Timeline: The United States in World Affairs | Timetoast

Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953

Korean War

American troops help defend South Korea
Period: Apr 17, 1961 to Apr 19, 1961

Bay of Pigs

U.S. sponsored invasion of Cuba fails.
Period: Oct 16, 1962 to Oct 28, 1962

Cuban Missile Crisis

U.S. forces Soviet Union to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba.
Period: May 8, 1965 to Mar 29, 1973

Vietnam Troops

U.S. build-up of troops in Vietnam.
Period: Feb 21, 1972 to May 27, 1972

President Nixon

President Richard Nixon visits China and Soviet Union. Nixon and Brezhnev sign first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT).
Period: Jan 27, 1973 to Oct 17, 1973

Paris Peace Accords and OPEC

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.
Sep 7, 1977

Canal Zone

U.S. signs treaty agreeing to return Canal Zone and control of canal to Panama by 1999