World Events

Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty reflects the crisis’s legacy

Washington and Moscow agree to establish a direct hotline

United States lifts the quarantine after Soviet bombers are withdrawn

Khrushchev agrees to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba

Black Saturday brings the crisis to its most dangerous point

Khrushchev sends first conciliatory message

Stevenson confronts the Soviet Union at the United Nations

Quarantine line is enforced as Soviet ships approach Cuba

Kennedy announces the missiles and orders a naval quarantine

Kennedy is informed and ExComm begins secret deliberations

Titanic Belfast opens during the centenary year

The wreck is discovered on the ocean floor

International safety convention is signed in response to the disaster

British inquiry begins under the Wreck Commissioner

United States Senate inquiry opens in New York

Survivors arrive in New York aboard Carpathia

Carpathia rescues survivors from the lifeboats

The liner sinks with massive loss of life

Titanic strikes an iceberg in the North Atlantic

Final port of call at Queenstown before the Atlantic crossing

United Kingdom Officially Leaves the EU

Parliament Rejects Brexit Deal

Article 50 Triggered

Theresa May Becomes Prime Minister

Referendum Results Announced

EU Referendum Voting Day

Jo Cox Murdered

Cameron Announces Referendum Date

Conservative Party Wins General Election

David Cameron Announces EU Referendum

Theodoric the Great Conquers Italy

Deposition of Romulus Augustulus

Sack of Rome by the Vandals

Sack of Rome by the Visigoths

Division of the Roman Empire

Battle of Adrianople

Gothic Migration Begins

Legacy and Preparedness

Economic Impact Assessment

Seismic Research Initiated

Valdivia Declared Disaster Zone

Reconstruction Efforts Begin

International Aid Arrives

Rinihuazo Landslide

Tsunami Generated

The Great Chilean Earthquake

Foreshocks Begin

Aftermath and Legacy

End of the Miners' Strike

Government Sequestration of NUM Funds

NUM President Arthur Scargill's Speech

Battle of Orgreave

Start of the Miners' Strike

Legacy of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

End of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Mission

Apollo and Soyuz Dock in Space

Launch of Apollo and Soyuz Spacecraft

Development of Docking Systems Begins

Signing of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Agreement

Apollo 11's Scientific Contributions

Congressional Gold Medal Awarded

Apollo 11 Ticker Tape Parade

Apollo 11 Returns to Earth

Lunar Surface Exploration

First Moon Landing

Apollo 11 Enters Lunar Orbit

Launch of Apollo 11

Apollo Program Initiation

John F. Kennedy's Moon Speech

Dissolution of the Soviet Union

Gorbachev Resigns

Belavezha Accords Signed

August Coup Attempt

Russian Sovereignty Declaration

Lithuania Declares Independence

Fall of the Berlin Wall

Reagan's Berlin Wall Speech

Chernobyl Disaster

Mikhail Gorbachev Becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party

150th Anniversary Observance

100th Anniversary Commemoration

World's Columbian Exposition

Completion of the First Skyscraper

Introduction of New Building Codes

Reconstruction Begins

Immediate Aftermath and Relief Efforts

Fire Extinguished

Fire Engulfs Downtown Chicago

Outbreak of the Great Chicago Fire

Vaclav Havel Elected President of Czechoslovakia

Romanian Revolution Begins

Velvet Revolution Begins

Fall of the Berlin Wall

Leipzig Monday Demonstrations

Pan-European Picnic

Solidarity Wins Polish Elections

Polish Round Table Agreement

Assassination of Pancho Villa

Death of Venustiano Carranza

Promulgation of the Mexican Constitution

Battle of Celaya

Victoriano Huerta Resigns

United States Occupation of Veracruz

Assassination of Francisco Madero

Francisco Madero Becomes President

Resignation of Porfirio Díaz

Start of the Mexican Revolution

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Established

Voting Rights Act of 1965 Signed

Selma to Montgomery Marches

Civil Rights Act of 1964 Enacted

16th Street Baptist Church Bombing

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

John Lewis Speaks at the March

Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' Speech

Planning for the March on Washington Begins

President Kennedy Announces Civil Rights Legislation

Postponement of the 2020 NPT Review Conference

2015 NPT Review Conference Ends Without Agreement

2010 NPT Review Conference Achieves Consensus

2005 NPT Review Conference Ends Without Agreement

2000 NPT Review Conference

Indefinite Extension of the NPT

First Review Conference of the NPT

Entry into Force of the NPT

Signing of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

First Draft of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

Ceasefire Agreement Reached

Libyan Political Agreement Signed

Operation Dignity Launched

First Democratic Elections

Declaration of Liberation

Death of Muammar Gaddafi

Battle of Tripoli

NATO Begins Military Intervention

UN Security Council Resolution 1973

Protests Begin in Benghazi

Legacy of the California Gold Rush

Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad

Decline of Gold Production

Completion of the Panama Railroad

Formation of the San Francisco Vigilance Committee

California Becomes a State

The Arrival of the Forty-Niners

President Polk Confirms Gold Discovery

The Californian Newspaper Reports Gold Discovery

Discovery of Gold at Sutter's Mill

Soviet Union Officially Dissolved

Gorbachev Resigns

Belavezha Accords Signed

August Coup Attempt

Russian Sovereignty Declaration

Lithuania Declares Independence

Fall of the Berlin Wall

Chernobyl Disaster

Mikhail Gorbachev Becomes General Secretary

Legacy of Apollo 11

Congressional Address

Apollo 11 Ticker Tape Parade

Splashdown and Recovery

Moonwalk and Experiments

First Moon Landing

Lunar Orbit Insertion

Launch of Apollo 11

Apollo Program Development

Kennedy's Moon Speech

Transfer of Sovereignty

Round Table Conference

Roem–Van Roijen Agreement

Second Dutch Military Aggression

First Dutch Military Aggression

Linggadjati Agreement

Battle of Surabaya

Formation of the People's Security Agency

Ikada Meeting

Proclamation of Indonesian Independence

Release of Titanic Film

Wreck of Titanic Discovered

British Board of Trade Inquiry into Titanic Begins

U.S. Senate Inquiry into Titanic Disaster Begins

Carpathia Arrives in New York with Titanic Survivors

Titanic Sinks

Titanic Strikes Iceberg

Titanic Sets Sail on Maiden Voyage

Titanic Launched

Construction of RMS Titanic Begins

Indian Independence

Partition of India

Quit India Movement

Salt March

Non-Cooperation Movement

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

Founding of the Indian National Congress

Indian Rebellion of 1857

Richard Nixon Elected President

Hubert Humphrey Nominated

Convention Closes Amidst Controversy

Protests and Police Clashes

Opening of the 1968 Democratic National Convention

Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy

Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

Lyndon B. Johnson Announces He Will Not Seek Re-election

Tet Offensive Begins

Chicago Selected as Host City

Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party

Arrest of the Gang of Four

Death of Mao Zedong

Death of Zhou Enlai

Death of Lin Biao

Ninth National Congress of the Communist Party

Down to the Countryside Movement

Seizure of Power by Revolutionary Committees

First Red Guard Rally in Beijing

Launch of the Cultural Revolution

International Condemnation and Sanctions

Arrest of Protest Leaders

Deng Xiaoping's Speech on the Crackdown

Tank Man Incident

Tiananmen Square Massacre

Military Mobilization in Beijing

Martial Law Declared in Beijing

Student Hunger Strike Begins

People's Daily Editorial Condemning Protests

Initial Student Gatherings in Tiananmen Square