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