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Korean War
American troops help defend South Korea from the North's communist way. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
U.S. sponsored invasion of Cuba fails. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
U.S. forces Soviet Union to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba. -
U.S. build-up of troops in Vietnam War
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Nixon Visits China
President Richard Nixon visit China and Soviet Union. Nixon and Brezhnev sign first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT). -
Paris Peace Accords
Paris Peace Accords are signed, ending U.S. involvement in Vietnam War. -
OPEC Embargo
OPEC places an embargo on oil to U.S. because of the nation's support for Israel in October War. -
Panama Canal
U.S. signs treaty agreeing to return Canal Zone and control of canal to Panama by 1999. -
Camp David Accords
President Jimmy Carter sponsors peace talks between Egypt and Israel. -
U.S. makes friends with China
U.S. establishes full diplomatic relations with China. -
Grain Embargo
In response to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, U.S. places an embargo on sales of American grain to Soviet Union, boycotts Moscow Olympic Games, and delays completion of SALT II. -
Invasion of Grenada
President Ronald Reagan orders invasion of Grenada after a Marxist revolution in that Caribbean nation. -
Iran Weapons Deal
American public learns that U.S. secretly sold weapons to Iran in hopes of gaining release of American hostages in Lebanon. -
Invades Panama
U.S. invades Panama and captures Manuel Noriega. -
Bush and Gorbachev hold Summit
Bush and Gorbachev hold summit in Washington D.C. -
Persian Gulf War
U.S. led multinational force ends Iraqi occupation of Kuwait. -
Attack on the U.S.
the war on terror; planes were hijacked and force crashed into the twin towers. -
The Department of Homeland Security
The Department of Homeland Security is created in the wake of the September 11 attacks. -
Iraq War
The United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invades Iraq marking the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom. -
George W. Bush orders a troop surge
George W. Bush orders a troop surge which substantially increases the number of U.S. troops in Iraq and ultimately leads to reductions in casualties and major victories for coalition and Iraqi forces, against the insurgency. -
Osama bin Laden is killed
Osama bin Laden, leader of al-Qaeda and mastermind of the September 11 attacks, is killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan by soldiers from the United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group. -
Boston Marathon
Terrorists attack the Boston Marathon by detonating two bombs at the finishing line of the race, killing three and injuring 283 runners and spectators. Suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev then led Boston police on a high-speed chase, killing one officer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Tamerlan was killed in a shootout with police and Dzhokhar was detained the day after.
