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Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence.
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Bosnian Serbs started to block off Sarajevo.
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Bosnian Prime Minister was killed by Serbian forces while going to the airport
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UN declares 6 safe zones for Muslims: Sarajevo, Tuzla, Bihac, Srebrenica, Zepa, and Gorazde
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Bosnian Muslims and Croats started to fight and take parts of Bosnia, this is about 30% of the original territory
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A mortar exploded in a market in Sarajevo, 68 people were killed.
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NATO shoots down 4 Serbian aircrafts, which was the first intervene since the war began; it was also the first military power use by NATO since it was created in 1949.
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Bosnian Muslims and Croats sign a peace accords held by the United States.
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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, broke the peace agreement between Bosnian Serbs and Muslims. The truce lasted for about four months.
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Serb forces refuse to remove heavy weapons from Sarajevo and as a result NATO launches an aircraft attack on Serb ammunition depot. In retaliation, Serbs begin attacking the Muslim safe zones designated by the UN.
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Serbs seized Srebrenica , an estimated 8,000 Srebrenican men and boys are killed.
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Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic indicted for war crimes.
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Serbs seized Zepa
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NATO airstrike begins against Serbs in and around Sarajevo
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Peace talks begin in Dayton, Ohio
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Leaders of Bosnia, Serbia, and Croatia agree to a settlement
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President Clinton asks for support in sending 20,000 American troops to Bosnia.
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President Clinton gives the official order to deploy American troops to Bosnia
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The Dayton Accords are signed by the Bosnians, Croats, and Serbs. 60,000 NATO troops are now allowed into the territories for peacekeeping purposes only.
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NATO takes over peacekeeping duties from UN