History Revision Semester 1 By sharpbe Jan 1, 1901 Australian Federation Apr 14, 1912 Sinking of the Titanic Jul 28, 1914 Outbreak of WWI Oct 24, 1917 Formation of the USSR and the creation of the first Communist country (Exact date not known) Jun 29, 1919 End of WWI - Treaty of Versailles Oct 24, 1929 Wall Street Crash Sep 3, 1939 Outbreak of WWII Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference How to win the war? Jun 8, 1945 Cold War Begins No Exact Date of commencement Jun 9, 1945 Formation of the UN Jul 17, 1945 Potsdam How to win against Japan? Aug 9, 1945 End of WWII May 5, 1946 Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain speech Mar 12, 1947 Truman Doctrine issued (By Harry S. Truman) Apr 3, 1949 The Marshall Plan is implemented Apr 4, 1949 NATO is formed Aug 29, 1949 USSR create nuclear weapons Oct 1, 1949 China becomes Communist Jun 25, 1950 Outbreak of the Korean War Jul 27, 1953 End of the Korean War May 14, 1955 The Warsaw Pact is formed Apr 30, 1959 Outbreak of the Vietnam War Aug 13, 1961 Erection of the Berlin Wall Aug 2, 1962 US and Australian troops sent to Vietnam May 12, 1964 Beginning of the Anti-Vietnam War Movement Aug 18, 1971 Withdrawal of Australian troops from the Vietnam War Apr 30, 1975 Vietnam War ends - Communist rebel groups take over the entire country
