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c. 1927
 
  
It is estimated that in approximately 1927 the population of the world reached two billion     
1928
 
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Hassan al-Banna, a schoolteacher in Ismailia, founds the Muslim Brotherhood – to campaign for a society based on the Qu'ran with the sharia as its legal system        
1930
 
   
The Camargo Society, founded to promote British dancers and choreographers, presents its first evening of ballet in London      
1931
 
     
Frederick Ashton choreographs Façade for the Camargo Society, using Walton's score        
1933
 
   
J. Arthur Rank founds the Religious Film Society to make films in Britain that will bring people to Christianity      
1945
 
    
Austrian philosopher Karl Popper publishes The Open Society and its Enemies       
1947
 
    
US scientist Edwin Land demonstrates a new device, the Polaroid camera, to the Optical Society of America       
1958
 
    
In The Affluent Society US economist John Kenneth Galbraith criticizes wasteful modern consumerism       
c. 1960
 
  
It is estimated that during this year the population of the world reached three billion     
1962
 
  
Students for a Democratic Society publish in Michigan The Port Huron Statement, a seminal text of the New Left