MKD 1950-Present (Era #4 pt 2)

1950-1953

Korean War

1954

Vietnam expels France (Dien Bien Phu)

1955

Bandung Conf (Non-Aligned Nations)

1956 Feb

Khrushchev begins de-Stalinization

1956 Fall

Suez Canal Crisis (Nasser Nat’lizes)

1957

Sputnik

1959

1st Silicon chip

1959

Cuban Revolution (Fidel Castro)

1961-89 Nov

Berlin Wall

1962

Cuban Missile Crisis

1963

Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (above ground)

1966-76

Chinese Cultural Revolution

1967

6-Day War

1973

Yom Kippur War (OPEC Oil Embargo)

1975-79

Cambodian Genocide (Khmer Rouge)

1979

Iranian Revolution (Ayatollah Khomeini)

1979

China’s “Socialist Market Economy” reforms begin (Deng Xiaoping)

1987

1st Palestinian Intifada

1989 June

Tiananmen Square

1990

Namibia independent (last African colony)

1991 Jan

1st Persian Gulf War

1991 Dec 31

USSR disbands

1994

NAFTA formed

1994 Apr-July

Rwandan Genocide

1994 Apr

1st all race elections in S. Africa

1999

EU formed (European union currency)

2001

9/11 Attacks

2003

US invades Iraq (“Enduring Freedom”)

2004

Facebook founded

2007

Global “Great Recession” begins

2011

Wikileaks

2011

Arab Spring