- World hegemony.
- Genocides.
- Nuclear weapons.
- Containment.
- Informalism.
1. 1943–1948
11. 1943–1945
- 9 July 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily.
- 19 July 1943 Allied bombing of Saint Lawrence outside the Walls.
- 30 September 1943 Divino afflante Spiritu.
- 20 November 1943 Battle of Tarawa.
- 28 November 1943 Tehran Conference.
- 1943 Jean Fautrier’s Head of a Hostage.
- 17 January 1944 Battle of Monte Cassino.
- 8 March 1944 Battle of Imphal.
- 6 June 1944 Operation Overlord.
- 22 June 1944 Operation Bagration.
- 20 July 1944 20 July plot.
- 25 July 1944 Operation Cobra.
- 1 August 1944 Warsaw Uprising.
- 19 August 1944 Liberation of Paris.
- November 1944 Axis Rule in Occupied Europe by Raphael Lemkin. Coinage of “genocide”.
- 4 February 1945 Yalta Conference.
12. 1945–1947
- 25 April 1945 San Francisco Conference.
- 26 June 1945 Charter of the United Nations.
- 17 July 1945 Potsdam Conference.
- 6 August 1945 Atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
- 20 November 1945 Nuremberg trials.
- 10 December 1945 The ENIAC is put to work for the first time.
- 5 March 1946 “Iron Curtain” speech of Winston Churchill.
- 24 March 1946 Unveiling of the Vespa. The first successful scooter.
- 2 June 1946 Italian institutional referendum.
- 14 December 1946 Outline Command Plan.
13. 1947–1948
- 10 February 1947 Paris Peace Treaties.
- 28 April 1947 Operation Vistula.
- 14 August 1947 Partition of India.
- 29 November 1947 United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.
- 22 December 1947 Constitution of the Italian Republic.
- 30 January 1948 Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
- 3 April 1948 Marshall Plan.
- 14 May 1948 Israeli Declaration of Independence.
- 1948 Kinsey Reports.
2. 1948–1953
21. 1948–1950
- 24 February 1949 Israel–Egypt Armistice Agreement. First of the 1949 Armistice Agreements.
- 4 April 1949 North Atlantic Treaty.
- 29 August 1949 RDS-1. First successful Soviet nuclear test.
- 9 May 1950 Schuman Declaration.
- 27 May 1950 1950 Wynder and Graham Study.
- 25 June 1950 Korean War.
- 6 July 1950 Treaty of Zgorzelec.
- 12 August 1950 Humani generis.
22. 1950–1952
- 6 October 1950 Battle of Chamdo.
- 19 October 1950 Chinese intervention in the Korean War.
- 1950 Launch of the Olivetti Lettera 22.
- 18 April 1951 Treaty of Paris. Establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community.
- 28 April 1951 Appointment of Mohammad Mosaddegh as Prime Minister of Iran.
- 14 July 1951 José Froilán González wins the British Grand Prix with Ferrari. First win for Ferrari.
- 8 September 1951 Security Treaty between the United States and Japan.
23. 1952–1953
- 22 July 1952 Constitution of the Polish People’s Republic.
- 23 July 1952 1952 Egyptian revolution.
- 10 September 1952 Reparations Agreement between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany.
- 27 February 1953 London Agreement on German External Debts.
- 5 March 1953 Death of Stalin.
3. 1953–1961
31. 1953–1956
- 26 July 1953 Cuban Revolution.
- 27 July 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement.
- 15 August 1953 Iranian coup d’état.
- 19 February 1954 Transfer of Crimea in the Soviet Union.
- 7 April 1954 “Domino theory” speech of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- 19 April 1954 Seduction of the Innocent by Fredric Wertham. Moral alarm about comic books.
- 29 May 1954 Bilderberg meeting.
- 1954 Rolex GMT Master. First watch with the time-zone hand.
- 4 July 1954 Juan Manuel Fangio wins the French Grand Prix with Mercedes. Debut and first win for Mercedes.
- 15 January 1955 Unveiling of the Lancia Aurelia B24.
- 18 April 1955 Bandung Conference.
- 9 May 1955 West Germany in the NATO.
- 14 May 1955 Warsaw Pact.
- 6 September 1955 Istanbul pogrom.
- 6 October 1955 Unveiling of the Citroën DS.
- 1955 Launch of Fanta Orange in Italy.
- 1955 Marlboro Man.
32. 1956–1959
Decolonization.
- 23 June 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
- 29 June 1956 Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956.
- 1956 Hundred Flowers Campaign.
- 31 August 1956 States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
- October 1956 Showcase #4. First appearance of the new Flash.
- 19 October 1956 Polish October.
- 29 October 1956 Suez Crisis.
- 7 February 1957 Ghana Independence Act 1957.
- 25 March 1957 Treaty of Rome. Establishment of European Economic Community.
- 12 May 1957 Car crash of Guidizzolo. End of open-road car races in Italy.
- 2 July 1957 Unveiling of the Fiat Nuova 500.
- 4 October 1957 Sputnik 1.
- 1957 Omega Speedmaster.
- 1958 Great Leap Forward.
- 1958 Four Pests campaign.
- 1958 Lucio Fontana’s Slashes.
33. 1959–1961
- 10 March 1959 Tibetan uprising.
- 13 September 1959 Luna 2. First spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon.
- 1959 Great Chinese Famine.
- 1959 Olivetti takes control of Underwood.
- 5 July 1960 Congo Crisis.
- 7 January 1961 Casablanca Group.
- 15 March 1961 Unveiling of the Jaguar E-Type.
- 12 April 1961 Vostok 1.
- 8 May 1961 Monrovia Group.