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| Apr.26 |
 South Korea |
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North Korea's Kim Jong-un crosses into South Korea 
Map of Peace House Panmunjom South Korea| Kim Jong-un has become the first N. Korean leader to set foot in South Korea by crossing the military line that has divided the peninsula since 1953 | |
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| Feb.14 |
 South Africa |
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Jacob Zuma resigns after pressure from party | President Jacob Zuma has resigned after intense pressure from his own party. In a TV statement he said he was quitting with immediate effect | |
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| Dec.29 |
 Iran |
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Iran cities hit by anti-government protests Map of Mashhad Iran| Anti-government demonstrations that began in Iran on Thursday have now spread to several major cities | |
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| Dec.6 |
 Washington |
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Trump recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital| President Trump ordered the State Department to begin the process of relocation of the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv | |
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| Nov.21 |
 Zimbabwe |
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Mugabe resigns: Zimbabwe celebrates end of an era Map of Harare Zimbabwe| He held power for 37 years and once said 'only God' could remove him. Mugabe ruled by fear and brought a once-promising economy to near ruin | |
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| Oct.27 |
 Madrid |
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Catalonia declared independence The Spanish government has stripped Catalonia's most senior police officials of their powers, hours after direct rule was imposed on the region
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| Oct.23 |
 Beijing |
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Communist Party inserts Xi into party constitution Map of Great Hall of the People Beijing China China's ruling Communist Party amended its constitution to add President Xi Jinping's name and ideology in an extension of his formidable political sway
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| May.7 |
 Paris |
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Macron defeats Le Pen to become president Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron has decisively won the French presidential election, defeating far-right candidate Marine Le Pen
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| Apr.16 |
 Turkey |
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Opposition cries foul over vote expanding Erdogan powers Turkey's main opposition party has said it will challenge the country's referendum result after the president won a vote to expand his powers
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| Feb.14 |
 Malaysia |
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Kim Jong Un's half-brother reportedly assassinated in Malaysia Map of Kuala Lumpur International Airport Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Kim Jong Nam was attacked by two unidentified women who stabbed him with 'poisoned needles' at a Malaysian airport before fleeing
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| Jan.20 |
Washington |
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Donald Trump inagurated Donald Trump has taken his first steps as president, signing an executive order which targets the signature health care reforms of his predecessor
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| Nov.25 |
 Cuba |
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Cuba's Fidel Castro, former president, dies aged 90 Fidel Castro, Cuba's former president and leader of the Communist revolution, has died aged 90, his brother has said
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| Nov.8 |
USA |
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Trump wins presidency He is projected to win key states of Ohio, N. Carolina and Florida. Clinton is projected to win Virginia and Northeastern states
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| Aug.31 |
 Brazil |
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Brazil President Dilma Rousseff removed from office by Senate Senate has voted to remove Rousseff from office for manipulating the budget. It puts an end to the 13 years in power of her left-wing Workers'...
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 London |
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Brexit: UK votes to leave EU in historic referendum The UK has voted to leave the European Union after 43 years. The pound fell to its lowest level against the dollar since 1985
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| Apr.3 |
 Panama |
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Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca leak reveals elite's tax havens A huge leak of confidential documents has revealed how the rich and powerful use tax havens to hide their wealth
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| Jan.5 |
 West Germany |
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Cologne sex attacks: Protest against gang assaults on women Hundreds of people have protested in the German city of Cologne over sexual assaults and thefts carried out by groups of men on New Year's E...
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North Korea |
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North Korea announces hydrogen bomb test North Korea says it has successfully tested a miniaturised hydrogen bomb which, if confirmed, would be its fourth nuclear test since 2006
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 Saudi Arabia |
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Anger at execution of top Shia cleric Saudi Arabia's execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr has sparked anger and protests in Shia communities across the region
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| Jul.14 |
 Austria |
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Iran nuclear talks: 'Historic' agreement struck World powers have reached a deal with Iran on limiting Iranian nuclear activity in return for the lifting of international economic sanction...
