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November 22: Premiere of Toy Story, the first computer-animated feature film and the first Pixar Animation Studios film. December 14: The signing of the Dayton Accords put an end to the three-and-a-half-year-long Bosnian War. The North Korean famine begins. 1996
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- The 1900s. This decade opened the century with some amazing scientific and technological feats: the first flight by the Wright brothers, Henry Ford's first Model-T, and Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
- The 1910s. This decade was dominated by the first "total war"—World War I. It also saw other huge changes during the Russian Revolution and the beginning of Prohibition in the United States.
- The 1920s. The Roaring '20s were a time of a booming stock market, speakeasies, short skirts, the Charleston, and jazz. The '20s also showed great strides in women's suffrage—women got the vote in 1920.
- The 1930s. The Great Depression hit the world hard in the 1930s. The Nazis took advantage of this situation and came to power in Germany, established their first concentration camp, and began a systematic persecution of Jews in Europe.
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Mar 5, 2024 · History of film details the history of cinema, a popular form of mass media, from the 19th century to the present. History of film | Summary, Industry, History, Technology, Directors, & Facts | Britannica
Another significant development in late 20th-century American cinema was the emergence of a self-designated independent film movement. Its origins perhaps lay in the perceived diminution of opportunities for personal filmmaking in the post-1970s commercial industry.
