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1950-1953
Korean War
1954
Vietnam expels France (Dien Bien Phu)
1955
Bandung Conf (Non-Aligned Nations)
1956 Feb
Khrushchev begins de-Stalinization
1956 Fall
Suez Canal Crisis (Nasser Nat’lizes)
1957
Sputnik
1959
1st Silicon chip
1959
Cuban Revolution (Fidel Castro)
1961-89 Nov
Berlin Wall
1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
1963
Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (above ground)
1966-76
Chinese Cultural Revolution
1967
6-Day War
1973
Yom Kippur War (OPEC Oil Embargo)
1975-79
Cambodian Genocide (Khmer Rouge)
1979
Iranian Revolution (Ayatollah Khomeini)
1979
China’s “Socialist Market Economy” reforms begin (Deng Xiaoping)
1987
1st Palestinian Intifada
1989 June
Tiananmen Square
1990
Namibia independent (last African colony)
1991 Jan
1st Persian Gulf War
1991 Dec 31
USSR disbands
1994
NAFTA formed
1994 Apr-July
Rwandan Genocide
1994 Apr
1st all race elections in S. Africa
1999
EU formed (European union currency)
2001
9/11 Attacks
2003
US invades Iraq (“Enduring Freedom”)
2004
Facebook founded
2007
Global “Great Recession” begins
2011
Wikileaks
2011
Arab Spring
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