События
Hitler Invades USSRSummit of TeheranYalta ConferenceGermany SurrendersPotsdam ConferenceChurchill loses reelectionWest Zones of Occupation MergeBritian Stops financial aid
to Greece and TurkeyTruman Doctrine,
USA supports Greece and TurkeyMarshal plan startedBerlin Blockade BeginsBerlin Blockade taken downKorean War BeginsKorea War Ends
ArmisticeManhattan Project EstablishedFDR Dies,
Truman becomes PresBombing of
Hiroshima and NagasakiNew Japanese Constitution DraftedChinese Civil War End
Communist WinSoviets get atomic bombUSA peace with Japan4th Soviet Five Year Plan5th Soviet 5 year planDeath of StalinRioting in E BerlinEast Germany Closes Borders
Begin of Berlin WallBulgaria:
liberated from Nazi's by USSRBulgaria:
Soviets win ElectionBulgaria:
All non-com parties gonePoland:
Minor changes to
ease up communismHungary:
Calls for Reform
Open Street FightingHungary:
Red Army Sent to Budapest
Civil War ended. Soviet WinUSA funds France in VietnamGeneva Accord,
Vietnam split in 2Vietnam:
Vietcong formedVietnam:
Tet Offensive
USA begins to bring home troopsJFK becomes President of USAJFK Assassinated
Johnson becomes President of USANixon becomes President of USABeginning of American Troops in Vietnam WarUSA Vietnam Peace settlementHo Chi Minh Dies
Vietnam Communist LeaderVietnam:
Saigon Falls
Communists Win civil warNATO CreatedMutual Defense Pact CreatedOccupation of West Germany Ends
W Germany becomes part of NATOUSA gets Hygrogen BombSoviet get Hydrogen BombFirst Meeting Between US
and Soviet Leaders since Stalins Death
Geneva, Swit.Britain gets Atomic BombFrance gets atomic bombChina gets atomic bombSoviets get new weapons:
Long ranged bombers
ICBM'sUSSR tries to declare Berlin Deal out of date
USA moves troops into W Berlin.Cultural Exchange between USA and USSREngineer exchange between USA and USSRKhrushchev Visits USAParis Summit
'Stop flying spy planes over USSR'Casto becomes leader of CubaBay of Pigs invasionOperation Mongoose
CIA tries to assassinate Castro a bunchCuban Missile CrisisTest-Ban TreatySoviets invade CzechoslovakiaBrezhnew Doctrine
USSR holds right to intervene
to uphold communism in satellite statesEisenhower Explains Domino TheoryIron Curtain SpeechUSA USSR secret talksNixon visits soviet unionEgypt Syria Union TreatySyria kicks out Egyptian ArmySuez CrisisEisenhower Doctrine
on middle eastPLO Formed
Palastine Liberation OrganizationSyria Proclaims backing to Palastinian LiberationEgypt:
Nasar closes Gulf of Aqaba,
Cutting off IsraelIsrael Launches 'Preventative War' on Egypt
Lasts 6 days (Israel Win)Yom Kippur WarSadat (Egypt) visits IsraelCamp David Accords
Formal recognition of IsraelSadat (Egypt) AssassinatedSouth Africa expelled from
General Assembly of UN for AparthiedSouth Africa gets boycott by many nationsBerlin Wall Fell'I have a Dream' Martin Luther King Jr'Black Power' Stokely Charmichael'The Black Revolution' Malcolm xGhana gains independence from Britain
Kwame Nkruma Independence SpeechGuinea gains independence from FranceMass-African IndependenceUN Declaration on Independence to
Colonial Countries and Peoples Document'What is Peronism' speech
AlgeriaIndian Independence Act
India gains independence'Excerpts of Address by Gorbachov'
Change begins in Soviet UnionReagan and Gorby begin communicating more
LettersGorbachov's Final SpeechThe Soviet Union FallsThe London DeclarationGhana granted 'Self Rule'Agrarian reform in Com. China.
Land redistributed to farmersChina one child policy enacted'Maoist' revolution in China beginsChina: The Great Leap Forward Begins
(Disaster)China: Doing so bad they must import grain to stop starvationChina: 'The Great Cultural Revolution'
Massive turmoil for yearsChina: Mao dies20/41 African Countries under Military rule or influence80 successful coups in Africa by nowSouth Africa Nationalists win election,
Aparthied put in as legislative base of the country.
(Segregation, Afrikaners chosen people)South Africa:
Sharpsville MassacreNelson Mandela put in Prison
for being leader of ANCNelson Mandela Released from PrisonSouth Africa leaves CommonwealthSouth Africa banned from OlympicsSouth Africa:
De Klerk wins election
Major steps for SASouth Africa New Democratic Constitution
Free ElectionsSouth Africa
First free election, ANC/Mandela wins 62% of voteNelson Mandela first President of South AfricaGorby releases soviet parties full control over politicsFirst partliamentary election in USSR,
Major Communist defeatLatvia, Lithuania, Estonia
declare independence from USSRAttempted Coup against Gorby, fails and USSR disbanded.Germany reunited.
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