstein announces the general theory of relativity
1922-
Banting and Best isolate insulin
1924-
Hubble discovers a new galaxy
1926-
Television is developed
1927-
Big bang theory is introduced
1928-1945-
Fleming discovers penicillin
1929-
Hubble finds evidence that the universe is expanding
1935-
Nylon is invented
1945-
The first atomic bomb is detonated
1950-
Drugs developed for leukaemia
1952-
Drugs for treating schizophrenia identified
1954-
The first successful kidney transplant is performed
1969-
Apollo astronauts land on the moon
1972-1985-
The first CT scan and MRI introduced
1975-
The Personal Computer industry is launched
1992-
The internet gives rise to the World Wide Web
1996-
Meteorite from mars point to possibility of life on
other planets
1998-2000-
The universe is accelerating “the big rip”
2002-
Micheal Brunet unearths the worlds oldest hominid
fossil
2003-
NASA's WMAP takes first detailed "baby picture" of the
universe. The image reveals the universe is 13.7
billion years old (within one percent error) and
provides evidence that supports the inflationary
theory.
Albert Einstein
Alexander Fleming
Edwin Hubble
2004-
Remains of a previously unknown species of human is
discovered in Indonesia. Named Homo floresiensis, the
hominid is a dwarfed version that lived 18,000 years
ago on the island of Flores.
2005-
The Huygens probe was successfully sent into the
atmosphere of Titan and returns science data to Earth
via the Cassini orbiter. It survives the landing on
the surface of Titan and sends pictures and other data
for more than an hour afterwards.
