e Ten Major events in World History

Events

World war 2

1939a - Earthquake in Turkey (45000 victims). b- Russ/Finnish winter War Finns cede territories.
C - Germany annexes Memel and occupies Bohemia. Italy invaded Albania.

1940a- First successful helicopter fight in U.S. First electron microscope demonstrated,
b- N.J. German/Soviet Commercial treaty. c- Churchill becomes Brit. Prime Minister Brit. Home Guard formed.

1946 a- J. Mauchly and J.Eckert build ENIAC, the first fully electronic computer. b- Peace conference of 21 nations in Paris. c-Italy becomes republic . Juan Peron elected President of Argentina. 1947 a- First supersonic flight. UN announces Partition plan for Palestine.
b- India becomes independent and is partitioned into India and Pakistan. c-Burma independent republic .

1948a- Long-playing record invented by P. Goldmark.

b- 2000- inch mount Palomar reflecting telescope. c- Gandhi assassinated in India. d- Communist coup dtat in Czechoslovakia.

1949 a- USSR tests atomic bomb. N.A.T.O. treaty signed. b- German Federal Republic established in East Germany. c- Apartheid program established in South Africa. d- Holland transfers sovereignty to Indonesia. 1950a- World population in 1950 is ca. 2.3 billion compared to 5.9 billion in 1999. b- Antihistamines used as remedy for colds.
c- USSR and China sign 30- years pact Britain recognizes peoples republic of china.

1954-

a- U.S. nuclear powered submarine Nautilus. b- Race segregation in schools declared unconstitutional in U.S. c- Military putsch in Guatemala.

1955a- Ultra high frequency waves produced at M.I.T. b- Blacks in Montgomery, Alabama boycott segregated bus lines. C-Transatlantic cable telephone service eatabl.

1956

a- Soviet troops suppress revolution in Hungary. b- Tunesia, Morocco and Sudan gain independence. c- USSR and USA pressures effect cease- fire.