1947 CE

The Partition of India creates India and Pakistan, sparking mass migrations, violence, and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 over Kashmir; the Roswell incident and the 1947 flying disc craze fuel UFO speculation; the 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine escalates after the UN Partition Plan for Palestine; the February 28 incident in Taiwan is violently suppressed, killing 18,000–28,000 and leading to decades of martial law; the Marshall Plan offers U.S. aid to rebuild Europe and counter Soviet influence; the Truman Doctrine commits the U.S. to support nations threatened by communism, marking the start of the Cold War; the Texas City disaster kills at least 581 people in a massive explosion; the Hachikō Line derailment kills 184 in Japan; and Jackie Robinson breaks Major League Baseball’s color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

In the 1940s, the 20th century.