| 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 |