100 Years in 10 Minutes…To The Tune of Hans Zimmer

If anything, this collection of the most important events from 1911-2011 show that, well, the 21st century is already looking pretty familiar. A spectacular collage of some of the most devastating wars, assassinations, famines, natural disasters, and radioactive catastrophes is enclosed — these are the most important events of the last 100 years.

DerDon1234′s impressive YouTube video manages to capture all of these moments “on their climax” – in other words, it’s perfectly designed for the ADHD-afflicted, relatively educational, and also relatively unsurprising to see that, apart from a few bright spots — the first black president, some crucial space travel discoveries/advancements — the rest is pretty unsettling.

As we wade into the next millennium, nothing’s really changed. I dunno — anyone else think he left a lot of the good stuff out? Not to sound sentimental, but maybe 2012 can be the start of something a little more enlightening and maybe we can all leave the paranoia and cynicism behind? Or maybe we’ll all get hit with a giant solar flare or fall off the face of the planet.

Most notable:

- The first use of Poison Gas the and
- Inauguration of Hitler
- Assassination of JFK
- Black Friday (the Islamic Revolution, not the shopping day)
- German Re-unification
- Fukushima Nuclear Disaster in Japan
- And the decision to exclusively use Hans Zimmer to guide the narrative (Kenny G must have been unavailable).

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