20TH Century Day By Day

by DK Multimedia

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00003Q5GN
• Item model number: 789453975
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 10, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,957 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #10 in Software > Children's Software > Social Studies
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Day by day, month by month, year by year, DK Multimedia's Chronicle of the 20th Century CD-ROM provides a vivid, comprehensive record of the age we live in. With more than 6,000 news stories, video and audio clips, animated maps, biographies, thematic articles, powerful search capabilities, and a 3-D newsroom interface, this CD-ROM is an entertaining and useful reference to this amazing era of human history.

History comes to life with the people and events of the past century. Listen to Martin Luther King, Jr. make his epoch-making speeches or watch videos of the Berlin wall coming down--all from your computer terminal.

Product Description

The Ultimate Chronicle of an Incredible Century!Product InformationFrom the Wright Brothers’ first flight to the Apollo moon landing…fromthe fall of the czar to the fall of the Berlin Wall…from votes for women tothe struggle against apartheid…20th Century Day by Day brings the entire scopeof this amazing era to your computer! Find out about the events that shook theworld - and the people that made them happen.Experience All 36525 Days of the Most Incredible Century!Includes Over 2 million words of text Over 6000 news stories 3000 photographs Over 100 biographies 90 archival sound chips 70 videosProduct FeaturesThorough Reporting of Important Events!From the First World War to the war in Kosovo events that shaped the modernworld are covered in detail complete with overview videos animated maps anddetailed news stories.Bring History to Life!Relive events with over 150 archival video and audio clips.Put History in Perspective!The scrolling timeline lets you see how different events relate to each other!Witness Every Day of the Century!Find out what happened the day you were born or any other day. Windows Requirements Windows 98 Me XP 75 MHz Pentium or faster processor 32 MB of RAM 30 MB free hard disk space 640x480 monitor 256 colors 8-bit sound card and speakers 4X CD-ROM drive Mouse 

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars OUTSTANDING, May 25, 2008

By 

Y. DANIEL "ydaniel" (Los Angeles, Ca USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 20TH Century Day By Day (CD-ROM)

This is a very fun CD that is highly interactive and creative in its presentation. It's loaded with news articles of the century and many audio and video clips.

Biographies of the most important figures in the 20th Century.

I actually purchased a package that had this CD together with DK's Encyclopedia of History.. which is an abbreviated world history. Excellent timelines on both CD's. Keyword searches.

These two CD's were made in 1997 but are still very relevant today. A companion website unfortunately is no longer supported. I had to download a patch to make it work on XP but perhaps the one mentioned above is already compatible.

These CD's helped me fall in love with history and appreciating major events as well as little ones and the suffering of many across the window of history.
Well worth it. You won't regret buying this CD.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Buyer Beware! Old and unsupported Software!, August 28, 2009

By 

waggener mom (Wake Forest, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 20TH Century Day By Day (CD-ROM)

This CD does not run on newer operating systems and the company offers no support or upgrades. I bought this product and was completely unable to use it.