1900
- 1903 Smallpox epidemic hits Newcastle.
- 1936 Two hundred men march from Jarrow to London to protest about unemployment in the region.
- 1940 Spitfires from RAF Acklington intercept Luftwaffe bombers off the Farne Islands.
- 1963 University of Newcastle upon Tyne is established as separate institution.
- 1966 Epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease strikes Northumberland farms.
- 1974 The county of Tyne and Wear is created.
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