World History

By Ryan. H

  • Geneva Conference

    Geneva Conference is convened to bring world peace to Vitenam in 1954.

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Slain

    Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights, leader is slain in Memphis.

  • NIxon

    Nixon ends the U.S. trade embargo against China.

  • India Atomic Bomb

    India successfully test an atomic device becoming the world's 6th nuclear power.

  • End of Vietnam War

    Saigon is surrendered and remaining Americans are evacuated, ending the Vietnam War

  • Jimmy Carter

    Jimmy Carter was elected president

  • Woman Priest

    First woman priest ordained

  • U.S. Breaks diplomatic ties

    U.S. breaks diplomatic ties with Iran.

  • Peacekeeping Force

    Ronald Reagan orders U.S. Marines withdraw from Beriut international peacekeeping force.

  • Terrorists

    Terrorists seize Egyptian Boeing 737 airliner after take off from Athens

  • Reagan

    Reagan takes oath for the 2nd time as the 40th president

  • UN Troops Killed

    22 UN troops killed in Somalia.

  • France

    Frace agrees to end Nuclear testing

  • Nelson Mandela

    Nelson Mandela First Black President of South Africa