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Jun 7, 1945
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USSR demanded territory & bases from Turkey with joint control of the Dardanelles
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Jul 3 1945
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Jul 17, 1945
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Aug 6, 1945
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Aug 12, 1945
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Aug 16, 1945
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Aug 19, 1945
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The Vietminh seize power from Japan in French Indochina.
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Sep 2, 1945
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Ho Chi Minh, proclaims the independent Democratic Republic of Vietnam
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Sep 6, 1945
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Sep, 20, 1945
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Nov 10, 1945
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Nov 11, 1945
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Nov 20, 1945
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Trial of the major war criminals by the International Military Tribunal begins at 10 a.m. in Nuremberg, Germany
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Jan 1, 1946
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Polish industrial enterprises employing more than 50 workers are nationalized.
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Feb 2, 1946
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Mar 5, 1946
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Winston Churchill Gives His "Iron Curtain" Speech
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Mar 5, 1946
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May 5, 1946
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Marines bridge guards attacked by Chinese communists firing mortars near Tangku, China. 1 WIA
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May 5, 1946
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Civil War breaks out in Greece between British-backed monarchists and communists.
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May 26, 1946
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Communist Party wins a majority in the general election in Czechoslovakia.
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Jun 4, 1946
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Juan Perón Becomes President of Argentina
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Jun 23, 1946
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7 US destroyers anchor off Trieste
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Jun 30, 1946
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: 9 US and British soldiers wounded in grenade attack, Trieste.
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3 Jul, 1946
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Jul 5, 1946
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Jul 14, 1946
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Dr. Spock Publishes The Common Book of Baby and Child Care
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Oct 27, 1946
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Mar12, 1947
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May 31, 1947
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Turkish Premier called for continued state of siege after USSR territorial demands in Dardanelles.
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Jun 5, 1947
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Marshall Plan for economic rehabilitation of Europe announced.
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Jun 5, 1947
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US protested Soviet-supported coup in Hungary
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Jun 5, 1947
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Jun 6, 1947
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10% of Hungarian voters disenfranchised by new law
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Jun 13, 1947
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First US reconnaissance flight along Siberian coast by B-29 Ferret "Sitting Duck", Vietnam.
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Jun 13, 1947
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Soviet troops fired on Swedish aid workers in Vienna, Austria, 1 killed
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Jun 23, 1947
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2 American soldiers shot by Russian soldiers in Vienna, Austria.
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Jun 26, 1947
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Huks attacked US forces in Philippines
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Aug 8 , 1947
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Government in Hungary announces a three-year plan of nationalization.
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Oct 14, 1947
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Chuck Yeager Breaks the Sound Barrier
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Nov 14, 1947
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Nov 29, 1947
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United Nations adopts a plan for the partition of Palestine into Jewish and Arab zones.
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Mar10, 1948
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Mar 19, 1948
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Apr 1, 1948
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May 14, 1948
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State of Israel established, first Arab-Israeli war began
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May 16, 1948
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Jun 14, 1948
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Jun 15, 1948
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60 US B-29 bombers deployed to Great Britain in response to Berlin blockade
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Jun 24, 1948
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Soviets closed access routes to Western sectors of Berlin (Berlin Blockade began)
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Jun 24, 1948
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The Soviet Union blockades road and rail traffic between Berlin and the West.
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Jun 25, 1948
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Berlin airlift began with first planeload of supplies
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Jun 28, 1948
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Sep 3, 1948
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Sep 9, 1948
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Democratic People's Republic established in North Korea.
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Sep 17, 1948
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Oct 24, 1948
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In a speech by Bernard Baruch the term Cold War is used for the first time.
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Nov 11, 1948
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Chinese communist forces capture Manchuria.
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Dec12, 1948
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Dec 28, 1948
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Nokrashy Pasha, the prime minister of Egypt, is assassinated by Muslim terrorists.
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Feb 24, 1949
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Apr 4, 1949
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Apr 24, 1949
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Communist forces in China capture Nanjing.
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May 9, 1949
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Soviets lifted Berlin blockade. Total allied casualties: 31 US airmen 39 British & 9 German personnel
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May 12, 1949
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May 23, 1949
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Jul 7, 1949
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Alger Hiss, suspected of being a communist spy, goes on trial.
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Jul 13, 1949
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Pope Pius XIII condemns those who support communism.
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Sep 12, 1949
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Oct 1, 1949
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Oct 7, 1949
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Oct 7, 1949
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Oct 16, 1949
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Monarchists defeat communists in Civil War in Greece.
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Nov 11, 1949
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The Polish United Workers' Party is purged of supporters of Josip Tito.
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Nov 14, 1949
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Jan 1950
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Federal Hourly Minimum Wage set at $0.75 an hour.
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Jan 12, 1950
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Mustafa Pasha forms a nationalist government in Egypt.
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Jan 14, 1950
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Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV).
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Jan 19, 1950
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Communist Chinese leader Mao recognized the Republic of Vietnam.
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Jan 21, 1950
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Former State Department official Alger Hiss, accused of being part of a Communist spy ring, was found guilty in New York of lying to a grand jury. Hiss, who always maintained his innocence, was sentenced to five years in prison; he served less than four.
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Jan 21, 1950
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Author George Orwell died in London of tuberculosis at age 46.
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Jan 23, 1950
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The Israeli Knesset approved a resolution proclaiming Jerusalem the capital of Israel.
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Jan 24, 1950
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Jackie Robinson signed highest contract in Dodger history at $35,000.
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Jan 25, 1950
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Jan 29, 1950
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Riots broke out in Johannesburg, South Africa, over Apartheid.
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Jan 29, 1950
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The French National Assembly approved legislation granting autonomy to Bao Dai's State of Vietnam.
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Jan 31, 1950
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Jan 31, 1950
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President Truman announced that he had ordered full-speed development of the hydrogen bomb.
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Jan 31, 1950
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Paris protested the Soviet recognition of Ho Chi Minh's Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
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Feb 1950
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Senator Joseph McCarthy made a speech claiming that there were 205 communists working in the US State Dept.
