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Some events more than others have changed the pace and determined the direction that history has taken along its rugged path. Inconsistencies that are not always clearly evident occur much more frequently when the events of humanity speed up. Such was the case in the mid-20th century. In fact, after World War II, several historical events overlapped; new political and military balances, decolonisation, revolutionary technological advances, racial tensions, changes in the geographical economy, cultural and religious conflicts and unrelenting mass migrations. This book is dedicated to precisely those key events in our time; it uses a rich array of iconography to retrace what were to be the points of no return, the developments that would suddenly change the lives of many human beings. This book revisits the greatest events in recent history - from the Korean War that marked the beginning of the Cold War to the various revolutions of 1968, from conquering the moon to the birth of the internet, from the introduction of the Euro to the meeting for denuclearisation between President Trump and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un. Reliving the events makes it easier to understand the reasons and the origins of many of the milestones of contemporary history.
Contents
Introduction by Alfredo Luis Somoza 4
1950 - The Korean War 8
1953 - Coronation of Elizabeth II 16
1959 - The Cuban Revolution 18
1961 - The First Man in Space 22
1961 - The Construction of the Berlin Wall 24
1962 - The Discovery of DNA 28
1963 - The Vision of Martin Luther King Jr. 30
1963 - The Assassination of John F. Kennedy 34
1964 - The Vietnam War 36
1965 - The Assassination of Malcolm X 44
1967 - The Six-Day War 46
1967 - Flight from Biafra and Famine 52
1968 - The Prague Spring 56
1968 - Student Protests 60
1969 - The First Moon Landing 66
1969 - The Woodstock Festival 68
1972 - Bloody Sunday 72
1973 - Coup d'État in Chile 78
1973 - The Yom Kippur War
and the Oil Crisis 82
1974 - Watergate 88
1976 - The Foundation of Apple 92
1977 - The Space Probes Voyager 1 and 2 94
1978 - The Election of John Paul II 96
1979 - Khomeini's Revolution in Iran 98
1979 - Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan 104
1979 - The Compact Disc 108
1986 - The Chernobyl Disaster 110
1987 - The First Intifada 114
1989 - The Protests in Tiananmen Square 118
1989 - The Fall of the Berlin Wall 120
1990 - The First Gulf War 124
1991 - The Serb-Croat Conflict 130
1991 - The Dissolution of the USSR 134
1991 - The Creation of the Internet 136
1992 - The Creation of the European Union 138
1993 - Peace Agreement
between Arafat and Rabin 140
1994 - The Rwandan Genocide 142
1994 - Nelson Mandela,
President of South Africa 146
2001 - The Attack on the Twin Towers 148
2003 - The Second Gulf War 152
2004 - The Birth of Facebook 158
2007 - Apple Presents the iPhone 160
2007 - The 21st Century Economic Crisis 162
2008 - The Election of Barack Obama 164
2010 - The Arab Spring 166
2011 - Earthquake, Tsunami,
and Nuclear Disaster in Japan 172
2011 - The Civil War in Syria 178
2011 - The Invasion of Libya
and the Killing of Gaddafi 182
2011 - The Killing of Osama bin Laden 186
2011 - The Exploration of Mars 188
2013 - The Resignation of Benedict XVI
and the Election of Francis 190
2014 - The Civil War in the Ukraine 192
2015 - Charlie Hebdo Shooting 196
2017 - The Fall of Raqqa,
Capital of the Islamic Caliphate 198
2020 - Brexit 202
2020 -The Covid-19 pandemic 204
2022 - The Russian Invasion of Ukraine 212
2022 - The death of Queen Elizabeth II 218
The Authors / Photo Credits 222
