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Mao Zedong Comes to Power
Mao rose to power by commanding the Long March, forming a United Front with the Kuomintang during the Second Sino-Japanese War to repel a Japanese invasion, and by later leading the Chinese Communist Party to victory against Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's KMT in the Chinese Civil War. -
Yalta Conference
It was the wartime meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, represented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and General Secretary Joseph Stalin -
Ending of WW2
It involved a vast majority of the world's nations, eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. -
Creation of United Nations
The UN 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. -
Beginning of Korea
It was a war between the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea,supported primarily by the United States of America -
End Of Korean War
The United Nations Command, supported by the United States, the North Korean Korean People's Army, and the Chinese People's Volunteers, signed the Armistice Agreement on 27 July 1953 to end the fighting. -
Beginning of Vietnam
The U.S. government viewed involvement in the war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam as part of their wider strategy of containment -
Assassination of Kennedy
Kennedy was fatally shot while traveling with his wife Jacqueline, Texas governor John Connally, and the latter's wife Nellie, in a Presidential motorcade. -
Civil Rights of 1964
was a landmark piece of legislation in the United States[1] that outlawed major forms of discrimination against African Americans and women, including racial segregation. -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
United States President Lyndon B. Johnson erroneously claimed that North Vietnamese forces had twice attacked American destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin -
Tet Offensive
The purpose of the offensive was to utilize the element of surprise and strike military and civilian command and control centers throughout South Vietnam, during a period when no attacks were supposed to take place -
Election on Nixon
The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961. -
President Nixon visits China
Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China was an important step in formally normalizing relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China (PRC) -
Ending of Vietnam
U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger wrote in a secret memo to President Gerald Ford that "in terms of military tactics, we cannot help draw the conclusion that our armed forces are not suited to this kind of war.
