Events
FEB 1950
PRC & USSR sign
strategic alliance
treaty in MoscowOCT 1958
Creation of 5th
French RepublicAPR-JUL 1954
Geneva
Conference
divides VietnamOCT 1962
Cuban Missle
Crisis18-24 APR 1955
BANDUNG CONFERENCE
PRC, FLN, North & South
Vietnam, and Egypt
among 29 countries
present4 APR 1949
North Atlantic
Treaty Organization
(NATO) Created5 AUG 1963
Limited (Nuclear)
Test Ban Treaty
Signed by US,
USSR & UKMAR-MAY
1954
Battle of
Diên Biên Phu16 OCT 1964
China does
its first nuclear
bomb test
explosion1950
PRC invades
& annexes
Tibet14 MAY 1948
Creation of
Israel15 MAY 1948
Al Nakba1 OCT 1949
PRC founded by
Mao ZedongMAR 1947
Truman
Doctrine3 APR 1948
Marshall Plan
enacted
(proposed in
June 1947)1948
Korea officially divided
North = Communist
South = Capitalist republicAUG 1964
Gulf of Tonkin
Resolution2 SEP 1945
Hô Chi Minh
proclaims
Vietnam's
independence
from FranceFEB 1945
Yalta
ConferenceJULY 1945
Potsdam
ConferenceMAY 1949
Division of
Germany24 Oct 1945
UN CreatedJULY 1944
Bretton Woods
AgreementAPR 1961
Bay of Pigs
InvasionSEP 1961
1st Non-Aligned
Movement (NAM)
Summit Conference
in Belgrade22 SEP
1947
Jdanov
Doctrine1950
Hô Chi Minh's
Democratic
Republic
of Vietnam
recognized by
PRC & USSR11 OCT 1954
Prime Minister
Hô Chi Minh &
Viet Minh formally
take control of
North Vietnam26 OCT 1954
Ngô Đình Diệm
becomes
President of
South Vietnam6 OCT 1949
US Mutual
Defense
Assistance
Program
(MDAP)
created1 NOV 1954
Inspired by
Diên Biên Phu,
FLN revolts,
calling for
creation of a
sovereign
Algerian state27 JULY 1953
Korean Demilitarized
Zone (DMZ) created by
agreement between
N Korea, China & UN
to act as buffer between
North & South KoreaAPR 1950
Mao promises
N Korea support
should it invade
S Korea in effort
to reunite the twoJULY 1950
US enters
Korean War
on S Korea's
side
USSR will
covertly give
aid to N Korea
& China but avoid
formal military
involvement
to prevent
war with US18 MAR 1962
ALGERIAN INDEPENDENCE
France & FLN sign
peace agreement
signaling the end of
132 years of colonial
French rule in Algeria1 JUNE 1958
Charles de Gaulle
appointed French
prime minister by the
National Assembly &
is authorized to write a
new national constitution26 JULY 1956
Egyptian president
Gamal Abdel Nasser
nationalizes Suez Canal
with support from USSR
after US goes back on
promise to help Egypt
fund construction of Dam
on Nile River.
