The Event of the Century

If you had to choose the most important event of the 20th century, which would it be? The Event of the Century poll is now closed. The ranking below reflects the status of nominees as of January 19, 2000, the last day of voting.

#	Event	%	Tally
1	Elvis teaches American teens to rock 'n' roll (1954)	13.30	52929
2	First landing on the moon (1969)	11.54	45921
3	Gandhi opposes Britain with civil disobedience (1915)	10.66	42433
4	World War II (1939)	8.17	32514
5	U.S. civil rights movement (1964)	7.14	28433
6	The Holocaust (1933-1945)	6.70	26654
7	Invention of the microchip (1958)	5.24	20870
8	Internet created (1969)	5.24	20851
9	Model T Ford introduced (1908)	4.12	16406
10	Theory of relativity presented (1916)	4.08	16230
11	First atomic bomb dropped (1945)	3.70	14736
12	World War I (1914)	2.89	11529
13	First electronic computer unveiled (1946)	2.25	8972
14	First radio signal broadcast (1901)	2.18	8706
15	Berlin Wall falls (1989)	1.87	7470
16	Invention of the airplane (1903)	1.71	6821
17	Invention of the transistor (1947)	1.31	5247
18	Russian Revolution (1917)	1.12	4483
19	First nuclear chain reaction (1942)	0.97	3859
20	The Soviet Union dissolves (1991)	0.84	3358

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