Contemporary Period

1917-11-07 19:59:12

Russian Revolution

Two revolutions swept through Russia, ending centuries of imperial rule and setting in motion political and social changes that would lead to the formation of the Soviet Union

1919-06-28 19:59:12

Treaty of Versailles signed

League of Nations; Amristar Massacre, May 4th movement, beginning of Weimar Republic, Mandates Established

1921-03-21 19:59:12

Lenins New Economic Policy

The NEP represented a more Capitalism-oriented economic policy, deemed necessary after the Russian Civil War of 1917 to 1922, to foster the economy of the country, which was almost ruined.

1925-07-09 02:03:28

Mussolini Becomes dictator of Italy

Mussolini uses duces rule 2 to become dictator of italy

1927-03-30 19:59:12

Stalin Rules Russia

Collectivation and 5 year plans

1929-10-29 02:03:28

Height of Great Depression

Stock market crashes people losse jobs an money

1931-09-18 02:03:28

Manchurrian Incednt

Second sino-japanese war begins some say its the start of the second world war

1933-09-01 02:03:28

Hitle come to power

Hitler comes to power democratically then becomes fascist

1935-07-04 13:07:49

Great Purge

Purging on the elites in the soviet union

1937-12-13 19:59:12

Rape of Nanking

Day the japanese invaded the Chinese capitol

1939-12-08 19:59:12

World War Two

Second world war between many countries Allies-England,France,United States Axis-Germany,Japan

1941-12-20 19:59:12

US Enters war

US enetrs war as a cause of the germans using u boats against them and japan attacking pearl harbor

1942-12-11 19:59:12

Holocaust

the germans take jewish people to concentration camps and commits a lot of atrocities on them

1945-11-09 19:59:12

End of world war two

Begging of Cold War. Formation of United Nations, Atomic Bombs; New Imperialism begins to end

1947-11-22 19:59:12

Ghandi

Ghandi gets independence for india from England

1948-11-04 19:59:12

Partition of india and pakistan

Creation of isreal:aparthaid in established in africa

1949-11-11 19:59:12

China goes communist

formation of NATO

1950-11-02 19:59:12

Korean war

Caused the division of korea into north and south

1955-11-18 19:59:12

Warsaw Pact

The formation of the Warsaw Pact was in some ways a response to the creation of NATO, although it did not occur until six years after the Western alliance came into being

1956-11-16 19:59:12

suez canal

The Suez Canal Crisis of 1956 effectively ended the political career of Sir Anthony Eden but it served to greatly advance the already very high standing Nasser had in the Arab world

1957-11-15 19:59:12

ghana gains independence

ghana gets its independence from the united kingdom

1958-12-12 19:59:12

great leap forward

was an economic and social campaign by the Communist Party of China (CPC)

1959-11-06 19:59:12

Cuban Revolution

in the final days of 1958, ragged rebels began the process of driving out forces loyal to Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista

1961-12-15 19:59:12

Berlin wall contructed

Division of germany into west and east germany

1962-11-24 19:59:12

cuban missile crisis

13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores between us and soviet uunion

1965-11-27 19:59:12

US involvement in Vietnam after Vietnam gains independence from France

the vietnam war

1966-11-11 19:59:12

cultural revolution in china

was a social-political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China

1970-01-02 19:59:12

OPEC dominance

oil countries producing most of the oil in the world

1975-01-17 19:59:12

Pol Pot rules Cambodia commiting genocide

As head of the Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot oversaw an unprecedented and extremely brutal attempt to remove Cambodia from the modern world and establish an agrarian utopia

1976-01-16 19:59:12

Death of Mao

was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and the founding father of the People's Republic of China, which he governed as Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976

1980-11-07 19:59:12

Deng Xioaping’s Four Modernization

The Four Modernizations were goals first set forth by Zhou Enlai in 1963, and enacted by Deng Xiaoping from 1978, to strengthen the fields of agriculture, industry, national defense, and science and technology in China

1980-12-19 19:59:12

Iran-Iraq wars

1985-12-06 19:59:12

Soviet Union under Gorbachev

glasnost and perestroika

1989-11-03 19:59:12

tiananmen square

Berlin Wall collapses,Communist falls in Eastern Europe

1991-11-08 19:59:12

collapse of soviet union

the gulf war and the collapse of the soviet union

1994-01-06 19:59:12

end of aparthaide genocide in rwanda

with the help of the U.N rwanda was able to proclaime the end to a genocide

1995-01-14 19:59:12

US-NATO interaction in the Balkans as a result of Yugoslavia’s collapse and ethnic cleansing

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1997-11-21 19:59:12

hong kong given back to china

The transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to China, referred to as "the Handover" internationally or "the Return" in China, took place on 1 July 1997, and marked the end of British rule in Hong Kong.

2000-12-07 19:59:12

panama canal given back

the united states give back the panama canal

2001-12-07 19:59:12

growing concern of terrorism; US led invasion of Afghanistan

U.S. has military personal on countries with suspected terrorists

2003-12-03 19:59:12

invasion of iraq

invades iraq presumbtly because of terrorists

2011-01-07 00:00:00

death of kim jung 2

north korean dictator kim jung 2 dies U.S. military pull out of iraq

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