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Feb 1950
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Frank McNamara paid for a meal at Major’s Cabin Grill in NYC with his newly invented Diners Club card. The cardboard card was the first charge card that could be used at multiple establishments.
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Feb 1950
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The Viet Minh began an offensive against French troops in Indo China.
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Feb 2, 1950
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Nuclear physicist Klaus Fuchs was arrested on spy charges.
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Feb 7, 1950
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The United States recognized Vietnam under the leadership of Emperor Bao Dai (Soviets had recognized Ho Chi Minh)
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Feb 9, 1950
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Feb 9, 1950
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Feb 9, 1950
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Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R, Wisconsin) charged that the State Department was riddled with Communists in a speech at the Republican Women's Club in Wheeling, W. Va.
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Feb 12, 1950
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Albert Einstein warned against the hydrogen bomb on US national TV.
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Feb 13, 1950
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Albania becomes the sixth Eastern bloc country to recognize Ho Chi Minh’s Vietnamese government
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Feb 14, 1950
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Feb 15, 1950
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WM Inge's "Come Back, Little Sheba," premiered in NYC.
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Feb 15, 1950
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Walt Disney's animated "Cinderella" released.
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Feb 15, 1950
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Joseph Stalin and Mao Tse-tung signed a mutual defense treaty in Moscow.
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Feb 17, 1950
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In New York 31 people died in a train crash at Long Island’s Rockville Center.
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Feb 18, 1950
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John Hughes, director (Breakfast Club, 16 Candles, Weird Science), was born in Lansing, Mich.
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Feb 21, 1950
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United States formally broke relations with Bulgaria.
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Feb 25, 1950
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The comedy-variety program "Your Show of Shows," starring Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner and, later, Howard Morris, debuted on NBC-TV; writers included Mel Brooks, Neil Simon & Woody Allen.
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Feb 26, 1950
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Leonard Bernstein's "Age of Anxiety" premiered in NYC.
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Feb 28, 1950
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The French Assembly in Paris decided to limit the sale of Coca-Cola.
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Mar 1, 1950
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Chiang Kai-shek resumed the presidency of Nationalist China in Taipei.
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Mar 1, 1950
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Klaus Fuchs was sentenced in London to 14 years for atomic espionage.
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Mar 2, 1950
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Silly Putty was introduced to the public. Silly Putty was accidentally invented in 1943 by James Wright of General Electric.
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Mar 8, 1950
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Marshall Voroshilov of the USSR announced the Soviet Union had developed an atomic bomb. [see August 29, 1949]
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Mar 14, 1950
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The FBI began its "10 Most Wanted" list after a reporter asked for the names and descriptions of the "toughest guys" the FBI would like to capture.
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Mar 16, 1950
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Mar 18, 1950
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Nationalist troops landed on the mainland of China and captured Communist held Sungmen.
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Mar 19, 1950
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Edgar Rice Burroughs (74), sci-fi author and the creator of Tarzan, died.
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Mar 23, 1950
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At the Academy Awards, "All the King's Men" won best picture of 1949
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Mar 26, 1950
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Senator Joe McCarthy named Owen Lattimore, an ex-State Department adviser, as a Soviet spy.
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Mar 30, 1950
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President Truman denounced Senator Joe McCarthy as a saboteur of U.S. foreign policy.
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Apr 1, 1950
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Charles R. Drew (45), surgeon, developer of blood bank concept, died.
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Apr 8, 1950
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A US Navy Privateer airplane flew from Wiesbaden, West Germany, to spy over the Soviet Union with 10 people on board. Soviet reconnaissance spotted the plane over Latvia and shot it down.
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Apr 9, 1950
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Bob Hope made his first television appearance.
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Apr 14, 1950
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NSC-68 presented to President Truman.
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Apr 18, 1950
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The first transatlantic jet passenger trip was made.
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Apr 23, 1950
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Chiang Kai-shek evacuated Hainan, leaving mainland China to Mao and the communists.
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Apr 24, 1950
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"Peter Pan" opened at Imperial Theater in NYC for 320 performances.
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Apr 24, 1950
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Jordan annexed the West Bank and offered citizenship to all Palestinians wishing to claim it.
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Apr 25, 1950
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Chuck Cooper 1st black to play in the NBA.
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Apr 27, 1950
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South Africa passed the Group Areas Act, formally segregating races.
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May, 1950
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The magazine Astounding Science Fiction published "Dianetics" by L. Ron Hubbard. His book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health was published later this year, upon which the Church of Scientology was later based.
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May 13, 1950
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Steveland Morris Hardaway (Stevie Wonder) born prematurely in Saginaw, Mi., as Steveland Judkins. Too much oxygen in the incubator caused permanent blindness.
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May 13, 1950
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Diner's Club issued its 1st credit cards.
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Jun, 1950
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The FBI arrested David Greenglass, younger brother of Ethel Rosenberg. He confessed to spying the same day.
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Jun 6, 1950
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President Truman authorized resumption of air reconnaissance missions over the Baltic
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Jun 8, 1950
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Alex Van Halen, drummer for the hard rock group Van Halen, was born.
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Jun 17, 1950
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Surgeon Richard Lawler performed the first kidney transplant operation in Chicago.
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Jun 25, 1950
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North Korea invaded South Korea
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Jun 25, 1950
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Jun 25, 1950
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The Korean War started as forces from the communist North invaded the South. It lasted till 1953
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Jun 26, 1950
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President Truman authorized the US Air Force and Navy to enter the Korean conflict.
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Jun 27, 1950
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President Truman authorized use of air & naval forces in Korea
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Jun 27, 1950
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President Truman ordered the Air Force and Navy into the Korean conflict following a call from the United Nations Security Council for member nations to help South Korea repel an invasion from the North.
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Jun 27, 1950
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US sent 35 military advisers to South Vietnam.
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Jun 28, 1950
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Jun 28, 1950
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South Korean government blew up the Han River Bridge, the southern escape route for many Seoul residents, just hours before the North Koreans arrived.
