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Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969)
Ho Chi Minh, real name Nguyen Tat Thanh. Vietnamese Communist leader and the principal force behind the Vietnamese struggle against French colonial rule. -
Korean War (June 25, 1950 – July 27, 1953)
The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea, while the communists helped North Korea. North Korea, that area of the Korean peninsula north of the 38th parallel became Communist, while South Korea was the province of a nationalist, anti-communist government. -
Vietnam war ( Nov 1955 - April 1975)
War between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the non-communist armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States. Conflict between Communism and Capitalism. Communists continued despite the peace agreement until North Vietnam launched an offensive in early 1975. -
Sputnik launched by Soviets (October 4, 1957 )
The first satellite launched into space. This began the Space Race, covering up plans for nuclear missiles. -
TET offensive ( January 31 , 1968 )
The Tet Offensive was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, launched on January 30, 1968, by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam against the forces.The offensive was a crushing military defeat for the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese, but the size and scope of the communist attacks had caught the American and South Vietnamese allies completely by surprise. -
Kent state shooting (Monday, May 4, 1970)
The Kent State shootings occurred at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, in the United States and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard.The impact of the shootings was dramatic. The event triggered a nationwide student strike that forced hundreds of colleges and universities to close. -
Iran Hostage Crisis ( November 4, 1979 )
a group of Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 American hostages. The immediate cause of this action was President Jimmy Carter’s decision to allow Iran’s deposed Shah, a pro-Western autocrat who had been expelled from his country some months before, to come to the United States for cancer treatment.The hostage crisis was a victory for the Iranian militants. -
Iran contra ( 1985 )
The Iran-Contra Affair was a clandestine action not approved of by the United States Congress. It began in 1985, when President Ronald Reagan's administration supplied weapons to Iran. -
Gulf war (August 2, 1990 – February 28, 1991)
The Gulf War, codenamed Operation Desert Shield for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia and Operation Desert Storm in its combat phase, was a war in the Persian Gulf -
9/11 ( September 11 , 2001 )
The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of Tuesday. resulted in changing attitudes and concerns about safety and vigilance. It ushered in a new generation of policies like the USA Patriot Act that prioritized national security and defense, often at the expense of civil liberties -
War in Afghanistan (October 7 , 2001)
the war in Afghanistan is the period in which the United States invaded Afghanistan after the September 11attacks. Supported initially by close allies, they were later joined by NATO beginning in 2003. -
Iraq war (march 20, 2003 )
the Iraq War was a protracted armed conflict that began with the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition. The invasion regime toppled the government of Saddam Hussein .The U.S. clearly defeated the Iraqi military in 2003, but came very close to losing the war from 2003-2011.
