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Chapter 4

The modern world

The twentieth century brought two world wars, the United Nations, the end of empires, the space race and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Leaders such as Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela showed what peaceful protest could win, and the World Wide Web connected the planet. Dates are easier to remember once you know the story behind them, so every card comes with the reason it mattered.

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  1. Year the First World War began1914
  2. Year the Second World War ended1945
  3. Organisation founded in 1945 to keep world peaceUnited Nations
  4. First person to walk on the MoonNeil Armstrong
  5. First human in space, in 1961Yuri Gagarin
  6. Year the Berlin Wall fell1989
  7. Led India's non-violent struggle for independenceMahatma Gandhi
  8. South Africa's first Black presidentNelson Mandela
  9. Gave the 'I Have a Dream' speech in 1963Martin Luther King Jr.
  10. Invented the World Wide Web in 1989Tim Berners-Lee