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Jun 28, 1950
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General Douglas MacArthur arrived in South Korea as Seoul fell to the North Korean forces.
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Jun 29, 1950
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President Harry S. Truman authorized a sea blockade of Korea.
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Jun 30, 1950
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President Harry Truman ordered U.S. troops into Korea and authorizes the draft. On that same day
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Jun 30, 1950
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B-29 Super Fortresses bomb targets in North Korea.
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Jul, 1950
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In Korea the US Army lost 2,834 soldiers with 2,486 wounded in July.
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Jul, 1950
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Some 1800 political prisoners were executed over 3 days at Taejon (Daejeon). The executions were ordered to prevent the release of the prisoners by advancing North Korean military. Later evidence indicated that South Korean executioners killed between 3,000 and 7,000 at Daejeon.
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Jun-Jul, 1950
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Government of Syngman Rhee arrested tens of thousands for fear that leftists would collaborate with the North Koreans sweeping down the peninsula. Rhee ordered the murders of thousands of political opponents and some of their mass graves were not found until the late 1990s.
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Jul 1, 1950
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Jul 1, 1950
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American ground troops arrived in South Korea to stem the tide of the advancing North Korean army.
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Jul 1, 1950
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The European Payment Union (EPU) came into being, by agreement of the country members of the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC).
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Jul 3, 1950
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US Pres. Truman signed public law 600. It provided federal statutory authorization for the people of Puerto Rico to write their own constitution.
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Jul 3, 1950
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American and North Korean forces clashed for the first time in the Korean War. U.S. carrier-based planes attacked airfields in the Pyongyang-Chinnampo area of North Korea in the first air-strike of the Korean War.
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Jul 5, 1950
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American forces engaged the North Koreans for the first time at Osan, South Korea.
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Jul 5, 1950
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Private Kenneth Shadrick of Skin Fork, West Virginia, became the first US serviceman to die in the Korean War.
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Jul 8, 1950
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President Harry Truman named US Gen. Douglas MacArthur as commander-in-chief of United Nations forces assisting the South Koreans.
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Jul 20, 1950
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In one of the first American actions in the Korean War, the U.S. Army’s Task Force Smith was pushed back into the Naktong perimeter by superior North Korean forces.
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Jul 20, 1950
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US planes strafed refugees south of Yusong.
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Jul 23, 1950
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American soldiers ordered villagers from Chu Gok Ri and warned them of approaching North Koreans. The villagers fled to Im Ke Ri.
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Jul 24, 1950
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The U.S. Fifth Air Force relocated from Japan to Korea.
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Jul 24, 1950
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Robert W. Lehnhoff, [Executioner of Groningen], SS Führer, was executed.
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Jul 25, 1950
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Top staff officers of the US 8th Army, Muccio's representative Harold J. Noble and South Korean officials met and decided on a policy of air-dropping leaflets telling South Korean civilians not to head south toward US defense lines, and of shooting them if they did approach US lines despite warning shots. This information was in a letter from ambassador John J. Muccio to US Sec. of State Dean Rusk. The letter was declassified in 1982 .
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Jul 25, 1950
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American soldiers In Korea ordered villagers away from Im Ke Ri and sent them on the road to Hwanggan.
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Jul 26, 1950
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United States military involvement in Vietnam began as President Harry Truman authorized $15 million in military aid to the French.
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Jul 29, 1950
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After 3 days of US fire into underpasses, the 2nd Battalion pulled away. Koreans said 300 were left dead at the bridge at No Gun Ri.
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Jul 24-27, 1950
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US orders in the 25th Infantry Division were issued to treat civilians in the Korea battle zone as enemy.
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Jul 26-29, 1950
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US troops killed up to 300 South Korean refugees trapped under a bridge at No Gun Ri. The villagers had gathered there to avoid strafing from US planes which killed some 100. US troops feared the refugees included infiltrators from North Korea. The killings were not made public until 1999. On Jan 11, 2001 the US Army admitted that civilians were massacred and Pres. Clinton offered his regrets. The US Army blamed the "fog of war" in apology and acknowledgement.
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Aug 1, 1950
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Lead elements of the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division arrived in Korea from the United States.
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Aug 2, 1950
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The U.S. First Provisional Marine Brigade arrived in Korea from the United States.
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Aug 3, 1950
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US Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) of 35 men arrives in Saigon. By the end of the year, the US was bearing half of the cost of France's war effort in Vietnam. Pres. Truman gave military aid to the Vietnamese regime of Bao-Dai.
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Aug 3, 1950
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In South Korea Maj. Gen'l. Hobart R. Gay ordered the demolition of the Waegwan Bridge over the Naktong River to prevent enemy crossings. The bridge was filled with refugees. 25 miles down river the 650-foot long Tuksong-dong bridge was also destroyed as refugees crossed.
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Aug 8, 1950
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U.S. troops repelled the first North Korean attempt to overrun them at the battle of Naktong Bulge, which continued for 10 days.
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Aug 8, 1950
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Florence Chadwick (1918-1995) swam the English Channel from France to Dover in 13 hours and 23 minutes. A year later she swam the reverse in 16:22.
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Aug 10, 1950
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President Harry S. Truman called the National Guard to active duty to fight in the Korean War.
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Aug 10, 1950
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In South Korea some 200-300 prisoners were killed by South Korean police near Dokchon.
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Aug 14, 1950
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Gary Larson, cartoonist (Far Side), was born in Tacoma, Washington.
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Aug 15, 1950
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Two U.S. divisions were badly mauled by the North Korean Army at the Battle of the Bowling Alley in South Korea, which raged on for five more days.
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Aug 18-25, 1950
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The Battles of the Bowling Alley took place during the Korean War in a narrow valley north of Tabu-dong, Korea on the Taegu-Sangju road.
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Aug 19, 1950
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Edith Sampson became the first African-American representative to the United Nations.
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Aug 20, 1950
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South Korean police and soldiers killed 210 people on the southern island of Cheju.
