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WW1
assassination of archduke Frnz Ferdinand -
WW1
Britain declares war on Germany -
WW1
Sinking of the Lusitania -
WW1
Battle of Verdun -
WW2
Japan invades Manchuria -
WW2
Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, directed against the Soviet Union and the international Communist movement. -
WW2
Italy enters the war. -
Korean War
North Korea crosses the 38th parallel and invades South Korea -
Korean War
U.S. troops invade at Inchon -
Korean War
Pyongyang falls to U.N. forces -
Korean War
Chinese divisions enter fighting -
Korean War
Truman relieves MacArthur of command -
Vietnam war
Vietnamese forces occupy the French command post at Dien Bien Phu and the French commander orders his troops to cease fire. -
Vietnam War
American helicopters arrive at docks in South Vietnam along with 400 U.S. personnel, who will fly and maintain the aircraft. -
Vietnam War
In Operation Chopper, helicopters flown by U.S. Army pilots ferry 1,000 South Vietnamese soldiers to sweep a NLF stronghold near Saigon. -
Vietnam War
At the hamlet of Ap Bac, the Vietcong 514th Battalion and local guerrilla forces ambush the South Vietnamese Army's 7th division. -
Vietnam War
On this night, South Vietnamese commandos attack two small North Vietnamese islands in the Gulf of Tonkin. The U.S. destroyer Maddox, an electronic spy ship, is 123 miles south with orders to electronically simulate an air attack to draw North Vietnamese boats away from the commandos. -
Vietnam War
The captain of the U.S.S. Maddox reports that his vessel has been fired on and that an attack is imminent. -
Vietnam War
President Johnson authorizes Operation Rolling Thunder, a limited but long lasting bombing offensive. -
Vietnam War
General William Westmoreland launches the first purely offensive operation by American ground forces in Vietnam, sweeping into NLF territory just northwest of Saigon -
Vietnam War
American attacks on North Vietnam's airfields begin. -
Vietnam War
On January 31, 1968, some 70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched the Tet Offensive, a coordinated series of fierce attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam. -
persian gulf war
The persian gulf war started when Iraqi leader suddam hussein decided to invade the country of Kuwait. -
Persian gulf war
The United Nations Security Council called for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait. -
Persian Gulf War
United Nations imposes sanctions on Iraq. -
Persian Gulf war
U.S.-led coalition launches air war against Iraq. -
Persian Gulf War
Allied troops take control of Kuwait after 100-hour ground war. -
Persian Gulf War
Cease-fire announced. -
Bosnian War
Bosnia declares their independence -
Bosnian War
European Union recognizes Bosnia's independence, war breaks out and Serbs lay siege on Sarajevo -
Somalia
the U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali submitted to the U.N. Security Council his recommendations for effecting the transition from UNITAF to UNOSOM II -
somalia
the Conference on National Reconciliation in Somalia was held. -
somalia
a U.S.-led operation was launched on what was believed to be a safe house where Aidid was hiding in Mogadishu. -
somaila
Aidid's militia detonated a remote controlled bomb against a U.S. military vehicle, killing four soldiers. -
Bosnian War
A mortar explodes in a crowded market in Sarajevo -
Bosnian War
Military effectiveness takes hold and Massive NATO boming forces move in -
Bosnian War
Milosevic is raedy to talk peace and Wright Patterson Air Force Base agreed to multiple effort.
