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British and Free French
troops occupy Syria.Shukri al-Kuwalti is elected
first President of Syria.Baath party founded.Civilian government
disrupted by repeated
coups.Shukri al-Kuwatli returns
to power.Syria and Egypt form
The United Arab Republic.Syrian army officers seize
power in Damascus.Baathist army officers
seize powerSalah Jadid leads an international
coup against the Baath leadership.Isreli forces seize the Golan
HeightsHafez al-Assad overthrows
President Nur al-Din al-AtasiPresident Assad said he was
ready to make peace with Isriel.Syria intervenes with the
Lebanese civil war.Muslum groups instigate
uprisings.Start of Iran/Iraq war.
(Syria backs Iran)Israel formally annexes
The Golan HeightsIsreal invades Lebanon
and attacks the Syrian
army forces.Lebanon and Isreal
anounce the end of
all hostillities.Presidents' brother is
promoted to VicepresidentPresident Assad sends
troops into Lebanon for
a second time.Syria joins US-led colaition
against IraqSyria Participates in the
Middle East peace
conference in Mydrid.President Assad's son is
killed in a car accident.President Assad's brother
id dismissed as vice-presidentBetween the US and Isriel,
talks begin about the Golan
Heights.President Assad dies
and is replaced by his
son Bashar al-Assad.New president orders the
release of 600 political
prisoners.Outlawed Muslum Brotherhood
says that they will resume political
activity.Syrian troops evacuate
Beirut.Sinor US official includes
Syria in a list of countries
that make up an "axis of evil"The killing of former
Lebanese president
sparks anti-Syrian
protests in Beirut.Syria and Iraq restore
dyplomatic relations.The European Union
relaunches dialogue
with Syria.President Assad meets
FrenchPresident Nicolas
Sarkozy in Paris.The US renews sanctions
with Syria, saying that they
stand with terrorist groups.Security forces shoot dead
protestors in the southern city
of Deraa demanding the release
of political prisonersGovernment steps up
the bombardment of
Homs and other cities.Syria accuses Israel of
bombing military base
near Damascus.UN-brokered peace
talks in Geneva fail.Islamic State fighters seize
the ancient city of Palmyra
in central Syria.Government troops,
backed by Russian air power
and Iranian-sponsored militias,
recapture Aleppo.US President Donald
Trump orders a missile
attack on an airbase from
which Syrian government
planes allegedly staged a
chemical weapons.Japanese warplanes attack
US fleet at Pearl Harbour
in Hawaii.The US drops two atomic bombs
on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.The US enunciates policy
of aid for nations it deems
threatened by communism.America's programme to
revive ailing post-war
European economies.Senator Joseph McCarthy
carries out a crusade
against alleged communists.US forces play leading role
against North Korean and
Chinese troops in Korean
War.Racial segregation in
schools becomes
unconstitutional.Democratic Party
candidate John F Kennedy
elected president.President John F Kennedy
assassinated; Lyndon
Johnson becomes president.US steps up its military
intervention in Vietnam.Black civil rights leader
Martin Luther King
assassinated.1. Republican Party candidate
Richard Nixon elected.
2. US astronaut Neil Armstrong
becomes the first person to walk
on the Moon.Vietnam ceasefire
agreement signed.Democratic Party candidate
Jimmy Carter elected president.Republican Party's Ronald
Reagan elected president.US warplanes bomb
Libyan cities.Reagan's vice-president,
George Bush, elected
president.Democratic Party candidate
Bill Clinton elected president.Clinton re-elected, beating
Republican rival Bob Dole.Missile attacks on Baghdad
mark the start of a US-led
campaign to topple the Iraqi
leader Saddam Hussein.Senate report says US and
allies went to war in Iraq
on "flawed" information.Democratic Party wins control
of the Senate and House of
Representatives in mid-term
elections.Democratic Senator Barack
Obama becomes the first
black president of the United States.Democrats in Congress
succeed in passing a bill
on health care reform.US forces kill Al-Qaeda
leader Osama Bin Laden
in an operation in the
Pakistani city of Abbottabad.A man armed with an
assault rifle kills 20
children and six adults
at an elementary school
in Newtown, Connecticut.Republicans win a Senate
majority in mid-term
elections.President Obama announces
that 10,000 US troops will
remain in Afghanistan.Republican candidate
Donald Trump wins the
presidential election,
defeating Democratic
candidate Hillary Clinton
in one of the biggest political
upsets in US history.President Trump warns
of a military response
after North Korea threatens
to fire a missile towards the
US Pacific territory of Guam.
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