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Aug 22, 1950
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Althea Gibson became the first black tennis player to be accepted in competition for the national championship.
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Aug 23, 1950
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Up to 77,000 members of the U.S. Army Organized Reserve Corps were called involuntarily to active duty to fight the Korean War.
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Aug 25, 1950
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President Truman ordered the Army to seize control of the nation’s railroads to avert a strike. The railroads were returned to their owners 2 years later.
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Aug 31, 1950
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Three North Korean divisions opened an assault on UN lines on the Naktong River in a push to take Pusan.
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Sep 1, 1950
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West Berlin was granted a constitution.
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Sep 1, 1950
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In South Korea the USS DeHaven received an order from its Shore Fire Control Party to open fire on a large group of refugee personnel located on Pohang beach. Witnesses said 100 to 200 civilians were killed in the Navy shelling.
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Sep 1, 1950
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US Company C, 1st Battalion of the 23rd Infantry Regiment, nearly wiped out as North Korean divisions opened an assault on UN lines on the Naktong River. Only Company C and other elements of the 2nd Infantry Division stood in the path.
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Sep 4, 1950
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The Beetle Bailey cartoon appeared for the 1st time in syndication. Beatle Bailey, the laziest private in the army, was created by Mort Walker.
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Sep 4, 1950
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1st helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy lines.
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Sep 5, 1950
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Cathy Guisewite, cartoonist and creator of Cathy, was born.
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Sep 9, 1950
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Massive arrests of communists in France.
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Sep 10, 1950
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In South Korea 43 American war planes dropped 93 napalm canisters over Wolmi to clear out its eastern slope for UN troops. Village residents later said dozens of people were killed.
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Sep 11, 1950
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Jan C. Smuts, co-founder of British RAF and S. African PM (1919-48), died at 80.
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Sep 15, 1950
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US Army make an amphibious landing at Inchon.
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Sep 15, 1950
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During the Korean conflict, United Nations forces landed at Inchon in the south and began their drive toward Seoul. Considered the greatest amphibious attack in history, it was the zenith of General Douglas MacArthur's career.
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Sep 15, 1950
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US troop landed on Wolmi-Do island off of Seoul.
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Sep 16, 1950
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The U.S. 8th Army broke out of the Pusan Perimeter in South Korea and began heading north to meet MacArthur’s troops heading south from Inchon.
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Sep 19, 1950
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UN rejected membership of China's People Republic.
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Sep 22, 1950
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Meryl Streep, actress born.
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Sep 22, 1950
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Ralph J Bunche 1st black to be awarded a Nobel peace prize. [see Dec 10]
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Sep 22, 1950
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Omar N. Bradley was promoted to the rank of five-star general, joining Dwight D. Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, George C. Marshall and Henry H. "Hap" Arnold.
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Sep 23, 1950
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Congress adopted the Internal Security Act, which provided for registration of communists (later ruled unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court)
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Sep 23, 1950
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US Mustangs accidentally bombed British troops on Hill 282 in Korea. 17 were killed.
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Sep 24, 1950
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In "Operation Magic Carpet" all Jews from Yemen moved to Israel.
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Sep 26, 1950
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Sep 26, 1950
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The California state legislature passed a bill requiring state employees to sign a loyalty oath.
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Sep 26, 1950
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General Douglas MacArthur's American X Corps, fresh from the Inchon landing, linked up with the U.S. Eighth Army after its breakout from the Pusan Perimeter.
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Sep 26, 1950
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United Nations troops recaptured the South Korean capital of Seoul from the North Koreans.
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Sep 26, 1950
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Because of forest fire in British Columbia a blue moon appeared in England.
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Sep 26, 1950
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Indonesia was admitted to the UN.
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Sep 27, 1950
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U.S. Army and Marine troops liberated Seoul, South Korea.
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Sep 29, 1950
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Sep 29, 1950
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General Douglas MacArthur officially returned Seoul, South Korea, to President Syngman Rhee.
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Sep 30, 1950
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1st TV broadcast of Radio's "Grand Ole Opry"
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Sep 30, 1950
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U.N. forces pursued the retreating North Korean Army across the 38th parallel separating North and South Korea.
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Oct, 1950
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Hank Ketcham began his cartoon strip "Dennis the Menace."
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Oct 2, 1950
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Charles M. Schulz’s comic strip "Peanuts," syndicated to seven newspapers as "Li'l Folks."
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Oct 2, 1950
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Mao Tse Tung sent a telegram to Stalin. China intervened in Korea.
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Oct 7, 1950
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Mother Teresa (1910-1997), known in India as the "Saint of the Gutters", received permission from the Vatican to start a diocesan congregation that would become the Missionaries of Charity order of nuns in Calcutta.
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Oct 7, 1950
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United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution to establish a unified and democratic Korea.
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Oct 7, 1950
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United Nations General Assembly approved an advance by UN forces north of the 38th Parallel in the Korean Conflict.
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Oct 9, 1950
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UN forces, led by the First Cavalry Division, crossed the 38th parallel in South Korea and began attacking northward towards the North Korean capital of Pyongyang.
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Oct 11, 1950
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The Federal Communications Commission authorized the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) to begin commercial color TV broadcasts.
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Oct 14, 1950
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Chinese Communist Forces began to infiltrate the North Korean Army.
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Oct 14, 1950
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Rev. Sun Young Moon liberated from Hung Nam prison (Korea).
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Oct 15, 1950
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President Harry Truman met with General Douglas MacArthur at Wake Island to discuss U.N. progress in the Korean War.
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Oct 18, 1950
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US forces drove north across the 38th parallel into the Peoples Republic of North Korea.
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Oct 18, 1950
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The First Turkish Brigade arrived in Korea to assist the U.N. forces fighting there.
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Oct 19, 1950
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United Nations forces entered the North Korean capital of Pyongyang.
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Oct 20, 1950
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Oct 21, 1950
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Chinese forces occupied Tibet.
