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Yalta Conference
Yalta was the second of three wartime conferences among the Big Three (Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin). It had been preceded by the Tehran Conference in 1943, and it was followed by the Potsdam Conference in July 1945. -
Mao Zedong comes to Power
He was the architect and founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from its establishment in 1949, and held control over the nation until his death in 1976. -
Creation of Untied Nation
The Untied Nation was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries, and to provide a platform for dialogue. -
Ending of WW2
World War II was also known as the "Cold War". It was a global war that was under way by 1939 and ended in 1945. -
Beginning of the Korean War
The Korean War was primarily the result of the political division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies. -
Ending of Korean War
Korean is still split into to parts north and south. It went back to the way it was when it started. -
Beginning of Vietnam
a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The U.S. government involvement in the war as to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam. -
Assassination of Kennedy
the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time (18:30 UTC) on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas. -
Civil Rights Act 1964
It discrimination against African Americans and women, including racial segregation. It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public. -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
On August 2, 1964, the destroyer USS Maddox, while performing a signals intelligence patrol as part of DESOTO operations, engaged three North Vietnamese Navy torpedo boats of the 135th Torpedo Squadron. -
Tet Offensive
A military campaign during the Vietnam War that was launched on January 30, 1968. The offensive was to utilize the element of surprise and strike military and civilian command and control centers. -
President Nixon Visits China
It was an important step in formally normalizing relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China (PRC). It marked the first time a U.S. president had visited the PRC, which at that time considered the U.S. -
Watergate
A political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s as a result of the June 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement. -
Election of Nixon
President Nixon was the 47th quadrennial United States presidential election. The Democratic Party's nomination was eventually won by Senator George McGovern of South Dakota. -
Ending of Vietnam
American military advisors arrived in what was then French Indochina beginning in 1950. U.S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s, with troop levels tripling in 1961 and tripling again in 1962.
