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Graph of global conflict deaths from 1945 to 1989 from various sources. This is a list of wars that began between 1945 and 1989.Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.
January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). [2] January 10. Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur ...
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[3] May 25 – In St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. Vice-president Hubert Humphrey and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall dedicate the Gateway Arch. May 28. Fidel Castro declares martial law in Cuba because of a possible U.S. attack. Boat ride "It's a Small World" opens at Disneyland.
Warning of what he called "the arrogance of power," Fulbright declared "we are not living up to our capacity and promise as a civilized power for the world." He called the war a betrayal of American values. [30]: 486 21-5 April. Operation Dan Chi 219C was an ARVN 21st Division operation in Chuong Thien Province. The operation resulted in 247 VC ...
The "war on terror" that began with the September 11 attacks has been claimed by some to be World War III [106] or sometimes World War IV [100] [107] (assuming the Cold War was World War III). Others have disparaged such claims as "distorting American history". While there is general agreement amongst historians regarding the definitions and ...
Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; ... Angolan War of Independence (3 C, 13 P) Attacks in the 1960s ... Conflicts in 1966 (7 C, 34 P) Conflicts in 1967 ...
March 1 - Soviet space probe Venera 3 crashes on Venus, becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface. [4]March 29 – The 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held: Leonid Brezhnev demands that U.S. troops leave Vietnam, and announces that Chinese-Soviet relations are not satisfactory.