PostModern Timeline By juliannestaten 1946 The Cold War begins. 1947 Arnold J. Toynbee Uses the Term "Post-modern" in A Study of History 1952 Charles Olson Mentions "The Post-modern" in "The Present is Prologue" 1954 Supreme Court rules public school segregation unconstitutuional. 1955 Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita Is Published. 1959 William S. Burroughs's The Naked Lunch Is Published. 1959 Alaska and Hawaii admitted to Union as 49 and 50th states. 1961 The Berlin Wall is built. 1961 Joseph Heller's Catch-22 Is Published. 1963 JFK assassinated in Dallas, Texas. 1966 Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49 Is Published. 1968 John Barth's Lost in the Funhouse Is Published. 1968 MLK is murdered in Memphis. 1969 Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five Is Published. 1969 Neil Armstrong steps foot on moon. 1973 Peace Pact signed , last US troops leave Vietnam. 1980 Ronald Reagan elected president. 1982 Vietnam veterans memorial dedicated in Washington DC. 1988 George Bush elected president. 1989 Berlin Wall falls 1992 Bill Clinton elected president. Sep 11, 2001 9/11