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Arab League
President Gamal Abdul Nasser took part of the Arab League, a group of Arab-speaking countries designed to promote Arab unity. The Arab League was formed in 1945 with the help of the British. -
WWII Ended
WWII ended because the Axis powers surrendered. -
Iron Curtain Speech
Famous speech told by Winston Churchill (UK Prime Minister) describing about the separation in Europe Warsaw Pact and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). -
Truman Doctrine
American policy that provided $ and military aid to Greece + Turkey since they were threatened by communism. In fact, it had been extended to be the basis of the Cold War policy of containment. -
Cold War Began
Cold War Began -
British Mandate for Palestine
UN had approved the plan for the partition of the British Mandate for Palestine. -
Proclamation of the new state of Israel
Jews in Tel Aviv (City) celebrated the proclamation of the new state of Israel, later on, the Arab nations that opposed the creation of a Jewish state invaded Israel and had begun the 1948 war. -
End of the Palestine Mandate
Britain ended the Palestine Mandate and later pulled out of the region, Israel had also declared itself an independent state in keeping up with the UN plan. -
Berlin Airlift
Sent from America to Berlin, Europe’s capital, to fly in. It had about 2,400,000 tons of cargo. -
Israel won a decisive victory.
Israel had won a decisive victory. -
Forming of NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation also known as NATO formed. -
Korean War
North Korea invaded South Korea at the end North Korea was in Russia's side while the south was on the USA side. -
Mohammad Mosaddegh
Mohammed Mossadeq was appointed premier, which meant he had to take power from the shah of Iran. -
Egyptian revolution
Nasser helped to lead a military coup that overthrew the government. -
CIA-assisted coup overthrows government of Iran
CIA assisted Iranian conspirators in overthrowing the nationalist Mossadegh government and returning the shah to power. -
Nasser took charge of Egypt.
Nasser started to take charge of Egypt. -
Warsaw Pact
Treaty that helped any other democratic countries. -
Vietnam War
When 150,000 US troops were sent to Vietnam. -
Vietnam War
The Berlin wall built and the borders sealed between the East and the West of Germany. -
Suez Crisis
Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, he had crossed all of the Egyptian territories but had been controlled by the French and British. -
Suez Canal
President Nasser of Egypt seized the Suez Canal from Britain and France. -
United Nations Council Resolution
Opposition from other nations, including the United States, forced the invaders to withdraw. -
Sputnik
On this day in History, Soviet Union launches Sputnik with a diameter of 22 inches and it was the world's first artificial satellite. -
Space Race
The USSR Sputnik II carried Laika, the dog, which was the first living creature to go into space. -
United Arab Republic (URA)
Syria joined with Egypt in to form the new Arab state, which later one became known as the United Arab Republic or the UAR. -
The U-2 incident
The US U-2 spy plane was shot down during the Soviet airspace -
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Oil producers formed the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). In fact, the first five members of OPEC were Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was built and the borders sealed between the East and the West of Germany. -
Union collapsed
Syria pulled out of the UAR, and the union collapsed + Nasser’s image as an Arab leader had suffered. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A direct + dangerous confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. -
Photos show evidence of missiles
Pictures are shown. -
President Kennedy gives a to the nation
John Kennedy (US President) gives a speech to inform Americans that missiles have been discovered in Cuba. -
Khrushchev refuses to remove the missiles from Cuba
Khrushchev refuses to remove the missiles from Cuba. He had accused Kennedy of putting the world at risk of a nuclear war by ordering the quarantine. -
President Kennedy agrees not invade Cuba
Kennedy agreed to the proposal to not invade Cuba. He started to remover U.S. missiles from Turkey. -
Khrushchev agrees and removes the missiles
Khrushchev gives a speech and says that he has agreed to remove the missiles and that Cuba will not longer be invaded, and the crisis would come an end. -
Civil War in Yemen
Nasser had sent lots of Egyptian troops to fight in a civil war in Yemen. -
Ruhollah Khomeini
Khomeini was forced into exile. -
Vietnam War
When 150,000 US troops were sent to Vietnam. -
Six-Day War of 1967
Six-Day War of 1967 where Israel had defeated many of the Arab forces and occupied territory than ever before, later on in 1982, the Israelis returned the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt. -
Six-Day War
Six-Day War took place after the Suez conflict, Nasser had viewed Israel as a mortal threat to Arabs. -
Origins of the Six-Day War
Nasser sent Egyptian troops into the Sinai Peninsula and closed off Israel’s outlet to the Red Sea, also known as the Gulf of Aqaba. -
Space Race
The US Apollo 11 landed on the moon and so the famous astronaut Nel Armstrong became the first man to step or be on the moon. -
Space race
The US Apollo 11 landed on the Moon and so the famous Austronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to step or be on the Moon. -
Nasser's Death
Nasser died from a heart attack. -
Fourth Arab-Israeli war
Egypt and Syria launched the fourth Arab-Israeli war. -
Iran's economy
Iran’s economy was collapsing due to overspending and corruption. -
Iranian Revolution
Shah confessed to his chief minister that they were broke. -
Camp David
Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin met for peace talks at Camp David. -
Sadat comes to Jerusalem
Sadat visited Jerusalem and was speaking before the Israeli parliament. He announced, “Today I tell you, and I declare it to the whole world, that we accept to live with you in permanent peace based on justice.” -
Shah flees Iran
The shah left Iran for medical treatments and never returned. The US allowed the shah to enter the country for medical treatment. Millions of Iranians flooded the streets in joyous celebration. -
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein became president of Iraq.
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Afghanistan
Many Soviet troops invaded the Afghanistan. -
Afghanistan
Many Soviet troops invaded the Afghanistan. -
Iran–Iraq War
Iraqi leaders, with a lot of fear that the Iranian Revolution might spark a Shi’a uprising in their own country, had decided to invade Iran -
Anwar Sadat's death
The Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was murdered when attending a military parade in Cairo. -
Lebanon invasion
Israel invaded Lebanon, in the middle of a civil war, to strike at PLO bases there. -
Intifada
A new phase of the conflict began with a popular uprising called the Intifada -
Hamas
Beginning of the Intifada, Hamas also known as a Palestinian terrorist group was established. -
Iran-Iraq Casefire
Iraq and Iran declared a ceasefire, nearly a million people had been killed or injured. -
Iraq-Iran War Ended
The war went on for eight brutal years, but finally ended. -
Tiananmen Square
Many Anti-Communist protests stood during/in the Tiananmen Square, located in Beijing, China was crushed by the government. Not only to mention, but the count of people death is unknown. -
End of Berllin Wall
The Berlin Wall was torn down. -
Persian Gulf Invation
Iraq invaded the Persian Gulf nation of Kuwait and had quickly captured its capital also known as Kuwait City. -
Saddam Refuses to Withdraw from Kuwait
Saddam Hussein was given a deadline to withdraw from Kuwait, but he had refused. -
Coalition of Forces
A coalition of forces led by the US drove the Iraqi army out of Kuwait. -
End of Warsaw Pact
Warsaw Pact ended. -
Cold War Ended
The end of the Cold War. -
Oslo Accords
Secret negotiations between Israel and the PLO in Oslo, Norway, produced the Oslo Accords. -
Yitzhak Rabin's Death
The famous Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin suddenly died when he was attending a peace rally in Tel Aviv, a man in the crowd pulled out a gun and shot him in the back. -
Second Intifada
As much violence increased, this event became known as the Second Intifada. -
Second invasion of Iraq
Sadat Hussein held in power than during the second invasion of Iraq, the United States led coalition forces to overthrow his dictatorship.
