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The database of events represents our own selection of historical news items. Popularity of events is subjective. Many events may be considered by some people to be more important or influential than the ones we have selected. Where possible we have tried to determine which items appear most frequently in historical records, including many hundreds of websites and reference books. Most database items have been verified from more than one reference, however some may contain grammatical errors or factual inaccuracies.
Headlines and Descriptions of most events are our own compilations. Exceptions include, for example, the titles and authors of popular books, names of popular films and song titles.
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The following references and credits list some of the resources that were used to compile our database.
- Art New Zealand Vols. 1,2 (1976) and 27 (1983)
- Baker, Patricia. Fashions of the Decade: The 1940s B.T.Batsford: London 1991
- Barrowman, Fergus The Picador Book of Contemporary New Zealand Fiction 1996
- Baudot, Francois. A Century of Fashion Thames and Hudson: London, 1999
- Booker Prize Winners www.bookerprize.co.uk
- Brown, Gordon H. and Keith, Hamish. An Introduction to New Zealand Painting, 1839-1967. Collins: London and Auckland, 1969.
- Chris Murray (ed.) Best Books: Experts Choose their Favourites 1996 (Oxfam)
- Disasters members.aol.com/letsgorngr/tragic.html
- Drabble, Margaret (ed.) The Oxford Companion to English Literature (6th ed.) 2000
- Duro, Paul and Greenhalgh, Michael. Essential Art History. Bloomsbury, London, 1992.
- Encylopaedia Britannica, 1994
- Express & Star www.expressandstar.com/days
- Fact Monster www.factmonster.com/yearbyyear.html
- Ferner Gallery Catalogues 1991-1994 inc., 1996 ; Plus one date unknown; then 1999-2003 inclusive
- Football www.fifa.com/
- Formula 1 Database www.f1db.com
- Home of Formula 1 www.homeoff1.com
- History Central www.multied.com/20th
- Internet home of Billboard magazine www.billboard.com
- Janson H. W. and Janson, J. J. The Picture History of Painting : From Cave Painting to Modern Times Thames and Hudson (no date; probably about 1960?)
- John Leech Gallery and Gow Langsford Gallery Catalogue, 1999.
- Kingwood College Library kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decades.html
- Legouis, E. and Cazamian, L. A History of English Literature 1954
- McAloon, William. Home and Away: Contemporary Australian and New Zealand Art from the Chartwell Collection. Auckland City Art Gallery, with David Bateman, Auckland, 1999.
- N.A.S.A www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/timeline.html
- N.M.E. Music Chart information www.nme.com/charts
- New Zealand Official Yearbook (N.Z. Department of Statistics) www.stats.govt.nz
- Newseum www.newseum.org/century/index.htm
- Parmesani, Loredana. Art of the Twentieth Century: Movements, Theories, Schools and Tendencies 1900-2000. Skira editore/Gio Marconi, 2000.
- Peacock, John Twentieth Century Fashion Thames and Hudson 1993
- Planet Rugby www.planet-rugby.com
- Pulitzer Prize winners www.pulitzer.org
- Quarterly of the Auckland City Art Gallery, Vols 51 (1971) -57 (1974) inc.
- Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) www.rianz.org.nz
- Richter, Klaus Architecture: From Art Nouveau to Deconstructivism. Prestel, Munich, 2001.
- Schamroth, Helen. 100 New Zealand Craft Artists Godwit: Auckland, 1998.
- Scapolo, Dean 'NZ Music Charts 1966-1996 Singles'. We are also very grateful for music chart information supplied by Dean Scapolo.
- Seeling, Charlotte. Fashion: the Century of the Designer 1900-1999 Konemann: Cologne, 1999. English edition, 2000.
- Sports Facts (Tony Hinchliffe's) sportsfacts.net
- Sturm, Terry (ed.) The Oxford History of New Zealand Literature (in English) 1991
- Television New Zealand www.tvnz.co.nz
- The Great American Big Bands nfo.net/.WWW/melodya.html
- The History Channel www.historychannel.com/timeline
- The New Zealand Herald www.nzherald.co.nz
- The Official Charts Company (UK) www.theofficialcharts.com
- The Sunday Times 101 Great Books of Our Time 1961
- Time Warner www.time.com/time/80days/preview1
- Today in History DK Century Day by Day daybyday.dk.com/C20UK/MAINTODAY.HTM
- Turner, Jane (ed.) From Expressionism to Post-Modernism: Styles and Movements in 20th-century Western Art. Groveart, Macmillan, London.
- Wikipedia www.wikipedia.org
- World History www.worldhistory.com
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