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51. The Boxer Rebellion Fails to Remove Foreign Control in China
52. Brandeis Becomes the First Jewish Member of the Supreme Court
53. Brazil Begins Era of Intense Repression
54. Brazilian Police Massacre Rio Slum Dwellers
55. Brazilian Police Massacre Slum Dwellers
56. Brezhnev Doctrine Bans Independent Behavior by Soviet Satellites
57. The British Labour Party Is Formed
58. British Slave Trade Is Ended by Parliament
59. British Soldiers Massacre Indians at Amritsar
60. British Troops Restore Order in Northern Ireland
61. British Workers Go on General Strike
62. Brown v. Board of Education Ends Public School Segregation
63. Bulgarian Massacres
64. Burundi Commits Genocide of Hutu Majority
65. Calley Is Court-Martialed for My Lai Massacre
66. Canada Develops a National Health Plan
67. Canada Invokes War Measures Act Against Quebec Separatists
68. Canada Passes the Tobacco Products Control Act
69. Canada’s Human Rights Act
70. Canada’s Indian Act
71. Canadian Bill of Rights Prohibits Sexual Discrimination
72. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Is Enacted
73. Carter Makes Human Rights a Central Theme of Foreign Policy
74. Cassin Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
75. Castro Takes Power in Cuba
76. Ceausescu Is Overthrown in Romania
77. Censorship and Japanese Internment
78. Chávez Forms Farm Workers’ Union and Leads Grape Pickers’ Strike
79. Chávez is Jailed for Organizing an Illegal Lettuce Boycott
80. Chicago Riots Mar the Democratic Convention
81. The Children’s Bureau Is Founded
82. Chile Voters End Pinochet’s Military Rule
83. Chilean Military Overthrows Allende
84. China Crushes Prodemocracy Demonstration in Tiananmen Square
85. China Detains Thousands in Falun Gong
86. China Initiates a Genocide Policy Toward Tibetians
87. China Occupies Tibet
88. China Promises to Correct Abuses of Citizens’ Rights
89. China Suppresses Falun Gong Religious Group
90. China’s Cultural Revolution Starts Wave of Repression
91. Chisholm Becomes the First Black Woman Elected to Congress
92. Cigarette Advertising is Banned from American Television and Radio
93. Citizens Rescue Danish Jews from Germans
94. The Civil Rights Act of 1957 Creates the Commission on Civil Rights
95. The Civil Rights Act of 1968 Outlaws Discrimination in Housing
96. Civil Rights Protesters Attract International Attention
97. The Civil Service Decides that Gays are Fit for Public Service
98. Civil War Ravages Chad
99. Coast Guard Rescues Cuban Refugee Elián González
100. Colombian Presidential Candidates Are Killed