A global poll commissioned by the British Council of the greatest moments, discoveries and people of the past eight decades throws up some cultural surprises – the invention of the instant noodle – and a clear winner.
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THE TOP 20
1 The invention of the world wide web, 1989.
2 Discovery of a method to mass produce penicillin, 1943.
3 The widespread availability of home computers, 1980s
4 The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948.
5 The attacks of 11 September 2001 on New York and Washington DC and the emergence of terrorism as a major international phenomenon.
6 The rise in global awareness of the importance of environmental conservation.
7 The influence of Nelson Mandela on South African and international politics and society, 1918 - 2013.
8 The breakup of the Soviet Union, 1991.
9 The invention and explosion of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 1945.
10 Greater equality for women in many parts of the world.
11 The spread of English as a global language.
12 The growth of social media.
13 Satellite technology and its impact.
14 The Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Europe, 1941-45.
15 The development and widespread adoption of the mobile phone.
16 Completion of the Human Genome Project, which mapped the genetic structure of the human body, 2001.
17 Deng Xiaoping’s “open door” policy, which started the economic transformation of China in 1978.
18 Hitler’s invasion of Poland, marking the beginning of the second world war, 1939.
19 The development of nuclear energy.
20 The work and influence of the physicist Albert Einstein, 1879- 1955.
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