User:De Administrando Imperio/Timeline

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Contents: 20th Century 21st Century See also - References - Footnotes - External links 20th Century 1960s 1966 • Nuclear scare in the Mediterranean 1967 • Coup brings military junta to power in Greece • Six days of fire change the Middle East • Civil war begins in Nigeria 1968 • Revolutionary wave sweeps the whole world • Communists launch the Tet offensive in Vietnam • Prague Spring movement crushed 1969 • Border skirmishes between China and the USSR erupt • Short war erupts in Central America • Man lands on the Moon • Gaddafi takes power in Libya 1970s 1970 • Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian Civil War • The Apollo 13 accident occurs • Thousands killed in Peruvian tremor • Palestinians go to war with Jordan • Catastrophic cyclone hits Bangladesh 1971 • India and Pakistan go to war over Bangladesh 1972 • Hutus killed in Burundi • Terrorists attack the Munich Olympic Games 1973 • U.S. involvement in Vietnam agreed to end • Augusto Pinochet deposes Salvador Allende's governmment • War breaks out in the Middle East 1974 • Deadly air disaster in France • Turkey invades Cyprus • Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia deposed in a military coup 1975 • Civil war breaks out in Lebanon • Genocidal Khmer Rouge take power in Cambodia • Communist takeover of Saigon ends the Vietnam War • Indonesia invades East Timor 1976 • Earthquake devastates Central America • Argentina becomes a military dictatorship • Syria intervenes in the Lebanese Civil War • Israeli forces storm Uganda in order to free hostages • One of the deadliest earthquakes ever occurs in China 1977 • Deadliest airline disaster ever occurs • Somalia invades Ethiopia • Libya and Egypt clash • Elvis Presley dies 1978 • Egyptian raid in Cyprus fails • Israel invades Lebanon • Aldo Moro kidnapped and executed in Italy • Communists topple Afghan government • Thousands die in Iran temblor • Egypt and Israel make peace in Camp David 1979 • Vietnamese take Phnom Penh and oust the Khmer Rouge • Monarchy overthrown in Iran • China invades Vietnam • Idi Amin overthrown • Sandinistas take power in Nicaragua • U.S. embassy and hostages seized in Iran • Islamists seize the Grand Mosque of Mecca • Soviets invade Afghanistan 1980s 1980 • U.S. mission to rescue hostages in Iran fails • Mount St. Helens erupts • The Iran-Iraq War begins • John Lennon assassinated 1981 • Assassination bid of Ronald Reagan fails • Pope John Paul II injured in assassination attempt • Israeli planes bomb a nuclear reactor in Iraq • President Sadat of Egypt assassinated 1982 The Falkland/Malvinas War erupts • Israeli forces invade Lebanon • Palestinians massacred in Lebanese refugee camps 1983 • United States embassy bombed in Beirut • War breaks out in Sri Lanka • Soviet planes shot down a South Korean airliner • Foreign soldiers killed in attacks on military barracks in Beirut 1984 • Indian Army fights Sikhs in Amritsar • Indira Gandhi assassinated • The Bhopal disaster occurs 1985 • TWA Flight 847 hijacked • Boeing 747 crash in Japan kills hundreds • Earthquake rocks Mexico City • Israel launches airstrike on Tunisia • Terrorists attack Rome and Vienna airports 1986 • Space Shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after lift-off • Mir launched • Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme assassinated • United States airplanes bomb Libya • The Chernobyl disaster takes place The Iran-Contra Affair revealed 1987 • Uprising begins in the Palestinian territories 1988 • Hundreds die in a poison gas attack on Iraqi Kurds • United States military shots down a civilian airliner • Earthquake devastates Armenia Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state • The Lockerbie bombing occurs 1989 • Soviets leave Afghanistan • The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurs • Chinese troops crush the Tiananmen Square protests • The Loma Prieta earthquake shakes California The Berlin Wall falls • The U.S. military invades Panama 1990 • South and North Yemen unite • Tens of thousands die in Iran earthquake • Iraqi troops invade Kuwait 1990s 1991 • The Gulf War erupts • Cyclone kills thousands in Bangladesh Dictatorship ends in Ethiopia • Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence, triggering the breakup and wars of Yugoslavia • Dissolution of the USSR 1992 Ethnic tensions start the Bosnian War 1993 Czechoslovakia gets peacefully divided • Terrorists bomb New York's World Trade Center • Russia comes close to civil war United States troops battle in Mogadishu, Somalia 1994 • Hutus massacre Tutsis in Rwanda • Comet collides with Jupiter • Terrorist attack targets Jewish center in Argentina • Worst European maritime disaster in modern times occurs in the Baltic Sea • Russian troops invade Chechnya 1995 • An earthquake devastates Kobe, Japan • Cult attacks Tokyo subway with poisonous gas • Oklahoma City bombing • Bosniaks massacred in Srebrenica • Operation Storm ends the war in Croatia • NATO bombs Bosnian Serbs • The Dayton Agreement ends the Bosnian War 1996 • Israeli shelling kills dozens of civilians in Lebanon • Controversial TWA Flight 800 incident takes place • The Taliban take Afghanistan's capital Kabul • Rebels take hostages at the Japanese embassy in Lima, Peru 1997 • Diana, Princess of Wales dies in a car crash in Paris • Terrorists massacre tourists in Egypt's Luxor archaeological site 1998 • Insurgency intensifies in Serbia's Kosovo province • The world's deadliest high-speed train disaster occurrs in Germany • Terrorists strike United States embassies in East Africa • Cruise missile attacks strike terrorists in Afghanistan and Sudan • Iraq is targeted in a four-day bombing campaign 1999 • NATO bombs Yugoslavia • The Columbine High School