People's Century | Timeline

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#FF3300" vlink="#990000" ALINK="#00BB00"> <FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> <A HREF="index.map"><IMG SRC="images/timelinehead.gif" ALT="Timeline" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH="514" HEIGHT="69" BORDER="0" USEMAP="#timelines" ISMAP></A> <MAP NAME="timelines"> <AREA SHAPE=rect HREF="../about/index.html" COORDS="11,6,105,26"> <AREA SHAPE=rect HREF="../episodes/index.html" COORDS="111,6,168,25"> <AREA SHAPE=rect HREF="../timeline/index.html" COORDS="174,6,225,25"> <AREA SHAPE=rect HREF="../tellus/index.html" COORDS="229,5,298,24"> <AREA SHAPE=rect HREF="../theme/index.html" COORDS="304,6,416,26"> <AREA SHAPE=rect HREF="../teachers/index.html" COORDS="419,5,512,26"> <AREA SHAPE=poly HREF="../index.html" COORDS="13,29,418,29,416,44,288,44,276,62,10,62,13,29,"> </MAP> <BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR><BR> <p> <B><A HREF="#age">Age of Hope</A></B> | <B><A HREF="#kill">Killing Fields</A></B> | <B><A HREF="#red">Red Flag</A></B> | <B><A HREF="#lost">Lost Peace</A></B> | <B><A HREF="#line">On the Line</A></B><BR> <B><A HREF="#great">Great Escape</A></B> | <B><A HREF="#breadline">Breadline</A></B> | <B><A HREF="#sporting">Sporting Fever</A></B> | <B><A HREF="#master">Master Race</A></B><BR> <B><A HREF="#total">Total War</A></B> | <B><A HREF="#brave">Brave New World</A></B> | <B><A HREF="#freedom">Freedom Now</A></B> | <B><A HREF="#boomtime">Boomtime</A></B><BR> <B><A HREF="#fallout">Fallout</A></B> | <B><A HREF="#asia">Asia Rising </A></B> | <B><A HREF="#living">Living Longer </A></B> | <B><A HREF="#endangered">Endangered Planet</A></B><BR> <B><A HREF="#skin">Skin Deep</A></B> | <B><A HREF="#picture">Picture Power</A></B> | <B><A HREF="#leap">Great Leap</A></B> | <B><A HREF="#young">Young Blood</A></B><BR> <B><A HREF="#half">Half the People</A></B> | <B><A HREF="#guerilla">Guerilla Wars</A></B> | <B><A HREF="#god">God Fights Back</A></B> | <B><A HREF="#people">People Power</A></B> | <B><A HREF="#fast">Fast Forward</A></B> <BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE> <B><A NAME="age">Age of Hope</A></B> (1900-1914)<BR> <TABLE CELLPADDING=5><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1900)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> World population: 1.6 billion<BR> Paris World's Fair showcases electricity<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1905)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> First Russian Revolution fails<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1912)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> China becomes a republic<BR> African National Congress founded<BR><BR><BR> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <B><A NAME="sporting">Sporting Fever</A></B> (1900-1938)   <A HREF="#top"><IMG SRC="images/top.gif" ALT="Back" WIDTH="89" HEIGHT="21" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <TABLE CELLPADDING=5><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1900)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Women compete in the Olympics for the first time<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1927) <BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1930)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> First World Cup soccer match<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1936)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Hitler uses Berlin Olympics to showcase his Nazi propaganda<BR><BR><BR> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <B><A NAME="line">On the Line</A></B> (1908-1945)   <A HREF="#top"><IMG SRC="images/top.gif" ALT="Back" WIDTH="89" HEIGHT="21" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <TABLE CELLPADDING=5><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1908)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Model T touring car introduced; price: $850<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1913)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Model T touring car first produced on assembly line<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1916)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Model T touring car price: $360<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1936)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> United Auto Workers' first sit-down strike<BR> Widespread labor strike in France<BR><BR><BR> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <B><A NAME="kill">Killing Fields</A></B> (1914-1918)   <A HREF="#top"><IMG SRC="images/top.gif" ALT="Back" WIDTH="89" HEIGHT="21" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <TABLE CELLPADDING=5><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1914)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> WW I begins<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1916)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Battle of Verdun<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1917)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> U.S. enters war<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1918)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> WW I ends<BR><BR><BR> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <B><A NAME="red">Red Flag</A></B> (1917-1940)   <A HREF="#top"><IMG SRC="images/top.gif" ALT="Back" WIDTH="89" HEIGHT="21" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <TABLE CELLPADDING=5><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1917)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Bolsheviks seize power in Russia<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1924)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Lenin dies<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1928)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Stalin becomes Soviet leader<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1929)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Forced collectivization of Soviet agriculture begins<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1934)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Stalin's purge of political leaders begin<BR><BR><BR> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <B><A NAME="half">Half the People</A></B> (1917-1996)   <A HREF="#top"><IMG SRC="images/top.gif" ALT="Back" WIDTH="89" HEIGHT="21" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <TABLE CELLPADDING=5><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1920)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> U.S. women win right to vote<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1945)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Women's suffrage becomes law in France<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1963)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> "The Feminine Mystique" is published<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1973)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> "Roe v. Wade" decision legalizes abortion<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1982)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Equal Rights Amendment bill defeated<BR><BR><BR> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <B><A NAME="lost">Lost Peace</A></B> (1919-1935)   <A HREF="#top"><IMG SRC="images/top.gif" ALT="Back" WIDTH="89" HEIGHT="21" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <TABLE CELLPADDING=5><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1919)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> League of Nations founded<BR> Treaty of Versailles drawn up<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1932)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> League of Nations holds World Disarmament Conference<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1933)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Hitler becomes German chancellor<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1935)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Italy invades Ethiopia<BR><BR><BR> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <B><A NAME="master">Master Race</A></B> (1926-1945)   <A HREF="#top"><IMG SRC="images/top.gif" ALT="Back" WIDTH="89" HEIGHT="21" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <TABLE CELLPADDING=5><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1923)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Hitler completes "Mein Kampf"<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1938)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Germany annexes Austria and parts of Czechoslovakia<BR> Kristallnacht accelerates Holocaust<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1942)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Nazi leaders commence "Final Solution"<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1945)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Allies liberate death camps<BR><BR><BR> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <B><A NAME="picture">Picture Power</A></B> (1939 - 1997)   <A HREF="#top"><IMG SRC="images/top.gif" ALT="Back" WIDTH="89" HEIGHT="21" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <TABLE CELLPADDING=5><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1925)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> First television transmission<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1936)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> BBC inaugurates television service<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1939)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> NBC broadcasts opening ceremonies of World's Fair<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1960)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> First televised U.S. presidential debate<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1964)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Beatles appear on "The Ed Sullivan Show" : 73 million viewers<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1968)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Corporation for Public Broadcasting established<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1972)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Taking of Israeli hostages at Olympics televised around the world<BR><BR><BR> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <B><A NAME="great">Great Escape</A></B> (1895 -1964)   <A HREF="#top"><IMG SRC="images/top.gif" ALT="Back" WIDTH="89" HEIGHT="21" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <TABLE CELLPADDING=5><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1925)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Chaplin makes "The Gold Rush"<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1927)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> First sound movie made: "The Jazz Singer"<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1933)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> First drive-in theater in the U.S.<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1940)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> John Ford's "Grapes of Wrath" reflects Great Depression<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1944)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Laurence Olivier inspires British in "Henry V"<BR><BR><BR> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <B><A NAME="breadline">Breadline</A></B> (1929-1939)   <A HREF="#top"><IMG SRC="images/top.gif" ALT="Back" WIDTH="89" HEIGHT="21" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <TABLE CELLPADDING=5><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1929)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> U.S. stock market crash<BR> Worldwide economic depression<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1932)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> U.S. jobless rate reaches 25%<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1933)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> New Deal initiates economic recovery<BR><BR><BR> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <B><A NAME="total">Total War</A></B> (1939-1945)   <A HREF="#top"><IMG SRC="images/top.gif" ALT="Back" WIDTH="89" HEIGHT="21" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <TABLE CELLPADDING=5><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1939)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> WW II begins<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1940)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Battle of Britain begins<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1941)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; U.S. enters war<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1944)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Siege of Leningrad