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Auschwitz I established
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Start to End
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Auschwitz II established
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Auschwitz III established
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Nelson Mandela
He became South Africa's first Black president. He was also part of a resistance against the Apartheid policies after 1948. -
End of Holocaust
During World War II, 6 million Jews were exterminated by Hitler's Nazi regime. Millions of other civilians were forced into concentration camps, subjected to ‘medical' experiments, starved, brutalised and murdered. -
United Nations Established
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Indian Independence
Britain withdrew its control over India & it and Pakistan became a separate, independent, democratic nation after nearly 200 years of being ruled by the British. -
President Truman outlaws Segregation
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights
In Palais de Chaillot, France. There are 30 articles. -
Rosa Parks
African Americans boycott the buses and bus segregation is stopped. -
Vietnam War Starts
Nationalist forces trying to unite Vietnam under a Communist Government, whilst the USA tried to stop the spread on Communism. -
Sharpeville Massacre
At least 69 people were killed when police fired at demonstrators who were protesting against the pass laws in Sharpeville, SA. -
Congress passes the Civil Rights Act
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Hue Massacre
The Hue Massacre is the name given to the executions and mass killings conducted by the North Vietnamese Army during the capture and withdrawal from the City of Hue. -
My Lai Massacre
US Army troops murdered between 347-504 civilians in My Lai, South Vietnam during the war. -
Martin Luther King Assassinated
He spoke out for the justice and equality to the African American people and the end of the laws that allowed racial discrimination. -
End of Vietnam War
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Soweto Riots
Thousands of students protested against having to learn both English and Afrikaans at school. 200-700 people died. -
Stolen Generation Sorry Day
Australian Parliament apologises to the Stolen Generation.