massacre takes place • India and Pakistan fight in Kashmir • Earthquake devastates İzmit, Turkey • Rebels unsuccessfully invade Russia's Republic of Dagestan • Explosions destroy apartments accross Russia • Russian troops invade Chechnya • General Pervez Musharraf takes power in a coup d'etat in Pakistan 2000 • Doctor Harold Shipman is found guilty of killing 215 people, making him the United Kingdom's most prolific serial killers • A Concorde crashes near Paris • The Russian submarine Kursk explodes and sinks • A controversial visit to a sacred site in Jerusalem leads to a Palestinian uprising • Slobodan Milošević is overthrown in Serbia • Terrorists bomb a United States warship in Yemen A fire causes tragedy in an Austrian funicular tunnel 21st Century 2000s 2001 • Macedonia comes close to civil war in a rebel insurgency • A plane colision stirs diplomatic row between the United States and China • Terrorists strike the United States • U.S. led forces invade Afghanistan 2002 Israel invades the West Bank in response to a string of terror attacks A coup d'etat in Venezuela fails to depose president Hugo Chavez Überlingen Mid-Air Collision Bali resort attacked Moscow theater hostage crisis Prestige oil spill 2003 • The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates over Texas • Conflict starts in Sudan's Darfur region • Global SARS outbreak • United States-led forces invade Iraq • Rebels lay siege to the Liberian capital Monrovia • Earthquake destroys Bam, Iran 2004 • Terrorists strike Madrid • A Shia uprising escalates the Iraq War • Prisoner abuse in Iraq is exposed • The first privately-funded human spaceflight takes place • Children are among the hostages killed in a school siege in Russia Earthquake and tsunami kill thousands in Southeast Asia 2005 • An uprising is crushed by the Uzbekistan government • Terrorists attack London's public transit system • The Space Shuttle returns to flight • Hurricane Katrina devastates the southern United States • One thousand die in a stampede in Baghdad • The Great Pakistan earthquake kills thousands • A three-week civil unrest grips France 2006 A mosque bombing escalates Sunni-Shia civil strife in Iraq • A Hezbollah attack on Israel sparks a 34-day war • North Korea conducts its first ever nuclear test • An ex-KGB officer is poisoned in London, causing controversy • Ethiopia invades Somalia 2007 • The United States escalate its involvement in Iraq • 32 are killed in a Virginia campus mass murder • Hamas takes control of the Gaza Strip • Ex-Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated • Violence follows a contested election in Kenya 2008 • Kosovo unilaterally declares independence from Serbia • A cyclone brings destruction to Burma • The deadliest earthquake in China since 1976 kills thousands • Radovan Karađić is arrested in Serbia • War breaks out in Georgia • Terrorists unleash war in Mumbai, India • Israel drops "Cast Lead" on the Gaza Strip 2009 • Global flu psychosis starts in Mexico • The Sri Lankan Civil War ends with government victory • Violent protests in Iran • Death of Michael Jackson • Fighting escalates in Yemen, with Saudi Arabia drawn into 2010 • Earthquake razes the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince • Warship sinking ups tension on the Korean peninsula • Government of Kyrgyzstan toppled • Polish president and officials die in a plane accident • Icelandic volcano shuts down European airspace • Explosion triggers a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico • Israel clashes with pro-Palestinian activists off Gaza • Miners rescued after being trapped for 69 days in a Chilean mine • Deadly shelling ups tension on the Korean peninsula further • Diplomatic cables leaked 2011 • Hundreds dead in Brazilian mudslides • Tunisian dictator overthrown after weeks of protests • Egypt's Mubarak ousted • Uprising begins against Libya's Gaddafi government • The "Big One" strikes Japan, causing a tsunami and a nuclear disaster • Deadly uprising begins in Syria • Ivorian president toppled after a short civil war • Death of Osama bin Laden announced • Media scandal shakes the UK • Terror strikes Norway • Deadly famine hits Somalia • Death of Muammar Gaddafi ends the Civil War in Libya • ETA announces the end of its campaign against Spain • DPRK's Kin Jong-il dies 2012 • Human error sinks a cruise ship off Italy • Northern Mali taken over by rebels • Conflict in Syria becomes a full-blown civil war • Man jumps from the edge of space and breaks the sound barrier 2013 • France launches an operation against Islamists in Mali • In a historic move that shocks the world, Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation • The President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez dies • Hundreds killed in Bangladesh building collapse • Army removes Egyptian president Morsi from power • Hundreds killed in chemical attacks in the Syrian civil war • Terrorists strike Nairobi • Thousands dead in Philippines typhoon • China lands a robot on the Moon • South Sudan descends into civil war

2014

• Government overthrown in Ukraine, leading to Russian intervention and internal conflict

• Airliner disappears in the Indian Ocean

• Ebola epidemic in West Africa is deadliest in history

• Radical Islamists occupy large swaths of Iraq and establish a Caliphate

• Airliner shot down over battlefield Ukraine

• War breaks out in the Gaza Strip

• The United States actively engages the Islamic Caliphate

• Probe lands on an asteroid

2015

• Terrorists strike Paris

• Probe orbits Ceres

• War breaks out in Yemen

• Earthquake devastates Nepal

• Pluto visited by NASA spacecraft

• Cuba and the U.S. resume diplomatic relations

• Deadly stampede in Mecca

• Russia joins the war in Syria

• Terrorists down a russian airliner

• Terrorists strike Paris