Work done by: Inês Rita and Miguel Rafael

“Portugal do pequenitos” by Fernando Bissaia Barreto; Creation of strapless bra Popular inventions and factories Important people and interesting fact about them Major changes The end fo the Second World War in 1945; Suicide of Adolf Hitler; Creation of the PIDE (International Police and State Defence); Portugal participates in the founding of NATO António de Oliveira Salazar - dictator of Portuguese republic; Egaz Moniz - won the Nobel Prize for Medicine and performed the first cerebral angiography in man

“Portugal dos Pequenitos” António Oliveira Salazar

Popular inventions and factories Major changes Important people and interesting fact about them Discovery of the DNA structure; Start of regular television broadcasts in black and white; Colonial war; Creation of the African independence movements MPLA (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola) and PAICC (African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde) Creation of the high heels; Creation of the portable sauna Américo Tomás – 13º President of the Republic; Humberto Delgado - candidate for president;

Humberto Delgado Colonial War

Inauguration of the bridge over the Tejo, or bridge Salazar; Creation of textile company Dielmar Marcello Caetano- Prime Minister of Portugal; Humberto Delgado was murdered by the PIDE, near the border with Spain Dies Oliveira Salazar with 81 years old Popular inventions and factories Important people and interesting fact about them Major changes

Early publication of the weekly Expresso; Paulo de Carvalho - interpretation of the song “E Depois do Adeus” ; José Afonso - author of the most emblematic song of April 25, 1974 “Grândola, Vila Morena” Guinea-Bissau proclaimed independence; End of the dictatorship in Portugal (1974); The two songs that are in the left column drove the revolution of the carnations and put an end to 48 years of dictatorship ! Popular inventions and factories Important people and interesting fact about them Major changes

Freedom

Nothing. Mário Soares became the 17th president of the republic; Portugal and Spain entered the European Union; Prime Minister Sá Carneiro dies in plane crash; Carlos Lopes wins the first Olympic gold medal for Portugal in Los Angeles Popular inventions and factories Important people and interesting fact about them Major changes

Inauguration of the Vasco da Gama bridge in Lisbon, the largest bridge on Europe; The Euro is beginning to be used in electronic transactions Jorge Sampaio becomes the 18th President of the Republic; Dies Amália Rodrigues, considered the pinnacle of Portuguese fado Lisbon was the European Capital of Culture; José Saramago won the Nobel Prize in literature; Realization of Expo 98 in Lisbon Popular inventions and factories Important people and interesting fact about them Major changes

Lisbon Stock Exchange trades in euro The euro is adopted as the official currency; Porto was European Capital of Culture Aníbal Cavaco Silva becomes the 19th President; Álvaro Cunhal dies, politician and resistant to “Estado Novo” or dictatorship of Salazar Popular inventions and factories Major changes Important people and interesting fact about them

Nothing. Portugal's parliament approves law allowing gay marriage; Sport Lisboa e Benfica torna-se campeão nacional em Portugal Visita do Papa Bento XVI a Portugal; Die Portuguese writer José Saramago, the only Portuguese- speaking winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Popular inventions and factories Major changes Important people and interesting fact about them …

1) What are your country’s most important historical dates that you celebrate nowadays? Answer: April 25th, Labor Day (May 1st), Day of Camões, Portugal and the Portuguese Communities (June 10 th ) and Deployment Republic (“Implantação da República”) – October 5 th 2) Are there any interesting facts about your country’s history that are not well-known on other countries? Answer: We thing that the other countries know the most important facts about Portugal.