Nasser plans to use tolls
from Suez Canal to pay
for construction of damOCT 1956
First Israel, and
then UK and France
invade & attack
Egypt b/c they don't
want to pay tolls
to use Suez Canal13 JUNE 1956
UK gives up
Suez Canal ending
74 years of British
occupation of
Egypt21 AUG 1956
Egypt says it will
negotiate Suez
ownership if Britain
pulls out of the
Middle East26–29 JULY 1950
No Gun Ri Massacre29 AUG 1949
USSR successfully
tests an atomic bomb14 AUG 1941
Atlantic
Conference
and Charter10 DEC 1948
Universal Declaration
of Human Rights8 OCT 1962
Algeria admitted
as 109th member
of the United Nations23 JULY 1952
Egyptian Revolution
resulting in the
independence of Sudan
+ establishment of the
Republic of Egypt25 FEB 1948
1948 Czechoslovak
Coup d'ÉtatPeriods
1947-1991 (around 44 years)
COLD WAR
Bipolarization & Decolonization1950-1975 (25 years)
US in Vietnam // Vietnam WarJUNE 1950 - JULY 1953 (3 years)
Korean WarNOV 1954 - MAR 1962 (7.5 years)
Algerian War of IndependenceOCT 1956 -
MAR 1957
Suez Crisis1949-1976
MAO ZEDONG
Paramount Leader
of the People's Republic of China (PRC)1945-1953
HARRY TRUMAN
US President1953-1961
DWIGHT EISENHOWER
US President1961-1963
JFK
US President1963-1969
LYNDON JOHNSON
US President1969-1974
RICHARD NIXON
US President1929-1953
JOSEPH STALIN
USSR1953-1964
NIKITA KRUSCHEV
Premier of the USSR1945-1954 (9 years)
French Indochina War1946-1958
4TH FRENCH REPUBLIC1954-1955
1st Taiwan
Strait CrisisAUG-SEP 1958
2nd Taiwan
Strait Crisis1958-PRESENT
5TH FRENCH REPUBLIC1976-1978
HUA GUOFENG
Paramount
Leader of PRC1978-1989
DENG XIAOPING
Paramount Leader
of PRC1964-1982
LEONID BREZHNEV
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (USSR)1982-1984
YURI ANDROPOV
USSR1984-1985
KONSTANTIN CHERNENKO
USSR1985-1991
MIKHAIL GORBACHEV
USSR1974-1977
GERALD FORD
US President1977-1981
JIMMY CARTER
US President1981-1989
RONALD REAGAN
US President1989-1992
GEORGE BUSH
US President1989-2004
JIANG ZEMIN
Paramount Leader
of PRCMAR-SEP 1953
GEORGY MALENKOV
USSR1943-1949
CHIANG KAI-SHEK
Chairman of the
Republic of ChinaSEP 1939- SEP 1945
World War II1910-1945
KOREA OCCUPIED BY JAPAN1945-1948
KOREA OCCUPIED BY
USSR (NORTH) &
US (SOUTH)1830-1962
ALGERIA OCCUPIED BY FRANCE1882- JUN 1956
EGYPT OCCUPIED BY BRITISH FORCES1927-1949
CHINESE CIVIL WAR
Between the Republic of China's (ROC) Kuomintang (KMT) government & the Communist Party of China (CPC)1949-1991
(42 years)
Comecon1947-1956 (8.5 years)
Cominform1948 -1949
(11 months)
Berlin Blockade1920-1946 (26 years)
League of Nations1945-1949
Allied-Occupied Germany1943-1947
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA)20 NOV 1945 -
1 OCT 1946
Nuremberg
Trials29 APR 1946 -
12 NOV 1948
Tokyo
Trials1954 - 1956 (President of Republic of Egypt)
1956 -1970
GAMAL ABDEL NASSER
President of Egypt1960-1965
SIRIMAVO BANDARANAIKE
Prime Minister of the
Dominion of Ceylon1970-1977
SIRIMAVO BANDARANAIKE
Prime Minister of the
Dominion of Ceylon1962 -1963 (Prime Minister)
1963 - 1965
AHMED BEN BELLA
1st President of Algeria1994 - 2000
SIRIMAVO BANDARANAIKE
Prime Minister of
Sri Lanka1958 - 1959 (Prime Minister)
1959 - 1969
CHARLES DE GAULLE
President of France1969 - 1974
GEORGES POMPIDOU
President of
France1959 - 1976
FIDEL CASTRO
Prime Minister
of Cuba1945 - 1969
HÔ CHÍ MINH
1st President of the
Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North)1969 - 1976 (President of North Vietnam)
1976 -1980
TÔN ĐÚC THĀNG
1st President of Vietnam1954 - 1955 (PM of State of Vietnam)
1955 - 1963
NGÔ ĐÌNH DIÊM
1st President of the Republic of Vietnam (South)1963 - 1991
TENZIN GYATSO
Head of State of the
Kashag of Tibet1947 - 1964
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU
1st Prime Minister
of India1945 - 1967
SUKARNO
1st President
of Indonesia1948-1960
RHEE SYNGMAN
1st President of
South Korea1948 - 1972
KIM IL-SUNG
1st Premier of
North Korea1952 - 1957 (1st PM Gold Coast)
1957 - 1960 (1st PM Ghana)
1960 - 1966 (President)
KWAME NKRUMAH
1st President of Ghana1946 - 1948
KLEMENT GOTTWALD
Prime Minister of
Czechoslovakia1939 - 1945 (President in exile)
1945 - 1948
EDVARD BENEŠ
President of Czechoslovakia
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