Korean War-American troops help defend South Korea
American troops help defend South Korea
Bay of Pigs-U.S. sponsored invasion of Cuba fails
Cuban Missile Crisis-U.S. forces Soviet Union to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba
U.S. build up of troops in Vietnam War
President Richard Nixon visits China and Soviet Union. Nixon and Brezhnev sign first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
Paris Peace Accords are signed, ending U.S. involvement in Vietnam War
OPEC places an embargo on oil to U.S. because of the nation's support for Israel in October War
U.S. signs treaty agreeing to return Canal Zone and control of canal to Panama by 1999
Camp David Accords-President Jimmy Carter sponsors peace talks between Egypt and Israel
U.S. establishes full diplomatic relations with China
In response to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, U.S. places an embargo on sales of American grain to Soviet Union, boycotts Moscow Olympic Games, and delays completion of SALT II
President Ronald Reagan orders invasion of Grenada after a Marxist revolution in that Caribbean nation
Iran weapons deal- American public learns that U.S. secretly sold weapons to Iran in hopes of gaining release of American hostages in Lebanon
U.S. invades Panama and captures Manuel Noriega
Bush and Gorbachev hold summit in Washington, D.C
Persian Gulf War-U.S. lead multinational force ends Iraqi occupation of Kuwait