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Balfour Declaration
In the Balfour Declaration, Britain expresses its support for “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people”, though without prejudicing its non-Jewish communities. -
British Mandate for Palestine (legal instrument)
Britain takes over the administration of Palestine, Transjordan (later renamed Jordan) and Mesopotamia (Iraq), following the defeat of the Ottoman empire in the first world war. -
prohibition act
the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920. Enabling legislation, known as the Volstead Act, set down the rules for enforcing the federal ban and defined the types of alcoholic beverages that were prohibited. -
Womens right to vote
19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Vote. ... Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. -
The Great Depression 1929 -1939
was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world. It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. -
Cold War 1947-1991
" War of words and threats" between the US and USSR from 1945-1991. It was a political and economic stuggle between these nations. -
Rogers Plan
America launches the Rogers plan, which reiterates Resolution 242's land-for-peace formula. Both sides reject it. -
Yom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur war: attacks by Egypt and Syria on Judaism's holiest day take Israel by surprise but it strikes back and its troops cross the Suez Canal and enter Syria before the UN calls for a ceasefire. -
Camp David Accord
Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on 17 September 1978, following twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David.The two framework agreements were signed at the White House, and were witnessed by United States President Jimmy Carter. The second of these frameworks (A Framework for the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel) led directly to the 1979 Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty. -
Peace Treaty
The peace treaty between Egypt and Israel was signed 16 months after Egyptian president Anwar Sadat's visit to Israel in 1977 after intense negotiation. The main features of the treaty were mutual recognition, cessation of the state of war that had existed since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, normalization of relations and the complete withdrawal by Israel of its armed forces and civilians from the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt agreed to leave the area demilitarized. -
Soviets invades Afghanistan
December 1979 to February 1989. Insurgent groups known as the mujahideen fought against the Soviet Army and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Between 562,000.2 million civilians were killed and millions of Afghans fled the country as refugees,mostly to Pakistan and Iran. The war is considered part of the Cold War. -
Beirut barracks bombings
A suicide bomber kills 241 American marines, sailors and soldiers in their base in Beirut. -
Iran–Contra affair
They hoped, thereby, to fund the Contras in Nicaragua while at the same time negotiating the release of several U.S. hostages. Under the Boland Amendment, further funding of the Contras by the government had been prohibited by Congress. The scandal began as an operation to free seven American hostages being held in Lebanon by Hezbollah, a paramilitary group with Iranian ties connected to the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution. -
Iraq Invades Kuwait
Sadaam Hussein accuses Kuwait of undercutting Iraq's petroleum revenues and stealing from a border oil field. Hussein sends 100,000 troops into Kuwait. The U.S. sends 500,000 troops to defend in Saudi Arabia and prepare for invasion. -
Sharon and Abbas agree ceasefire
Palestinians elect Mr Abbas to succeed Arafat as PA president. At a summit with Mr Sharon in Sharm el-Sheikh, both men declare a ceasefire.