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| Sep.18 |
Scotland |
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Scots reject independence Voters in Scotland turned out in unprecedented numbers and early results suggested they were not in favor of ending union with England
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 Donbass |
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Pro-Russians storm government office in Donetsk Pro-Russian protesters have stormed the regional administration building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk
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Crimea |
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Crimea referendum: Voters 'back Russia union' Some 95.5% of voters in Crimea have supported joining Russia, officials say. after half the votes have been counted in a disputed referendum
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Kiev |
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Ukraine MPs vote to oust president
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| Dec.5 |
Johannesburg |
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South Africa's Nelson Mandela dies
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| Nov.23 |
Geneva |
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Iran nuclear deal agreed at talks
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| Jul.22 |
London |
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Duchess gives birth to son
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| Jul.3 |
Cairo |
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Military ousts Egypt's Morsi
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| Jun.10 |
Hong Kong |
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US spy leaker 'defending liberty'
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| Mar.13 |
Vatican |
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Church picks first South American pope
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| Mar.5 |
Venezuela |
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dies
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| Feb.28 |
Vatican |
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Benedict XVI quits Vatican City for last time as pope
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| Nov.6 |
Chicago |
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Obama re-elected as US president
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| Sep.12 |
Eastern Libya |
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Attack kills U.S. ambassador to Libya
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| Jun.24 |
Cairo |
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Islamist Morsi wins Egyptian presidency
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| Jun.2 |
Cairo |
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Mubarak jailed for protest deaths
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| Dec.18 |
North Korea |
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N Korean leader Kim Jong-il dies
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| Sep.23 |
UN Gen. Assembly |
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Abbas submitted request for full member
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| Jul.9 |
Southern Sudan |
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South Sudan raises national flag
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New York |
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IMF head questioned over 'attack'
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| Apr.29 |
London |
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Prince William married Catherine Middleton
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| Feb.11 |
Cairo |
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Mubarak steps down, vice president says
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| Nov.28 |
USA |
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Wikileaks reveals US global fears
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| Aug.2 |
Moscow |
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Russian fires prompt state of emergency
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| May.30 |
Gaza |
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Deaths as Israeli forces storm aid ship
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| Apr.10 |
Russia |
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Polish president died in plane crash
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Greece |
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Budget crisis is like wartime situation - PM
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| Jun.13 |
Tehran |
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Election protests turn violent
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| Jan.20 |
Washington |
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President Obama sworn into history
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| Nov.4 |
Washington |
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Barack Obama wins presidential election
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| Feb.17 |
Kosovo |
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Kosovo declares independence |
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| Feb.4 |
Syria |
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Danish, Norwegian embassies ablaze |
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| Sep.11 |
Gaza |
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Israeli flag lowered over Gaza |
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| Apr.2 |
Vatican |
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Pope John Paul II dies at 84 |
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| Nov.7 |
Washington |
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Closest Presidential election |
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| Jul. 1, 1997 |
Hong Kong |
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Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong |
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| Jul. 8, 1994 |
North Korea |
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Death of Kim Il-sung |
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| Apr. 27, 1994 |
South Africa |
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South African general election ends apartheid |
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| Sep. 13, 1993 |
Washington |
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Oslo Accords |
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| May. 24, 1993 |
Eritrea |
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Independence of Eritrea |
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| Jan. 1, 1993 |
Czech Republic |
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Velvet divorce between Czech Republic and Slovakia |
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| Feb. 7, 1992 |
Netherlands |
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Maastricht Treaty creates the European Union |
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| Nov. 3, 1992 |
Washington |
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Bill Clinton is elected President of United States |
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Moscow |
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Dissolution of the Soviet Union |
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Beijing |
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Tiananmen Square Massacre |
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| Nov. 9, 1989 |
Berlin |
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Fall of the Berlin Wall |
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| Nov. 8, 1988 |
Washington |
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George HW Bush is elected President |
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Moscow |
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Mikhail Gorbachev becomes Premier of Soviet Union |
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Moscow |
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Death of Leonid Brezhnev |
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| Oct. 6, 1981 |
Cairo |
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Assassination of Anwar Sadat |
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| Sep. 17, 1980 |
Poland |
