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Troops from Russia, Hungary, Bulgaria, East Germany, and Poland occupied Czechoslovakia. The Czechoslovakian government immediately declared that the “invasion was a violation of socialist principals, international law, and the United Nations Charter.”
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Police disperse numerous mass protests against human and civil rights violations
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Peaceful mass protests and strikes gain momentum. The Civic Forum, a broad antigovernment coalition, formed.
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Becomes prime minister in a government in which the majority of members are non- Communists.
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Country renamed Czech and Slovak Federative Republic. First free elections since 1946 lead to establishment of coalition government involving all major parties with the exception of the CPCz. Havel re-elected president.
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Members form two new parties, the conservative Civic Democratic Party, and the liberal Civic Movement. Legislation allowing privatization of state-owned enterprises approved.
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Adopts legislation enabling the federation to disband.
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Czechoslovakia completes "velvet divorce" which results in two independent countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
