feb 3, 1949 - 1949 NATO created
Description:
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military alliance formed in 1949 in which the signatories (Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United States) agreed to provide mutual assistance if any one of them was attacked; later expanded to include other nations.Added to timeline:
Date:
feb 3, 1949
Now
~ 76 years ago