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Oct 21, 1950
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North Korean Premier Kim Il-sung established a new capital at Sinuiju on the Yalu River opposite the Chinese City of Antung.
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Oct 25, 1950
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Chinese Communist Forces launched their first phase offensive across the Yalu River into North Korea.
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Oct 26, 1950
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Mother Theresa founded the Missionaries of Charity global order of nuns in Calcutta.
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Oct 26, 1950
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A reconnaissance platoon for a South Korean division reached the Yalu River, the only elements of the U.N. force to reach the river before the Chinese offensive pushed the whole army down into South Korea.
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Oct 30, 1950
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First Marine Division was ordered to replace the entire South Korean I Corps at the Chosin Reservoir area.
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Oct 30, 1950
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Gen'l. Douglas McArthur ordered a combined Marine and Army outfit to cross the 38th parallel and "mop up" remaining North Korean soldiers: 12,000 Marines found themselves surrounded by 8 Chinese divisions. The marines lost 4,000 men and the Chinese lost 37,500.
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Oct 31, 1950
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John Candy, comedian, was born in Ontario, Canada.
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Nov, 1950
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Inexperienced but well trained and eager to show their mettle, the first
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Nov 1, 1950
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Two members of a Puerto Rican nationalist movement, Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola, tried to force their way into Blair House in Washington to assassinate President Truman. The attempt failed, and one of the pair Griselio Torresola, was shot dead. On July 24, 1952, Truman commuted Collazo’s death sentence to life imprisonment, on the same day he signed an act enlarging the self-government of Puerto Rico.
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Nov 4, 1950
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The European Convention on Human Rights was signed in Rome.
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Nov 6, 1950
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A Chinese offensive was halted at Chongchon River, North Korea.
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Nov 8, 1950
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During the Korean conflict the first all-jet air combat took place over Korea as U.S. Air Force Lieut. It lasted about 30 seconds. Russell J. Brown shot down a North Korean MiG-15.
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Nov 16, 1950
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US Pres. Truman proclaimed an emergency crisis caused by communist threat.
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Nov 18, 1950
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South Korea Pres. Syngman Rhee was forced to end mass executions.
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Nov 19, 1950
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US General Eisenhower became supreme commander of NATO.
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Nov 20, 1950
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U.S. troops pushed to Yalu River within five miles of Manchuria.
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Nov 22, 1950
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In New York 78 died in a train crash in Richmond Hills (later Kew Gardens), NY.
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Nov 24, 1950
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The musical "Guys and Dolls," based on the writings of Damon Runyon and featuring songs by Frank Loesser, opened on Broadway.
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Nov 24, 1950
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UN troops began an assault with the intent to end the Korean War by Christmas.
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Nov 26, 1950
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Chinese troops enter North Korea and United Nations troops begin to retreat.
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Nov 26, 1950
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China entered the Korean conflict, launching a counter-offensive across the Yalu River against soldiers from the United Nations, the United States and South Korea, halting the UN offensive.
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Nov 27, 1950
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East of the Chosin River, Chinese forces annihilated an American task force. Col. Barber (d.2002 at 82) and 220 soldiers in Fox Company withstood a 5-day assault to protect an escape pass.
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Nov 28, 1950
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In Korea, 200,000 Communist troops launched attack on UN forces.
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Nov 30, 1950
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President Truman declared that the U.S. would use the A-bomb to get peace in Korea.
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Dec 1, 1950
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In North Korea a US company of soldiers encountered a swarming Chinese assault near Kunu-ri. Army Sgt. Richard Desautels was among those captured and taken to a POW compound, known as Camp 5, near Pyoktong. In 2003 Chinese authorities said Desautels became mentally ill and died on April 29, 1953, and was buried in a Chinese cemetery.
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Dec 3, 1950
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Chinese closed in on Pyongyang, Korea, driving UN forces southward.
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Dec 4, 1950
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University of Tennessee defied court rulings by rejecting five Negro applicants.
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Dec 5, 1950
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Pyongyang, Korea fell to the invading Chinese army.
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Dec 9, 1950
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President Truman banned U.S. exports to Communist China.
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Dec 9, 1950
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Harry Gold got 30 years imprisonment for passing atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union during World War II.
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Dec 10, 1950
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Dr. Ralph J. Bunche (b.1904) became the first African-American to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. [see Sep 22]
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Dec 13, 1950
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James Dean began his career with an appearance in a Pepsi commercial.
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Dec 16, 1950
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President Truman proclaimed a state of National Emergency (as Chinese communists invaded deeper into South Korea) in order to fight "Communist imperialism."
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Dec 17, 1950
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French named Marshal de Lattre de Tassigny to command their troops in Vietnam.
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Dec 19, 1950
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The North Atlantic Council named General Eisenhower supreme commander of Western European defense forces of NATO.
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Dec 19, 1950
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Tibet's Dalai Lama fled a Chinese invasion.
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Dec 20, 1950
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"Harvey," starring James Stewart, premiered in NY.
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Dec 23, 1950
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General Walton H. Walker, the commander of the Eighth Army in Korea, was killed in a jeep accident. Lieutenant General Matthew B. Ridgeway was named his successor.
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Dec 27, 1950
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U.S. and Spain resumed relations.
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Dec 28, 1950
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Chinese troops enter South Korea.
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Dec 28, 1950
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Chinese troops crossed the 38th Parallel into South Korea.
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Dec 30, 1950
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Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia became independent states in a French Union.
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Jan 1, 1951
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Chinese and North Korean troops capture Seoul.
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Mar 14, 1951
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Mar 14, 1951
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Mar 30, 1951
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Apr 5, 1951
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Oct 9, 1951
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Feb 26, 1952
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Mar 10, 1952
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Jun 5, 1952
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Swedish C-47 shot down by Soviet fighter over Baltic, crew lost.