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Solidarity union forms |
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| Apr. 18, 1980 |
Zimbabwe |
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Rhodesia becomes Zimbabwe |
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| Nov. 4, 1980 |
Washington |
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Ronald Reagan defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter |
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| May. 3, 1979 |
London |
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Margaret Thatcher becomes prime minister |
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| Nov. 4, 1979 |
Tehran |
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American Embassy taken hostage during Iranian Revolution |
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| Oct. 16, 1978 |
Vatican |
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Karol Wojityla elected as first pope from Eastern Europe |
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| Nov. 19, 1977 |
Jerusalem |
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Anwar Sadat goes to Jerusalem on personal peace mission |
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| Sep. 9, 1976 |
Beijing |
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Mao Tse-tung died |
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| Jan. 27, 1973 |
Paris |
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Vietnam War cease-fire signed |
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| Oct. 11, 1962 |
Vatican |
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Second Vatican Council opens |
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| Jan. 1, 1959 |
Cuba |
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Cuban Revolution ousted Batista |
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| Dec. 21, 1958 |
Paris |
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Charles De Gaulle elected President of Fifth French Republic |
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| Oct. 23, 1956 |
Hungary |
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Hungarian Revolt began |
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| Mar. 5, 1953 |
Moscow |
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Death of Joseph Stalin |
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| Jan. 26, 1950 |
New Delhi |
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India proclaimed Republic within Commonwealth |
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| May. 23, 1949 |
West Germany |
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Federal Republic of Germany formally begins |
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| Apr. 3, 1949 |
Israel |
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Arab armistice with Israel |
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| Oct. 1, 1949 |
Beijing |
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People's Republic of China proclaimed |
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| Jun. 24, 1948 |
Berlin |
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Russian blockade of Berlin began |
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| May. 14, 1948 |
Tel Aviv |
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State of Israel proclaimed |
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| Feb. 25, 1948 |
Czech Republic |
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Communist coup in Czechoslovakia |
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| Aug. 15, 1947 |
New Delhi |
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India became independent nation |
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| Mar. 5, 1946 |
Missouri |
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Winston Churchill 'Iron Curtain' speech |
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| Jan. 10, 1946 |
London |
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First United Nations General Assembly held in London |
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| Sep. 2, 1945 |
Tokyo |
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Japan surrender signed |
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| Aug. 6, 1945 |
Japan |
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First atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima |
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| Aug. 2, 1945 |
Eastern Germany |
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Potsdam Conference ended |
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| Jun. 26, 1945 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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United Nations Charter signed in San Francisco |
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| Nov. 20, 1945 |
Bavaria |
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Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal began |
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| Jul. 22, 1944 |
New Hampshire |
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Bretton Woods Conference ends |
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| Aug. 14, 1941 |
Maritime Provinces |
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Atlantic Charter made public |
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| Jul. 2, 1940 |
Southern France |
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Vichy Government set up in France |
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| May. 10, 1940 |
London |
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Winston Churchill becomes prime minister |
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| Sep. 30, 1938 |
Munich |
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Munich Agreement signed |
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| Dec. 10, 1936 |
London |
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King Edward VIII of England abdicates to marry Mrs. Simpson |
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| Jan. 30, 1933 |
Berlin |
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Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor |
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Gujarat |
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Mohandas Gandhi begins civil disobedience campaign |
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London |
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Queen Elizabeth II born |
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| Nov. 8, 1923 |
Munich |
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Adolf Hitler's beer hall Putsch starts |
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| Oct. 20, 1922 |
Rome |
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Benito Mussolini seized power in Italy |
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| Aug. 26, 1920 |
Washington |
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Women's suffrage began in U.S. |
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| Sep. 10, 1919 |
France |
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Treaty of St. Germain signed |
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| Jul. 31, 1919 |
Eastern Germany |
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Weimar Constitution adopted |
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| Jun. 28, 1919 |
France |
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Treaty of Versailles signed |
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| Apr. 28, 1919 |
Paris |
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League of Nations founded |
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| Jan. 5, 1919 |
Germany |
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National Socialist Party founded in Germany |
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| Jul. 12, 1918 |
Ural |
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Tsar Nicholas murdered by Bolsheviks |
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| Nov. 11, 1918 |
France |
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Armistice ends World War I |
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| May. 29, 1917 |
Boston |
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John F. Kennedy born |
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| Nov. 9, 1917 |
Paris |
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Georges Clemenceau became Premier of France |
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