Final Timeline By facebooker_100000171613654 Dec 30, 1906 Muslim League created May 31, 1910 Union of South Africa formed Oct 22, 1911 Chinese Revolution of 1911 (more than one) Jul 28, 1914 Start of WWI Period: Feb 13, 1916 to Aug 7, 1918 Japan seizes German holdings in the Pacific Ocean Mar 23, 1917 Bolsheviks succeed in Russian Revolution Mar 30, 1917 Zimmerman telegraph Apr 6, 1917 US enters WWI Nov 2, 1917 Balfour Declaration created by Britain Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles made the Germans cry Aug 20, 1919 Creation of National Fascist Party in Italy Feb 8, 1921 Foundation of the Chinese Communist Party Period: Jul 23, 1922 to Mar 5, 1953 Stalin's control over Soviet Union Period: Jan 30, 1929 to Aug 23, 1939 The Great Depression stock market crashed Period: Apr 11, 1930 to Jan 30, 1948 Gandhi led resistance in India Peaceful Protest Dec 2, 1933 Nazi's rise to power in Germany Aug 23, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Non-Agression Pact Period: Sep 1, 1939 to May 8, 1945 World War II Period: May 8, 1945 to Sep 21, 1967 Green Revolution Oct 24, 1945 United Nations created Mar 12, 1947 Truman Doctrine Period: Apr 9, 1947 to Sep 13, 1991 Cold War May 14, 1948 Arab-Israeli War Period: Jun 24, 1948 to May 12, 1949 Berlin Blockade Mar 24, 1949 Mao Zedong takes control Apr 4, 1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953 The Korean War Nov 29, 1955 Warsaw Pact created Period: Sep 17, 1957 to Apr 6, 1975 Vietnam War Aug 13, 1966 Cultural Revolution in China Sep 9, 1976 Deng Xiaoping comes into power Period: Sep 6, 1980 to Aug 6, 1988 Iran-Iraq War Mar 20, 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power in Soviet Union Jun 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre Apr 6, 1994 Rwandan Genocide Aug 9, 1999 Putin becomes a Prime Minister May 26, 2001 African Union created Sep 11, 2001 Infamous Terrorist Attacks on US Oct 28, 2005 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad elected president of Iran Sep 8, 2008 Dmitry Medvedev elected as Russian Presidend