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Student Information Sheet: Chronology of Significant Events 1945-1994
1946 First electronic computer assembled
1947 Transistor invented
1948 Establishment of the state of Israel
1950 World's population - 2.5 billion
Average (median) age of world population - 23 years
Annual emission of carbon dioxide caused by fossil fuel combustion - 1,800 million tonnes
1953 DNA first analyzed
1954 US Supreme Court declares the doctrine of "separate but equal" to be illegal
1957 Soviet Union launches Sputnik
1963 Civil rights march on Washington
World population - 3.5 billion
1964 PLO formed
US Congress passes the Civil Rights Act
1967 Six-Day War, Israel defeats Arab opponents
First successful heart transplant operation
1968 Parti Québécois formed in Quebec
1969 A human being lands on the moon
1970 40% of Latin Americans were below the poverty line
1972 Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
1973 Yom Kippur War
OPEC oil embargo
1978 Camp David Agreement between Egypt and Israel
Super Tanker "Amococ Cadiz" runs aground and pollutes 200 km of the English Channel
1979 Islamic revolution in Iran
1980 Iraqi-Iranian War
Moratorium on whaling defeated at International Whaling Conference
1981 World recession causes international debt crisis for developing countries
1985 37% of Latin Americans below the poverty line
Average (median) age of world population - 23 years
1986 Annual emission of carbon dioxide cause by fossil fuel combustion - 5,300 million tonnes
Chernobyl nuclear accident
1988 World's population - 5 billion
1993 Current global military expenditures -$900 billion