 back in 1948, his arrival would have signalled great changes to the world ahead. With World War Two still fresh in the minds of the nation, his birth would've been a celebration, heralding the next generation of the House of Windsor, a grandson of the then-King George VI and son to Princess Elizabeth, who'd become the UK's longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. However, the world Charles was entering was already undergoing seismic shifts of its own. From the founding of North Korea to the ongoing Cold War, this is how the world looked when the heir to the throne was born… Murder of Mahatma Gandhi Charles' birth in November meant new life and new hope for the British Royal Family, but the world saw the shocking murder of Gandhi in January that same year. Mahatma Gandhi, the anti-colonialist lawyer who helped lead India's independence from the British Empire, was assassinated on January 30, 1948. He was gunned down with three shots at the Birla House in New Delhi by Nathuram Godse, a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh a right-wing Hindu political organisation. Godse and his conspirator Narayan Apte were later hanged for their crimes in November 1949, despite Gandhi's own sons pleading against the death sentence. The World Health Organisation (WHO) was established When diplomats met to form the United Nations in 1945, one of the things they discussed was setting up a global health organisation. Three years later, on April 7, 1948, they did just that, establishing the WHO. We celebrate that date each year as World Health Day. As per their website, WHO was created to be: 'responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.' Israel was announced an independent state The Israel-Palestine conflict has b){kind=link}
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When the now King Charles III was born on this date (November 14) back in 1948, his arrival would have signalled great changes to the world ahead.
With World War Two still fresh in the minds of the nation, his birth would’ve been a celebration, heralding the next generation of the House of Windsor, a grandson of the then-King George VI and son to Princess Elizabeth, who’d become the UK’s longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II.
However, the world Charles was entering was already undergoing seismic shifts of its own.
From the founding of North Korea to the ongoing Cold War, this is how the world looked when the heir to the throne was born…