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Timeline Of Modern History
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1. End of Monarchy in Nepal. Barack Obama is elected President of the United States. Cyclone Nargis kills 133000 in Myanmar. Gaza War begins. 2008 South Ossetia war. Kosovo declares independence - to mixed reaction. Battle of Basra - Iraqi forces crack
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1953
1930
2008
2. End of Spanish Civil War; Francisco Franco becomes dictator of Spain. Molotov
2003
1939
1976
1960
3. Establishment of the World Trade Organization. Srebrenica massacre; NATO bombing raids in Bosnia; Dayton Accords signed. Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. North Korean famine begins.
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2000
1995
1934
4. Challenger and Chernobyl disasters. Launch of the space station Mir.First close up images of the planet Uranus. End of dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines.Corazon Aquino succeed to presidency. Iran-Contra becomes public.
1990
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5. Establishment of the World Trade Organization. Srebrenica massacre; NATO bombing raids in Bosnia; Dayton Accords signed. Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. North Korean famine begins.
2007
2002
1995
1945
6. Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Iranian Revolution and Iran hostage crisis; Shah Reza Pahlavi forced into exile. Arrival of Pope John Paul II in Poland - eventually sparking the Solidarity movement.First space station - Skylab - is launched.First clo
1979
2001
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1904
7. The Jazz Singer - the first 'talkie' - is released. Joseph Stalin becomes leader of the Soviet Union. World population reaches 2 billion. Australian Parliament convenes in Canberra for the first time. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland o
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1982
1912
1927
8. Arab-Israeli War. Berlin Airlift. Marshall Plan; founding of the OECD and the World Health Organization; assassination of Mohandas Gandhi; the independence of Burma. Beginning of apartheid in South Africa. Division of North and South Korea. FirstIndo
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1948
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1911
9. Turkish occupation of Cyprus. Carnation Revolution in Portugal begins transition to democracy.First close-up images of Mercury. Discovery of 'Lucy' (Australopithecus afarensis) in Ethiopia's Olduvai Gorge. World population reaches 4 billion.
1970
1917
1974
1934
10. Independence of South Sudan. Arab Spring - revolutions in Tunisia - Egypt and Libya follow - as well as uprisings in Yemen - Syria and Bahrain - and protests in several other Arab countries. Occupy movement inspires worldwide protests - bringing econ
1921
2011
1970
1940
11. Supreme Court of the United States decides Brown v. Board of Education - ordering an end to racial segregation in public schools. Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and His Comets - brings rock and roll to the American mainstream. The Soviet Union g
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1954
1915
1901
12. First Israeli invasion of Lebanon. Falklands War. Hama massacre in Syria leads to more than 10000 deaths.
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1990
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1982
13. The RMS Lusitania is sunk. The United States occupation of Haiti begins. Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire.
2002
1955
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1917
14. Edward Heath becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Polish 1970 protests. Cambodian Civil War begins. Ratification of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Containerisation adopted globally - massively boosting global trade. Maiden flight of t
1924
1996
1970
1969
15. Creation of NATO. Blockade of Berlin ends. Partition of Germany into the Soviet socialist German Democratic Republic and the NATO-backed Federal Republic of Germany. COMECON founded by USSR and the Eastern Bloc. Partition of Kashmir. End of the Chine
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1965
1954
1987
16. Aided by the Great Depression - the Nazi Party increases its share of the vote from 2.6% to 18.3%. Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto. Salt March by Mohandas Gandhi and the official start of civil disobedience in BritishIndia. Military coups replace gove
2001
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1948
1904
17. Invention of artificial insulin; discovery of Pluto's moon Charon.Independence of Tuvalu. Birth of the first test-tube baby. Cambodian-Vietnamese War begins. Afghan Civil War begins. Deng Xiaoping commences Economic reform in the People's Republic of
1905
1926
1910
1978
18. Operation Reinhard commences the main phase of the Holocaust. Bombing of Pearl Harbor - which leads to the USA joining World War II. Hitler commences the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union
1941
1904
1996
1991
19. The RMS Lusitania is sunk. The United States occupation of Haiti begins. Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire.
1915
1945
2004
1995
20. End of apartheid in South Africa and election of Nelson Mandela. Establishment of NAFTA.First Chechen War begins. Assassination of Juv
1994
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1929
21. Beginning of the 1984
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1984
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1963
22. Entente cordiale signed between Britain and France. Russo-Japanese War begins. Trans-Siberian railway is completed. Construction of the Panama Canal begins. Roger Casement publishes his account of Belgian atrocities in the Congo Free State.
1913
1937
1904
1940
23. Challenger and Chernobyl disasters. Launch of the space station Mir.First close up images of the planet Uranus. End of dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines.Corazon Aquino succeed to presidency. Iran-Contra becomes public.
1986
1933
1916
1949
24. Aided by the Great Depression - the Nazi Party increases its share of the vote from 2.6% to 18.3%. Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto. Salt March by Mohandas Gandhi and the official start of civil disobedience in BritishIndia. Military coups replace gove
1952
1963
1908
1930
25. Great LeapForward ends in China after the deaths of roughly 20 million people. Building of the Berlin Wall; first human spaceflight
1966
1961
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2011
26. Independence ofIndia and Pakistan and beginning of FirstIndo-Pakistani War. Breaking of the sound barrier. Creation of the U.S. CentralIntelligence Agency.