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Jun 13, 1952
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USAF B-29 shot down by Soviets over Sea of Japan, 12 KIA
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Jun 16, 1952
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Swedish PBY Catalina shot down by Soviets over Baltic Sea
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Aug 14, 1952
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Dec 2, 1952
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Jan 14, 1953
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Jan16, 1953
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Feb 12, 1953
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Soviet Union severs diplomatic relations with Israel after bombing of embassy in Tel Aviv.
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5 Mar, 1953
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May 12, 1953
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RAF Lincoln (RB-26) shot down over East Germany, 7 killed
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May 15, 1953
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USAF WB-50 & Soviet MiGs exchanged fire off Kamchatka Peninsula
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Jun 1, 1953
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Uprising in Pilsen put down by troops in Czechoslovakia, 6 killed
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Jun 15, 1953
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Jun 17, 1953
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East German uprising began
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Jun 19, 1953
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USN PBM-5S2 aircraft fired on by Communist Chinese ships in Formosa Strait
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Jun 19, 1953
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Soviet tanks put down East German uprising, hundreds wounded, 125 Germans killed
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Jun 19, 1953
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Jun 28, 1953
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US Navy P2V-5 aircraft fired on by Communist Chinese ships in Formosa Strait
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Jul 4, 1953
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Jul 26, 1953
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Jul 27, 1953
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Sep 12, 1953
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Sep 26, 1953
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Nov 8, 1953
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Dec 23, 1953
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Feb 8, 1954
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Mar 1, 1954
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May 6, 1954
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C-119 shot down by Viet Minh; 2 American CIA contract pilots KIA
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May 7, 1954
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May 8, 1954
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RB-47E on photo- reconnaissance mission over USSR attacked by MiG-17 fighters
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May 26, 1954
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Explosion & fire aboard USS Bennington (CV-20) in Atlantic, 103 killed, 201 wounded.
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Jun 22, 1954
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Cathay Pacific DC-4 shot down over sea by Communist Chinese fighter planes, 10 killed
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Jun 26, 1954
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Two USN A-4D Skyraiders over South China Sea attacked by Communist Chinese La-7 planes shot down 2 La-7s
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Jul 20, 1954
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Sep 8, 1954
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Sep 27, 1954
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Oct 3, 1954
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19 Oct, 1954
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Oct 30, 1954
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Nov 2, 1954
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Nov 14, 1954
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Dec 2, 1954
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Dec 12, 1954
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France sends 20,000 troops to Algeria.
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Apr 18, 1955
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Imre Nagy forced to resign as prime minister.
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Apr 28, 1955
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May 1, 1955
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Chinese Communists ceased shelling Quemoy & Matsu Islands.
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May 10, 1955
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USAF F-86s attacked over Yellow Sea shot down 2 Chinese MiGs
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Jun 22, 1955
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US Navy P2V Neptune downed by Soviet fighters over Bering Sea. Crew rescued
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Jun 29, 1955
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B-52 began active service
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Jul 7, 1955
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Jul 30, 1955
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Conscription is introduced in China.
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Aug 20, 1955
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Sep 13, 1955
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Oct 23, 1955
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Feb 25, 1956
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Apr 17, 1956
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Apr 29, 1956
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Jun 1, 1956
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Jun 2, 1956
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Jun 8, 1956
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USAF TSGT R.B. Fitzgibbon Jr. murdered in Vietnam.
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Jun 28, 1956
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74 people are killed during political protests in Poland.
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Jun 28, 1956
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Polish demonstrators in Poznan fired upon by troops, 53 killed, hundreds wounded
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Jul 26, 1956
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Sep 23, 1956
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Oct 16, 1956
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Oct 21, 1956
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Oct 21, 1956
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Oct 23, 1956
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Demonstrators in Hungary call for democratic government.
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Oct 24, 1956
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Oct 28, 1956
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Oct 29, 1956
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Israeli troops invade Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
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Oct 29, 1956
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Janos Kadar becomes leader of Hungarian Workers' Party.
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Oct 30, 1956
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Oct 31, 1956
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British and French planes bomb Egyptian airfields.
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Oct 31, 1956
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Nov 2, 1956
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Nov 5, 1956
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British and French paratroopers land at Port Said in Egypt.
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Nov 6, 1956
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Nov 7, 1956
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Nov 8, 1956
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The United Nations demand the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Hungary.
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Nov 15, 1956
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Dec 2, 1956
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Dec 22, 1956
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The last of the British and French forces leave Egypt.
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Jan 7, 1957
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Jan 9, 1957
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Jan 22, 1957
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Israeli forces withdraw from the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.
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Feb 15, 1957
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20 April, 1957
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10 May, 1957
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15 May, 1957
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May 28, 1957
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1st of 24 detonations Operation Plumbbob nuclear test
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Jun 12, 1957
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Four AD-6 fighters overflew China 1 plane damaged by antiaircraft fire
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Jul 15, 1957
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General Francisco Franco announces that the monarchy will be restored on his death.
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Oct 4, 1957
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Mar 27, 1958
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May 30, 1958
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Submarine USS Stickleback (SS-415) sunk after collision. Crew of 82 rescued.
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Jun 16, 1958
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Imre Nagy Hungarian Prime Minister executed after secret trial
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Jun 17, 1958
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Jun 27, 1958
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USAF C-118 shot down by Soviet fighters over USSR crew of 9 captured
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Aug 31, 1958
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Nov 27, 1958
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The Soviet Union demands that all foreign troops should be withdrawn from Berlin.
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Jan 9, 1959
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Jun 15, 1959
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USN P4M-1Q attacked by North Korean MiGs over Sea of Japan, 1 crewman WIA
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Jun 16, 1959
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North Korean MiG attacked USN P4M over Sea of Japan, 1 WIA
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Sep 22, 1959
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Dec 13, 1959
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The United Nations decide not to intervene in the independence struggle in Algeria.
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Jan 24, 1960
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French settlers in Algeria riot in Algiers.
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Mar 15, 1960
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Demonstrations follow the election of Syngman Rhee as president.
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May 1, 1960
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US CIA U-2 aircraft shot down over USSR pilot (Francis Gary Powers) captured. U-2 aircraft had been in service since 1956, this was the first time the Soviets had been able to shoot one down.
