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Mahandas Gandhi
born on october 2nd 1869 ,was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule. Fought for Indian's independence with non-violence. Died shot on January 30, 1948. -
Truman Doctrine
was an American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. -
Ho proclaimed Vietnam an independent republic
When Japan formally surrendered to the Allies on September 2, 1945, Ho Chi Minh felt emboldened enough to proclaim the independent Democratic Republic of Vietnam. French forces seized southern Vietnam and opened talks with the Vietnamese communists. -
India is divided because of religious differences into India and Pakistan
The continuing controversy and present threat of nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan is religion: India is basically Hindu and Pakistan is Muslim. And, even within Pakistan itself there is conflict between the hard line Sunni Muslims and the equally as fundamental Shiite Muslims. One of the several contentions between India and Pakistan is the state of Jammu-Kashmir where India controls two thirds and Pakistan one third. -
Apartheid- system of segregation- legal racism
was a system of institutionalised racial segregation and discrimination in South Africa between 1948 and 1991.Broadly speaking, apartheid was delineated into petty apartheid, which entailed the segregation of public facilities and social events, and grand apartheid, which dictated housing and employment opportunities by race. -
Universal declaration of human rights was created
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a historic document that was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its third session on 10 December 1948 as Resolution 217 at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France. -
Mao leads China into communism
At the opening of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in Peking, Mao Zedong announces that the new Chinese government will be “under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.” -
North Korea invided South Korea
On June 25, 1950 the North Korean army attacked South Korea, crossing the 38th Parallel . -
Television became mainstream
After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white TV broadcasting became popular in the United States and Britain, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion. -
Signed peace treaty to end Korean war
They signed the peace treaty to end war but neither side won , and they are still divided . -
Egyptian Nasser took control of the Suez canal
After World War II, Egypt pressed for evacuation of British troops from the Suez Canal Zone, and in July 1956 President Nasser nationalized the canal, hoping to charge tolls that would pay for construction of a massive dam on the Nile River. -
first artificial satellite into space
The Soviet Union launches the first artificial satellite into space: sputnik . This artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball (58 cm.or 22.8 inches in diameter), weighed only 83.6 kg. or 183.9 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. -
Great Leap Forward
The Great Leap Forward took place in 1958. The Great Leap Forward was Mao’s attempt to moderniseChina’s economy so that by 1988, China would have an economy that rivalled America. -
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The cuban missile crisis
The Cuban missile crisis was a major confrontation that brought the United States and the Soviet Union close to war over the presence of Soviet nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba. -
Fidel Castro
He is a young lawyer who was upset that many cubans living in poverty and wealthy getting rich. He started a communist government in 1965 and controlled Cuba for 50 years. -
Cultural revolution
The Cultural Revolution, formally the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement that took place in China from 1966 until 1976. -
first person to travel into space
On April 12, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin becomes the first human being to travel into space. During the flight, the 27-year-old test pilot and industrial technician also became the first man to orbit the planet, a feat accomplished by his space capsule in 89 minutes -
first people to walk on the moon
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the Moon. Mission commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin, both American, landed the lunar module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 -
North Vietnam takes over and now communist country
By April 27, the North Vietnamese had completely encircled Saigon and began to maneuver for a complete takeover. When they attacked at dawn on April 30, they met little resistance. North Vietnamese tanks crashed through the gates of the Presidential Palace and the war came to an end. -
end of Soviet Union and Cold war ends
Cold war was a 40 year standoff , Soviet Union had started the 'Cold war' instead of actually physical conflict due to the technology of the atomic bomb , both countries had atomic bombs that could destroy themselves and the world.