1947
1997
1965
2008
27. Munich agreement hands Czechoslovakia to Nazi Germany. Great Purge ends after nearly 700000 executions. Kristallnacht in Germany - while Time Magazine declares Adolf Hitler as Man of the Year. DC Comics hero Superman has its first appearance.
1905
1958
1987
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28. Treaty of Versailles redraws European borders and establishes the Weimar Republic in Germany. Victory for Estonia in the Estonian War ofIndependence. League of Nations founded in Paris. Polish-Soviet War begins. The Italian National Fascist Party is
1964
1938
1933
1919
29. Bombing of Dresden. Battle of Berlin. End of World War II. The Holocaust ends after ~12 million deaths - including 6 million Jews. Deaths of Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. Creation of the atomic bomb - and the bombing
1988
1945
1931
2005
30. European Defence Community formed; Queen Elizabeth II becomes Monarch of the Commonwealth realms. Bonn
1952
1918
1922
1936
31. Bangladesh Liberation War ends in independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan and precipitates ThirdIndo-Pakistani War.Internment begins in Northern Ireland.Invention of the microchip. Idi Amin comes to power in Uganda
1971
1938
1927
1957
32. Beginning of the Mexican Revolution. George V becomes King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor ofIndia. Union of South Africa created. Portugal abolishes its Monarchy. Imperial Japan annexes Korea.
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1961
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1918
33. Velvet divorce between Czech Republic and Slovakia.Independence of Eritrea. Oslo accords end FirstIntifada between Israel and Palestine.
1996
1984
2004
1993
34. Independence ofIndia and Pakistan and beginning of FirstIndo-Pakistani War. Breaking of the sound barrier. Creation of the U.S. CentralIntelligence Agency.
1931
1998
1982
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35. Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Iranian Revolution and Iran hostage crisis; Shah Reza Pahlavi forced into exile. Arrival of Pope John Paul II in Poland - eventually sparking the Solidarity movement.First space station - Skylab - is launched.First clo
1925
1964
1979
1920
36. Moon landings; Woodstock festival; creation of ARPANET - the earliest incarnation of theInternet. Libyan took independence day by Muammer Gadaffi
1912
1992
1969
1971
37. The Italian reconquest of Libya begins. The union of Costa Rica - Guatemala - Honduras and El Salvador is dissolved. Egypt gains independence. March on Rome brings Benito Mussolini to power in Italy. Howard Carter discovers Tutankhamen's tomb. The Ir
1938
1993
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1962
38. Stock market crash of 1987. FirstIntifada between Israel and Palestine begins. World population reaches 5 billion
1942
1905
1999
1987
39. Cuban Revolution; independence of Cyprus and Singapore; admission of Alaska and Hawaii into the United States; Dalai Lama exiled from Tibet; first documented AIDS cases; beginning of the Vietnam War; first images of the far side of the Moon. By this
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1933
1969
1959
40. Enlargement of NATO and the European Union incorporates most of former Eastern Bloc. Madrid train bombings. Orange Revolution in Ukraine. Beslan school hostage crisis. Boxing Day Tsunami occurs inIndian Ocean - leading to the deaths of 230000.
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2004
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1967
41. Perestroika begins. End of the Iran-Iraq War. End of dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in Chile. Pan Am Flight 103 falls over Lockerbie - Scotland. Myanmar ArmedForces launch a military coup. Construction of the Channel Tunnel begins.
1932
1959
2007
1988
42. Maastricht Treaty creates the European Union. Bill Clinton is elected President of the United States. End of dictatorship in Albania and South Korea. End of Salvadorian Civil War
1986
1975
1982
1992
43. Signing of the Warsaw Pact.First Sudanese Civil War begins. Antimatter first produced.
2009
1996
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1978
44. IRA end military campaign in Northern Ireland. 7/7 attacks on London Underground. Angela Merkel becomes Germany's first woman Chancellor; Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan. SecondIntifada ends. Israel withdraws from Gaza; Cedar Revolution in Lebanon. Se
2005
1971
1976
1905
45. Nazis invade France - the Netherlands - Denmark and Norway. Katyn massacre in Poland. Winter War between Soviet Union and Finland. Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Battle of Britain as the British Empire fights alone ag
1940
1998
1925
1989
46. Japanese invasion of China - and the beginning of World War II in the Far East. Rape of Nanking. Neville Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The Irish Republican Army attempts to assassinate King George VI of the United Kingdom.
1989
1937
1943
1909
47. Bangladesh Liberation War ends in independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan and precipitates ThirdIndo-Pakistani War.Internment begins in Northern Ireland.Invention of the microchip. Idi Amin comes to power in Uganda
1903
1971
1917
1966
48. Enlargement of NATO and the European Union incorporates most of former Eastern Bloc. Madrid train bombings. Orange Revolution in Ukraine. Beslan school hostage crisis. Boxing Day Tsunami occurs inIndian Ocean - leading to the deaths of 230000.
2007
1911
2004
1908
49. Launch of Sputnik 1 and the beginning of the Space Age; independence of Ghana; Treaty of Rome - which would eventually lead to the European Union; Harold Macmillan become British Prime Minister; first prescription of the combined oral contraceptive p
1989
1957
1930
1962
50. Anti-government protests in Myanmar crushed by ruling junta. Spike in food prices and subprime crisis help trigger the Great Recession. Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
2000
1968
2007
1941
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