Timeline 1900 - 2020 Back to the Future

1905 - Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)

1914 - World War 1 (1914 -1918)

1917 - Russian Revolution

1929 - Wall Street Crash

1940 - Carlos Slim ( Mexican Billionaire )

1945 - World War 2 ( 1945 - 1947 )

1950 - Korean War ( 1950 - 1953 )

1952 - European Union (EU )

1959 - Vietnam War ( 1959 - 1975 )

1961 - First Man on the Moon

1962 - OPEC established - 12 oil countries

1962 - Cuban missile crisis

1967 - ASEAN formation

1967 - Six Day War - Israel

1973 - Oil Crisis

1978 - Liberalisation of China from Soviet Union (1949 - 1978 )

1979 - Soviet Union war in Afghanistan ( 1979 - 1989 )

1980 - Olympic in Moscow

1980 - Iraq - Iran War ( 1980 - 1988 )

1990 - Iraq invade Kuwait ( Oil prices slump to US$15 a barrel )

1991 - Russia after cold war (1946 -1991 )

1997 - Asian Financial Crisis

1999 - Macau independence from Portugese

2001 - 9/11/2001 event

2003 - Severe Acute Respitory Syndrome ( SARS)

2008 - Sub-Prime Crisis

2008 - Beijing, China Olympics

2010 - FIFA World Cup South Africa

2011 - Steve Jobs / Muhammad Gadafi/ Osama bin Laden died

2012 - London Olympics

2022 - FIFA World Cup - Qatar ( 2014 Brazil ; 2018 Russia )