MODERN TIMES KEY EVENTS

When was WW2?

1939-1945

When was the windrush generation?

1948

When was the Korean war?

1950-1953

Whan was the Vietnam war?

1955-1975

When was the cold war?

1945-1991

When was the cuban missile crisis?

1962

When was the fall of the berlin wall?

1989

When was the second wave of feminism?

1960s to 1980s

When was the third wave of feminism?

1990s-2010s

When is the fourth wave of feminism?

present

When is six degrees (start of social media)?

1997

When was 9/11?

11th September 2001

When did the Iraq war begin?

2003

When did the Afghanistan war begin?

2001

When was Margraet Thatcher Prime minister?

1979-1990

When was the civil rights movement?

1954-1968

When was abortion made legal in the UK vs the US

1967 vs 1973

When was Chernobyl?

1986

When is the economic crisis in the 2000s?

2008

When was Barack Obama president?

2009-2017

When is same sex marriage legalised?

2014

When is birth control introduced, Uk vs US?

1961 vs 1960

When is elizabeth II crowned?

1953

when is segregation deemed ‘unconstitutional’?

1954

When was the watergate scandal?

1972