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The Second World War ends
It was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, involved the vast majority of the world's countries and is considered the worst conflict. The Allies fought to prevent the German army from invading the entire European continent, including the territory of the Soviet Union. Finally, Germany, led by Adolf Hitler, loss the war against the rest of the world, and they finally sign the peace. Above 50 million people died during the atacks. -
Creation of the CIA
The Central Intelligence Agency was created in the USA, on July 26 when Harry S. Truman was the president and signed the Natinal Security Act of 1947 into law. But the CIA was definetly established on September 18, and its first director was Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter. -
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
It's a milestone document in the history of human rights. The United Nations General Assembly adopted this document, which includes the 30 articles considered basic, at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations. It sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected and it has been translated into over 500 languages. -
Vietnam War starts
It was a war between 1955 and 1975 to prevent the reunification of Vietnam under a communist government. The Republic of Vietnam participated in this war with the support of the United States and other allied nations against the other part of Vietnam. Between 3.8 and 5.7 million people died. -
The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1
The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. On October 4, 1957 the USSR launched an R-7 rocket from Toretam. The president of the United States ordered to accelerate the preparations to counterattack and to demonstrate that the Soviets were not the unique ones to be able to throw objects in the space. Four months after Sputnik, the Americans manage to launch Explorer I, which is smaller than Sputnik I. -
Inaguration of "El Valle de los Caídos".
It is a Catholic basilica, an abbey and a monumental memorial in the Sierra de Guadarrama, near Madrid, in Spain. It was built by Republican prisoners of the Spanish Civil War and some hired workers from 1940 to 1958. It was designed by the architects Pedro Muguruza and Diego Mendez. The cross is 150 meters high. It belongs to the national heritage since it was inaugurated by Francisco Franco on April 1, 1959. -
The construction of the Berlin Wall starts
On August 13th, 1961, the first brick was put in th Berlin Wall. It seperated West Berlin from East Berlin. This wall is the best known symbol of the Cold War and the division of Germany. 238 people died during the construction of the wall. -
Hippie movement started
A hippie is a member of the counterculture of the 1960s, originally a youth movement that began in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. The word hippie came from hipster and was used to describe beatniks. Hippies used to don't care about the phisic apparences. -
First man to reach the moon
Neil Armstrong was a NASA astronaut most famous for being the first person to walk onto the moon, on July 20, 1969, accompanied by Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin. The Apollo 11, was the first lunar mission to put a person on the surface of the moon. It was the fifth manned mission on the Apollo program. -
Heavy Metal movement begins
It takes elements of Rock and Roll, blues and classical music, it is characterized by hard rhythms achieved thanks to the distortion of guitars, double pedal drums and the marked rhythm of the bass -
Francisco Franco dies
he was a Spanish military and dictator, self-proclaimed head of state from 1939 to 1975. He died from a heart attack and was buried at “Valle de los Caídos”. Recently, his tomb was transported to Mingorrubio Cemetery. -
Genocide in Cambodia
In Cambodia the Khmer Rouge initiate one of the worst genocides of the century: Pol Pot’s brutal regime in Cambodia fell from power, but it left behind lasting scars. it died between 1.7 million to 3 million people. -
Murder of John Lennon
John Lennon was murdered in front of his house, in New York, by Mark David Chapman, a fan with mental problems, that shot five bullets at his head. He died at the age of 40. He was an English singer and songwriter who rose to fame for being the founder of The Beatles. -
AIDS appears
The existence of AIDS (SIDA) was made public for the first time in June 1981 and will eventually present itself to the world as an epidemic of enormous proportions. Freddy Mercury the famous singer from Queen died due to this disease. -
Chernobyl disaster
A large-scale nuclear meltdown in the Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, spread a large amount of radioactive material across Europe, killing 47 people, dooming countless others to future radiation-related cancer, and causing the displacement of 300,000 people. -
Olympic Games in Barcelona
The Olympic Games were celebrated in Barcelona, Spain. There participated above 9,300 athletes from 169 national committees, who competed in 32 esports and 286 diferent specialties. The 1992 Olympic Games marked a profound transformation of the city of Barcelona and Catalan society. -
First Harry Potter book
In June 26 of 1997 J.K Rowling, take out the first book of Harry Potter, called "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone", in which introduces who is Harry, their friends and he solve the first mistery. -
Omagh Bombing:
It was a car bombing in the town of Omagh, United Kingdom. It was carried out by a group calling themselves the Real Irish Republican Army (Real IRA). 29 people died and 220 got injured. -
Atack to the Twin Towers
In the 11th of september of 2001 in New York, two planes were stamped with the two Twin Towers causing 2,996 deads (including the 19 terrorists and the 24 missing) and more than 6,000 wounded. -
Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
It occurred at 07:58:53 in local time with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Sumatra, in Indonesia. It was an undersea megathrust earthquake. It was caused by a rupture along the fault between the Burma Plate and the Indian Plate. -
First iPhone
In 2007 apple landed the iPhone 1, the first Iphone. it could range between 199 and 299 euros. there were 4, 8 and 16G and measured 115 x 61 x 11.6 mm and weighed 135 grams. -
Earthquake in Haiti
There was an earthquake in Haiti with a magnitude of 7.0 Mw which killed about 300,000 people and left 1.5 million homeless. There were 44 repetitions and it lasted 4 or 5 minutes. -
Covid-19 appears
At the end of 2019 Covid-19 appeared in China, a few months later it spread all over the world. Coronavirus are a group of RNA viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. That causes respiratory tract infections that can range from mild to lethal. There are as yet no vaccines or antiviral drugs to prevent or treat human coronavirus infections. -
Notre-dame burns
In April 15th of 2019 the catedral Notre dame in Paris burns when they were restoring the catedral, it started burning at 18:20 and at 20:00 the fire it was already off, there were only 3 injured.
