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Entry into the Korean War
Began through alliances called upon at the beginning of the Russo-Japanese war -
End of the Korean War
After three long years of fighting, with nothing to show, both sides agreed to an armistice along the 38th parallel where the split originally began. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
A failed invasion of Communist Cuba by the CIA sponsored Brigade 2506. It proved to be one of the worst decisions of the Kennedy Administration -
Signing of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1962
This act signed by Kennedy provides for military assistance to countries which are on the rim of the Communist world and under direct attack -
Beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis
During a routine flight over communist influenced Cuba, a U-2 spy plane recorded pictures of what was believed to be a Russian supported ICBM (Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile) site, launching the US into the Cuban Missile Crisis -
End of the Cuban Missile Crisis
After 13 long days of tension between the US and Soviet Backed Cuba, a deal was reached in which the US would remove its missile site in Turkey, so long as missiles were removed from Cuba. -
Signing of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT)
The conclusion to a meeting between Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev and U.S. President Richard Nixon. The treaty limited the number of anit-ballistic missile sites each country could have to two and froze the number of intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles at their current levels. -
Signing of the Paris Peace Accords
The Paris Peace Accords, officially titled the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam, was a peace treaty signed on January 27, 1973 to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War. -
OPEC's Oil Embargo on the US
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the majority of which being Middle Eastern nations, voted to place an oil embargo on the US due to its support for Isreal during the October War -
Carter Signs The Torrijos–Carter Treaties
Signed by President Jimmy Carter and the Commander of Panama's National Guard, General Omar Torrijos, these two treaties guaranteed that Panama would gain control of the Panama Canal after 1999, ending the control of the canal that the U.S. had exercised since 1903. -
Camp David Accords
Sponsored talks by Jimmy Carter between Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem following 12 days of secret negotiations at Camp David in which a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel was signed. -
Establishment of Full Diplomatic Relations with China Under President Carter
In the Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations the United States transferred diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing. The US reiterated the Shanghai Communiqué's acknowledgment of the Chinese position that there is only one China and that Taiwan is a part of China; Beijing acknowledged that the American people would continue to carry on commercial, cultural, and other unofficial contacts with the people of Taiwan. -
Boycott of the Moscow Olympics
A US led boycott in the early 1980's of the 1980 Moscow Olympics as result of the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan in late 1979. 65 nations chose to boycott the Olympics, whereas 80 chose to participate. -
US Embargo on sales of all American grain to the Soviet Union
In response to the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, President Carter cancelled contracts for the sale of 17 million metric tons of U.S. corn, wheat and soybean sales to the Soviet Union. -
Invasion of Grenada
Under the supervision of president Ronald Reagan, the US led an invasion of Grenada, code-named Operation Urgent Fury, following a hard-lined Stalinist coup. -
Iran-Contra Affair
During the second term of the Reagan Administration, senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran, the subject of an US arms embargo -
US Invasion of Panama
Code-named Operation Just Cause, this was a US invasion of Panama between late December of 1989, to late January of 1990 to overturn the government of dictator Manuel Noriega. -
Bush and Gorbachev Summit in Washington D.C.
A summit between President Bush and Soviet Leader Gorbachev over the issue of Germany and its place in a changing Europe. -
Persian Gulf War Start
The US and its allies led an offensive against Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi government after its occupation of Kuwait. -
Conclusion of the Persian Gulf War
In coalition-occupied Iraqi territory, a peace conference was held where a ceasefire agreement was negotiated and signed by both sides. At the conference, Iraq was authorized to fly armed helicopters on their side of the temporary border, ostensibly for government transit due to the damage done to civilian infrastructure.
