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