A few days ago my father, were he still alive, would have been 95. So I thought we might highlight a few of the momentous events which happened during his lifetime (1920-2006).
10 Things which Happened in My Father’s lifetime

1. World War II, and all that it implies (1939-45)
2. Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female British Prime Minister (1979)
3. Revival of the Liberal Party under Jo Grimmond (late-1950s & early 1960s)
4. Death of Winston Churchill (1965)
5. Assassination of President Kennedy (1963)
6. Suez Crisis (1956)
7. Great Depression of 1930s
8. Accession and abdication of Edward VIII (1936)
9. First artificial earth satellite (Sputnik, 1957)
10. Dawn of a new millennium (2001)

And that list really does only scratch the surface!