important dates

1917 Constitution of Mexico

- Produced by the revolution (most progressive constitution at the time)

- included: workers rights, land reform, rights over subsoil and the separation of church and state.

Mexican Revolution (1910-1920)

armed rebellion in which the Mexican people fought for political and social reform

2000 Vicente Fox

In 2000, Vicente Fox became president of this country, ending 71 years of rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

Mexican War of Independence (1810-1821)

Mexicans fight to overthrow the Spanish. They succeed and gain Independence in 1821

Tlatelolco Massacre (1968)

government massacre of student and civilian protesters and bystanders that took place on October 2, 1968, in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in the Tlatelolco secsion of Mexico city. It occurring 10 days before the 1968 summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Yeltsin Constitution

The "Yeltsin Constitution" of 1993 grants special powers to the President of the Russian Federation.

Sinatra Doctrine (1989)

was the name that the Soviet government of Mikhail Gorbachev used jokingly to describe its policy of allowing neighboring Warsaw Pact nations to determine their own internal affairs

Nigerian Independence

1960

Battle of Mohacs 1526

Decisive Ottoman victory in its war with Hungary, and a brutal loss for Hungary

1971 corpus christi massacre

-A violent attack on student protesters in Mexico City

-carried out by the government-backed paramilitary group Los Halcones.

- The event exposed the Mexican government's continued repression during the "Dirty War," despite claims of political reform under President Luis Echeverría.

1968 Brezhnev Doctrine

called for the use of Warsaw Pact forces to intervene in any Eastern Bloc nation which was seen to compromise communist rule and Soviet domination

The Gorbachev Factor (1985)

Refers to Mikhail Gorbachev's rise as Soviet leader in 1985 and the major reforms he introduced—glasnost (openness) and perestroika (economic restructuring).

1979 Constitution

Established Nigeria's Second Republic (1979)

Introduced a U.S.-style presidential system

Strengthened separation of powers

Protected fundamental rights

Ended after the 1983 military coup