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•July 1, 1921:Inspired by the Russian Revolution, the Communist Party of China is formed. •January 21, 1924:Lenin dies at age 54 of a stroke, andJoseph Stalin, who had served as Lenin’s general secretary, eventually takes over official rule of the Soviet Union until his death in ...
U.S.-trained Cuban exiles invade their homeland during thebotched Bay of Pigsin a failed attempt to overthrow dictatorFidel Castro. Soon after his inauguration, PresidentJohn. F. Kennedyauthorizes the plan. When the 1,400 exiles land at the Bay of Pigs on Cuba's southern coast, they come ...
1953 A.D. TheCuban Revolutionlead by Fidel Castro begins. 1955 A.D. Start of theVietnam War. 1957 A.D. United States FDA approves thebirth control pill. 1959 A.D.World populationreaches 3 billion. 1961 A.D. TheBerlin Wallis built, divides Germany. ...
Cuban Missile Crisis, Khrushchev withdraws missiles from Cuba Top 1964 Leonid Brezhnev helps engineer Khrushchev's fall from power, becomes first secretary of Communist Party Top 1969 Major border clashes with China Top 1972 Détente: President Richard Nixon visits USSR, signs arms control treaties wi...
First elections since Florida gained four additional seats in the US House of Representatives saw Cubans and Afro-Americans seated. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Cuban-born, joined lleana Ros-Lehtinen, the first Cuban, elected to the Florida House in 1982, the Florida Senate in 1986, and the US House...
Anti-American sentiment in Iran grew following a CIA backed coup that removed a democratically elected prime minister and installed the pro-western Shah of Iran. Anger at the Shah's opposition to political reforms and human rights abuses led to the Islamic Revolution in 1979. The hostage crisis...
The article presents a timeline of the Spanish-American War and the USS Maine. The Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain started in 1868. Spanish authorities brought Cuban revolution under control in 1878. The U.S. Congress appropriated money to build the Maine and its sister ship, Texas,...
• October – November:The Cuban Missile Crisisbrings the world to the brink of nuclear war. 1963 • August 5: Test Ban treaty between UK, USSR, and US limits nuclear testing. France and China reject it and develop their own weapons. ...
“Elvis is the greatest cultural force in the twentieth century. He introduced the beat to everything, music, language, clothes, it’s a whole new social revolution - the 60’s comes from it.” -Leonard Bernstein November 5, 1953 Marilyn Monroe sings "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend...