| 1945 | United Nations established |
| 1946–1955 | Populist Juan Perón leads Argentina |
| 1947 | Independence of India |
| 1948 | Marshall Plan aid in Europe; independence of Israel |
| 1949 | Chinese Revolution; formation of NATO |
| 1949–present | Harsh restrictions against religion and speech in China |
| 1950–1953 | Korean War |
| 1953–1964 | Khrushchev implements policy of de-Stalinization in the Soviet Union |
| 1956 | Nasser nationalizes Suez Canal Company; Soviet invasion of Hungary |
| 1957 | Formation of Common Market |
| 1957–1964 | Decolonization in sub-Saharan Africa |
| 1957–1975 | War between North and South Vietnam |
| 1959 | Cuban Revolution |
| 1960 | Brazil’s new capital, Brasília, inaugurated |
| 1961 | Building of Berlin Wall |
| 1962 | Cuban missile crisis |
| 1964–1965 | Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act passed in United States |
| 1965 | Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in China |
| 1967 | Six-Day War in Israel |