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This war lasted from 1754-1763
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The homestead act encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land.
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The land run started at high noon on April 22, 1889, with an estimated 50,000 people lined up for their piece of the available two million acres.
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The Viet Minh—the League for the Independence of Vietnam—is founded
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The United States drops an atomic bomb—the first to be used in warfare—on Hiroshima, killing 75,000 people instantly, and injuring more than 100,000.
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A second bomb is dopped in Nagasaki
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Japan surrenders to the Allied Powers, officially ending World War II
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The Viet Minh attacks French forces occupying Hanoi in northern Vietnam. The First Indochina War begins.
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The United States recognizes Bao Dai's government, the Republic of Vietnam, and gives France $15 million in military aid.
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The Viet Minh launches its first assault on French forces at Dien Bien Phu.
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Ngo Dinh Diem begins a campaign to repress those who fought for or sympathized with the Viet Minh.
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Saddam Hussein Kuwait in early 1990
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August 3rd, 1990 the United Nations ask for Iraq withdrawal from Kuwait
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Iraq has 300,000 troops in Kuwait... Hussein declares JIhad (holy war) creates a hastened peace treaty with Iran to get military up to full strenght
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United Nations gives them until January 15th,1991 to withdraw
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Operation Desert Storm begins (Norman Schwarzkopf) use of stealth bombers, cruise missiles, smart bombs and night bombing equipment
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The ground offensive begins... Operation Desert Sabre... Storm Kuwait and the southern part of Iraq
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42 days of attacks- Febraury 28th a cease fire
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Dictator Mohammed Siad Barre was forced to flee the capital
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January- 1991- Hussein defies U.S orders
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Peace Efforts fail, then a war breaks out
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The U.S. ends the mission to Somalia, which has cost $1.7 billion dollars and left 43 U.S. soldiers dead
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NATO starts air strikes against Bosnian Serb troops.
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West forces Karadzic to quit as Bosnian Serb president.
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Having lost power, Karadzic goes underground.
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Return of weapon inspections
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Gush Gives Hussein ultimatum- step down or be removed
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Leads to Iraq War in 2003-2011
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Persian Gulf War II begins (Iraq War)