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May, 1, 1960
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May 7, 1960
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May 19, 1960
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May 25, 1960
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USAF C-47 shot down over East Germany 9 crewmen held
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May 27, 1960
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Jun 14, 1960
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Fire & explosion aboard USS Sargo (SSN-583), 1 killed, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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Jul 1, 1960
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Soviet forces shoot down a US RB-47 survey aircraft.
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Aug 25, 1960
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Aug 30, 1960
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Sep 2, 1960
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Sep 28, 1960
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NATO introduces a unified air defence command.
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Dec 12, 1960
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Jan 17, 1961
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Apr 17, 1961
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Jun 4, 1961
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Sep 18, 1961
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Oct 11, 1961
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Dec 11, 1961
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Dec 15, 1961
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Feb 7, 1962
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Sep 2, 1962
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Sep 26, 1962
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Ben Bella is elected prime minister of Algeria.
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Oct 22, 1962
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Nov 8, 1962
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Apr 28, 1963
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May 8, 1963
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US Navy evacuates 2279 civilians from Haiti during crisis.
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Jun 20, 1963
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Jun 26, 1963
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Aug 5, 1963
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Nov 1, 1963
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Nov 22, 1963
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Feb 8, 1964
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May 5, 1964
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May 10, 1964
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USAF RB-66 shot down over East Germany, 3 KIA
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Oct 15, 1964
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Oct 16, 1964
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Nov 5, 1964
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Apr 29, 1965
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Jun 19, 1965
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Sep 29, 1965
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Dec 29, 1965
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Feb 21, 1966
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Mar 10, 1966
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France withdraws its troops from NATO.
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29 Jun, 1966
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Sep 23, 1966
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Dec 13, 1966
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United States air raid on Hanoi kills over 100 North Vietnamese civilians.
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Dec 31, 1966
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Feb 6, 1967
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May 22, 1967
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17 US soldiers WIA by North Korean attack
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May 22, 1967
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Two US soldiers KIA by hostile fire, Korean DMZ.
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Jun 5, 1967
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Jun 8, 1967
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USS Liberty (GTR-5) attacked by Israeli aircraft & boats near Gaza strip Captain awarded Medal of Honor, 34 KIA, 171 WIA.
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Jun 10, 1967
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Jun 10, 1967
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Aug 22, 1967
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Red Guards set fire to the British embassy in Beijing.
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Oct 21, 1967
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Demonstrations against the Vietnam War takes place all over the world.
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Nov 7, 1967
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Jan 5, 1968
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Jan 30, 1968
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Mar 16, 1968
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US soldiers massacre 450 men, women and children at My Lai.
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May 17, 1968
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May 21, 1968
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Nuclear submarine USS Scorpion lost during operations in Atlantic, crew of 99 KIA
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Jun 6, 1968
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Jul 3, 1968
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Jul 14, 1968
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Aug 20, 1968
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Aug 23, 1968
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Aug 24, 1968
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Aug 25, 1968
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France becomes the world's fifth nuclear power when it tested a hydrogen bomb.
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Oct 31, 1968
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Jan 10, 1969
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Apr 17, 1969
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May 14, 1969
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May 16, 1969
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U-2 aircraft lost control off China coast near Korea. Republic of China pilot, Billy Chang was killed.
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Jun, 8 1969
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Sep 3, 1969
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Nov 3, 1969
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Nov 14, 1969
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Apr 20, 1970
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Jun 10, 1970
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Army Major Robert Perry assassinated, Aman, Jordan
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Jun 20, 1970
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USS Tautog hit by Soviet submarine K-108. K-108 believed severely damaged.
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Jun 26, 1970
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Sep 28, 1970
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Mar 31, 1971
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Lieutenant William Calley is sentenced to life imprisonment for the My Lai Massacre.
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Apr 7, 1971
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May 3, 1971
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May 27, 1971
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Jun, 1971
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C-135B crash, Pacific Ocean, 700 miles. SSW of Honolulu, COL Billy Skipworth killed.
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Oct 25, 1971
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Nov,10 1971
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Feb 21, 1972
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May 8, 1972
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Richard Nixon orders the blockade and mining of North Vietnamese ports.
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May 11, 1972
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Terrorists attacked US Army officer's club COL Paul Bloomquist killed, Frankfurt, Germany, 13 wounded.
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May 22, 1972
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May 24, 1972
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Bomb attack at Campbell Barracks Germany. 3 US soldiers killed, 5 wounded.
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Jul 18, 1972
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Oct 3, 1972
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Jan 15, 1973
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Mar 29, 1973
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The last of the US troops leave Vietnam.
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Jun 24, 1973
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Sep 11, 1973
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Oct 6, 1973
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Oct 11, 1973
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Oct 16, 1973
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Nov 11, 1973
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Jan 18, 1974
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Feb 13, 1974
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May 6, 1974
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May 9, 1974
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North Koreans fired at 2 US Army helicopters
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May 18, 1974
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India becomes the world's sixth nuclear power.
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Aug 9, 1974
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Sep 4, 1974
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Oct 28, 1974
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Oct 28, 1974
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Nov 23, 1974
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Mar 30, 1975
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North Vietnamese forces capture Da Nang, South Vietnam's second largest city.
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April 30, 1975
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Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) is captured by North Vietnamese forces.
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May 7, 1975
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Two American military officers assassinated in Tehran, Iran.
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May 12, 1975
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SS Mayaguez seized by Khmer Rouge
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May 14, 1975
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Marines recaptured Mayaguez released the crew. 16 KIA, 44 WIA.
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May 21, 1975
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COL Paul Shaffer & LTC Jack Turner (USAF) shot & killed, Tehran, Iran.
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Jun 30, 1975
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North Korean guards attacked acting commander of UNC Joint Security Force at Panmunjom, 1 KIA
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Sep 23, 1975
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Egypt and Israel agree to an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from the Sinai peninsula.