lifted<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1945)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Atomic bombs dropped on Japan; WW II ends<BR><BR><BR> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <B><A NAME="fallout">Fallout</A></B> (1945-1995)   <A HREF="#top"><IMG SRC="images/top.gif" ALT="Back" WIDTH="89" HEIGHT="21" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <TABLE CELLPADDING=5><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1942)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> U.S. begins building atomic bomb<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1949)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> First Soviet atomic bomb<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1954)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> First nuclear power plant built<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1963)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Partial Test-Ban Treaty prohibits nuclear explosions<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1986)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Chernobyl nuclear accident<BR><BR><BR> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <B><A NAME="brave">Brave New World</A></B> (1945-1961)   <A HREF="#top"><IMG SRC="images/top.gif" ALT="Back" WIDTH="89" HEIGHT="21" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <TABLE CELLPADDING=5><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1945)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> UN formed<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1947)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Truman Doctrine challenges Soviet expansion<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1949)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> NATO established<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1956)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Soviet crush Hungarian uprising<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1961)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Berlin Wall built<BR><BR><BR> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <B><A NAME="boomtime">BoomTime</A></B> (1945-1973)   <A HREF="#top"><IMG SRC="images/top.gif" ALT="Back" WIDTH="89" HEIGHT="21" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <TABLE CELLPADDING=5><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1947)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Levittown founded<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1948)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Marshall Plan initiated<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1950)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> First credit card issued in U.S.<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1957)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> European Economic Community founded<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1958)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Disneyland opens<BR><BR><BR> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <B><A NAME="skin">Skin Deep</A></B> (1945-1994)   <A HREF="#top"><IMG SRC="images/top.gif" ALT="Back" WIDTH="89" HEIGHT="21" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <TABLE CELLPADDING=5><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1948)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Apartheid established in South Africa<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1954)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> "Brown v. Board of Education" decision mandates U.S. school desegregation<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1964)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Civil Rights Act adopted in U.S.<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1976)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Uprising in Soweto, South Africa<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1994)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Mandela elected in South Africa's first free elections<BR><BR><BR> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <B><A NAME="freedom">Freedom Now</A></B> (1947-1990)   <A HREF="#top"><IMG SRC="images/top.gif" ALT="Back" WIDTH="89" HEIGHT="21" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <TABLE CELLPADDING=5><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1947)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> India gains independence<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1954)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Vietnam gains independence<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1956)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Suez Canal crisis<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1957)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Ghana gains independence<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1975)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> North and South Vietnam reunited as one country<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1990)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Namibia, Africa's last colony, gains independence<BR><BR><BR> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <B><A NAME="living">Living Longer</A></B> (1944-1996)   <A HREF="#top"><IMG SRC="images/top.gif" ALT="Back" WIDTH="89" HEIGHT="21" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <TABLE CELLPADDING=5><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1948)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> World Health Organization established<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1955)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Salk announces polio vaccine<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1980)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Global eradication of smallpox declared<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1981)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> HIV identified<BR><BR><BR> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <B><A NAME="asia">Asia Rising</A></B> (1951-1988)   <A HREF="#top"><IMG SRC="images/top.gif" ALT="Back" WIDTH="89" HEIGHT="21" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <TABLE CELLPADDING=5><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1952)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Allied military occupation of Japan