Chronology

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
Table : CHRONOLOGY