The history of Globalization has been continuing since 550 BCE with the spread of new ideas signification growing during the late 1900s affecting the enter world

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  • Marshall McLuhan coins the term “Global Village”

    to describe the increasing
    worldwide connectivity through mass media

  • The Group of Six

    x (France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, and United
    States) is formed by major industrialized countries. A year later, they would be
    joined by Canada, forming the G7, marked by a yearly meeting of the finance
    ministers of those countries.

  • Mao Zedong dies

    paving the way for Deng Xiaoping’s
    “Four  Modernizations” and China’s eventual reintegration with the global

  • Ted Turner begins the broadcast

    of the first 24-hour news network, CNN, with
    the announcement that “We won’t be signing off until the world ends.”

  • Reporters Without Borders

    is founded in France to promote global freedom of
    the press.

  • The Live Aid Concert

    performed simultaneously in London and Philadelphia,
    and broadcast in 60 countries, becomes known as the “global jukebox.” The
    event was organized to raise money to alleviate famine conditions in Ethiopia.

  • The Gulf War begins

    The conflict was remarkable for, among other
    things, its heavy coverage by CNN. It was the first major international conflict
    involving heavy US involvement since the beginning of 24-hour news. It led
    Pentagon officials to coin the term “The CNN Effect” to describe the US
    government’s response to real-time updates in the 24-hour news cycle

  • The United Nations hosts the Millennium Summit, announcing the UN’s newly increased

    commitment to international human and economic development.
    Eight global Millennium Develop ment Goals are announced for completion
    by 2015.

  • On the 20th anniversary

    of the Live Aid concerts, musical per formances are
    organized in all the G8 countries and South Africa to draw attention to global
    poverty issues during the G8 conference.

  • The self-immolation of Tunisian

    street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi precipitates
    the Arab Spring revolts, a series of mass anti-government demonstrations
    throughout North Africa and the Middle East