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The 20th century started on 1 January 1901 and ended on 31st of December 2000, according to the Gregorian calendar. Many individuals confuse the 20th century and the so-called nineteen-hundreds (1900s).
However, a number of arguments have been put forward to justify the common usage. One advanced by Stephen Jay Gould is that the first decade consisted of only nine years, thus contradicting the definition of a decade (ten years). Another argument is that the astronomical year numbering system for years does have a year zero, the year generally referred to as 1 BC. In 2000 the International Organization for Standardization clarified ISO 8601 to use the astronomical year numbering system, which could be interpreted as retroactively endorsing all those who had celebrated the new century a few months earlier. Also, decades are almost always considered as starting with the "0" year and named accordingly ("1960s", etc.).
The term is also used to describe various historical periods that overlap with the calendar definition, most notably the Short twentieth century, which describes the 20th Century as spanning from 1914 to 1989 (or sometimes up to and including 1990 or 1991), relegating the pre-World War I 1900s into the 19th Century and putting the post-Soviet 1990s at the beginning of the 21st Century.
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PSP deserves one of the hunred great inventions in 20th century. http://www.xlinksoft.com/convert-to-psp/3gp-to-psp.html
thankstom001 (Lydia kreasi) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:46:48 -0000
PSP deserves one of the hunred great inventions in 20th century. http://www.xlinksoft.com/convert-to-psp/3gp-to-psp.html
Imdb title view for: "20th Century Masters: The Best of Rick James - The DVD Collection (2005)" http://bit.ly/6ZkVHD
rifasproject (Quid Pro Quo inc.) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:45:14 -0000
Imdb title view for: "20th Century Masters: The Best of Rick James - The DVD Collection (2005)" http://bit.ly/6ZkVHD
JENNIFERâS BODY: Concorso Samsung Mobile e 20th Century Fox http://bit.ly/4urrrW (via @liquida)
tinhangliu (Tin Hang Liu) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:43:33 -0000
JENNIFER’S BODY: Concorso Samsung Mobile e 20th Century Fox http://bit.ly/4urrrW (via @liquida)
Read: Man Knowledge: Early 20th Century Battles Every Man Should Know http://ow.ly/16a740
thejonwest (Jon West) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:23:42 -0000
Read: Man Knowledge: Early 20th Century Battles Every Man Should Know http://ow.ly/16a740
@pinktealeaves yeah, I should have imagined it since they are produced by 20th Century FOX, right? I love when my shows merge like that :D
sofifagnilli (wffgas) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:13:10 -0000
@pinktealeaves yeah, I should have imagined it since they are produced by 20th Century FOX, right? I love when my shows merge like that :D
20th Century NASA History: Saturn V, The Ultimate Reference--America¿s Apollo Moon Rocket, Techni http://tinyurl.com/yg45rad New Moon
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20th Century NASA History: Saturn V, The Ultimate Reference--America¿s Apollo Moon Rocket, Techni http://tinyurl.com/yg45rad New Moon
A Princess in Berlin - Online text of Arthur R.G. Solmssen's 1982 novel plays in Berlin at the time of the murder of Walther Rathenau.
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Outline of American Literature - By Kathryn VanSpanckeren, a historical account of American literature, including 20th Century prose and poetry. Published by the United States Information Agency.
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