ends<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1962)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> South Korea's first 5-Year Plan for economic reform begins<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1976)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> 1.5 million Japanese cars sold in U.S. -- half of the auto import market<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1989)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Japan becomes world's top lender<BR><BR><BR> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <B><A NAME="guerrilla">Guerrilla Wars</A></B> (1956-1989)   <A HREF="#top"><IMG SRC="images/top.gif" ALT="Back" WIDTH="89" HEIGHT="21" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <TABLE CELLPADDING=5><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1954)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> North Vietnamese take Dien Bien Phu<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1958)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Castro overthrows Batista in Cuba<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1965)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> U.S. enters Vietnam War<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1973)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> U.S. withdraws from Vietnam<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1979)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Soviet troops enter Afghanistan<BR><BR><BR> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <B><A NAME="endangered">Endangered Planet</A></B> (1959-1990)   <A HREF="#top"><IMG SRC="images/top.gif" ALT="Back" WIDTH="89" HEIGHT="21" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <TABLE CELLPADDING=5><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1956)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Mercury poisoning found in Minamata, Japan<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1962)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> "Silent Spring" published<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1970)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> U.S. Environmental Protection Agency created<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1980)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Residents' severe health problems linked to Love Canal, N.Y., chemical dump<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1984)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Toxic gas leak from insecticide plant in Bhopal, India<BR><BR><BR> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <B><A NAME="young">Young Blood</A></B> (1950-1975)   <A HREF="#top"><IMG SRC="images/top.gif" ALT="Back" WIDTH="89" HEIGHT="21" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <TABLE CELLPADDING=5><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1964)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Berkeley Free Speech Movement gains momentum<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1967)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> March on Pentagon to protest Vietnam War<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1968)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Paris police and protestors clash<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1969)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Woodstock music festival<BR><BR><BR> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <B><A NAME="god">God Fights Back</A></B> (1978-1992)   <A HREF="#top"><IMG SRC="images/top.gif" ALT="Back" WIDTH="89" HEIGHT="21" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <TABLE CELLPADDING=5><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1978)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Shah of Iran declares martial law<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1979)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Islamic militants take hostages at U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran<BR> Jerry Falwell forms Moral Majority<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1988)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Pat Robertson runs for U.S. President<BR><BR><BR> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <B><A NAME="people">People Power</A></B> (1971-1991)   <A HREF="#top"><IMG SRC="images/top.gif" ALT="Back" WIDTH="89" HEIGHT="21" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <TABLE CELLPADDING=5><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1980)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Polish strikes inspire Solidarity movement<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1986)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Gorbachev introduces glasnost and perestroika<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1989)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Berlin Wall torn down<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1991)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Soviet Union dissolved<BR><BR><BR> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <B><A NAME="fast">Fast Forward</A></B> (1980-1997)   <A HREF="#top"><IMG SRC="images/top.gif" ALT="Back" WIDTH="89" HEIGHT="21" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <TABLE CELLPADDING=5><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1991)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Cold War ends; nationalism on the rise<BR> War begins in former Yugoslavia<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1994)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> World Trade Organization ratified<BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva">(1999)<BR></FONT></TD><TD><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Geneva"> Estimated world population:6.2 billion<BR><BR><BR> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <A HREF="../about/">About the Series</A> | <A HREF="../episodes/">Episodes</A> | <A HREF="../timeline/">Timeline</A> | <A HREF="../tellus/index.html">Your Stories</A> | <A HREF="../theme/">Thematic Overview</A> | <A HREF="../teachers/">Teacher's Guide</A> <p> <A HREF="../index.html">People's Century</A> | <A HREF="http://www.wgbh.org">WGBH</A> | <A HREF="http://www.pbs.org">PBS Online</A> | <A HREF="http://www.pbs.org/search/">Search PBS</A> | <A HREF="../feedback.html">Feedback</A> | <A HREF="../shop.html">Shop</A> | <A HREF="../copyright.html">© </BLOCKQUOTE>