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Nov 2, 1976
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May 30, 1977
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Jun 14, 1977
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3 US Army aviators killed in shootdown, Korean DMZ.
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Jun 30, 1977
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Nov 9, 1977
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Dec 24, 1977
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Feb 3, 1978
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Jun 25, 1978
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Red Army Faction attempted assassination of NATO CINC General Alexander Haig near Brussels
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Sep 5, 1978
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Dec 25, 1978
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Mar 12, 1979
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Jul 19, 1979
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Oct 23, 1979
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Dec 25, 1979
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Soviet troops invade Afghanistan.
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Jan 22, 1980
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May 13, 1980
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Firefight at OP Ouelette, Korea.
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Jun 26, 1980
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Aug 31, 1980
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Lech Walesa signs an agreement with the Polish government for free trade unions.
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Nov 4, 1980
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Dec 2, 1980
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Feb 11, 1981
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Mar 27, 1981
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Apr 24, 1981
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May 26, 1981
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EA-6B Prowler crashed while landing aboard USS Nimitz (CVA-68) in Atlantic, 14 killed, 48 injured
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Oct 8, 1981
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Nov 18, 1981
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Ronald Reagan announces the plan to spend $180 billion on arms spending over next 6 years.
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Mar 15, 1982
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Apr 11, 1982
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Apr 19, 1982
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May 2, 1982
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May 5, 1982
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Israeli forces invade Lebanon.
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May 16, 1982
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USN crewmen attacked by terrorists in San Juan. 1 KIA, 3 WIA
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Jun 7, 1982
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US Embassy Marine security guard WIA, Beirut, Lebanon.
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Sep 19, 1982
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Olof Palme and the Social Democratic Labour Party win general election in Sweden.
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Nov 12, 1982
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May 4, 1983
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May 25, 1983
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USN CDR Albert Shaufelberger assassinated, San Salvador, El Salvador.
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Jul 21, 1983
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The Polish government announces an end to martial law.
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Sep 1, 1983
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A South Korean Boeing 747 airliner is shot down by a Soviet fighter.
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Sep 16, 1983
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CIA denies that the South Korean Boeing 747 airliner was spying on the Soviet Union.
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Oct 19, 1983
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Oct 25, 1983
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Nov 23, 1983
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Feb 13, 1984
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Apr 26, 1984
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May 2, 1984
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Nov 4, 1984
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Dec 15, 1984
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Feb 4, 1985
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Ronald Reagan announces the tripling of expenditure on the Star Wars research program.
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Mar 11, 1985
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Apr 7, 1985
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Apr 11, 1985
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May 1, 1985
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Jun 14, 1985
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USN Diver SW2 (DV) Robert Stethem killed by terrorists TWA Flight 847, Beirut, Lebanon.
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Jun 19, 1985
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4 US Marines killed in restaurant attack, San Salvador, El Salvador.
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Jul 2, 1985
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Nov 19, 1985
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Jan 25, 1986
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Mikhail Gorbachev proposes a 15 year timetable for the elimination of all nuclear weapons.
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Aug 18, 1986
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Soviet and Israeli leaders hold talks to discuss the treatment of Jews in the Soviet Union.
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Sep 16, 1986
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Oct 2, 1986
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The US Senate ignores Ronald Reagan, imposes economic sanctions on South Africa.
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Nov 13, 1986
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Nov 25, 1986
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It is admitted that money from arms sales to Iran was illegally passed to Contras.
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Dec 23, 1986
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Jan 27, 1987
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Mikhail Gorbachev proposes reforms including secret ballot and the election of party officials.
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Feb 20, 1987
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US Congress votes to cut off aid to Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
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Feb 28, 1987
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Mar 19, 1987
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May 17, 1987
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US Army OH-23 helicopter shot down over Korean DMZ. Crew held POW one year.
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Jul 7, 1987
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At Iran-Contra hearings Oliver North claims his actions were sanctioned by his superiors.
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Jul 22, 1987
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Sep 7, 1987
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Nov 2, 1987
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Dec 7, 1987
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Jan 29, 1988
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Cuba agrees to remove military personnel from Angola.
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Feb 8, 1988
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May 2, 1988
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Seven leaders of Solidarnosc are arrested during shipyard strike in Poland.
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May 17, 1988
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Pakistani Air Force F-16 shot down 2 Soviet Su-22s
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May 18, 1988
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Loss of USMC AH-1T helicopter during operations against Iran, 2 Marines KIA
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Jun 28, 1988
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USN CAPT William Nordeen killed by car bomb in Kifissia, Greece.
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Sep 30, 1988
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Several conservatives, including Andrei Gromyko, are purged from the Soviet Politburo.
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Jan 5, 1989
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The serious Iran-Contra conspiracy charges are dropped against Oliver North.
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Feb 21, 1989
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Mar 15, 1989
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A large rally in Hungary calls for the introduction of democracy.
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Mar 24, 1989
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US Congress approves $41 million in aid for Nicaragua's Contra rebels.
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Apr 5, 1989
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Lech Walesa and the Polish government sign an agreement for political and economic reform.
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Apr 17, 1989
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Jun 3, 1989
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People's Liberation Army tanks kill 2,000 protesters in Tiananmen Square in China.
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Jul 5, 1989
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Oliver North is given a suspended sentence for his role in the Iran-Contra conspiracy.
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Aug 19, 1989
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The Polish United Workers' Party and Solidarnosc agree to form a coalition government.
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Sep 11, 1989
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New Forum, a anti-communist group, is formed in East Germany.
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Sep 12, 1989
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The first noncommunist government in Eastern Europe since the war is formed in Poland.
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Oct 11, 1989
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Oct 18, 1989
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Oct 23, 1989
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A new multiparty democracy is announced in Hungary.
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Nov 9, 1989
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Nov 10, 1989
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Nov 27, 1989
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A general strike in Czechoslovakia calls for an end to communist rule.
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Nov 28, 1989
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The Czechoslovak prime minister announces the end of the communist monopoly of power.
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Dec 2, 1989
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