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Peoples Republic of China established. (10-01-1949) |
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Ireland gain independence from Britain. (05-17-1949) |
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NATO established. (04-04-1949) |
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South Africa institutionalized apartheid. (03-29-1949) |
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Indonesian gain independence from Netherlands. (12-27-1948) |
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Organization of American States (OAS) Charter signed at Bogota, Comombia. (04-30-1948) |
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Philippines gains independence from US. (07-04-1946) |
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United Nations established. (10-24-1945) |
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Japan surrenders. (08-15-1945) |
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India and Pakistan gain independence from Britain. (08-15-1945) |
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US drops atomic bombs on Japanese Nagasaki. (08-09-1945) |
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US drops atomic bombs on Japanese Hiroshima. (08-06-1945) |
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Hitler suicide, Germany surrenders. (04-30-1945) |
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Communists seize power in Czechoslovakia. (02-23-1945) |
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Roosevolt, Churchill and Stalin hold conference in Yalta. (02-04-1945) |
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International Monetary Fund and the World Bank established. (07-12-1944) |
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Allies invade Normandy. (06-06-1944) |
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Mussolini of Italy deposed. (07-25-1943) |
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Japanese suprise attack US fleet at Pearl Harbor. (12-07-1941) |
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Hitler invade Russia. (06-22-1941) |
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Soviet Union annexed Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. (05-12-1940) |
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Winston Churchill becomes Britain Prime Minister. (05-10-1940) |
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Hitler invades France, Denmark, Netherlands and Luxembourg. (05-10-1940) |
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