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This is a timeline of the main events of the Cold War, a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union, its allies in the Warsaw Pact and later the People's Republic of China).
The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which lasted from 1947 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Independence restored after period of Spanish rule. Independence initially declared from Spain in 1821 as the Republic of Spanish Haiti, and from Haiti in 1844 with the current name. July 1, 1867 United Kingdom Canada: Britain continued to exercise some level of control until the Statute of Westminster.
The dates for each age can vary by region. ... Independence Era. Mexican War of Independence (1810 ... Post-Cold War period (1991–2008)
While the Cold War itself never escalated into direct confrontation, there were a number of conflicts and revolutions related to the Cold War around the globe, spanning the entirety of the period usually prescribed to it (March 12, 1947 to December 26, 1991, a total of 44 years, 9 months, and 2 weeks).
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence Guinea-Bissau: Portugal: Independence of Guinea-Bissau from Portugal: 1964–1974 Mozambican War of Independence Mozambique: Portugal: Independence of Mozambique from Portugal: 1966–1988 Namibian War of Independence: Namibia South Africa: Independence of Namibia from South Africa: 1967–1970 Nigerian Civil ...
World map of alliances in 1970 The 1975 Apollo-Soyuz space rendez-vous, one of the attempts at cooperation between the US and the USSR during the détenteThe Cold War (1962–1979) refers to the phase within the Cold War that spanned the period between the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis in late October 1962, through the détente period beginning in 1969, to the end of détente in the ...
Post-Cold War Era: 1991–2016: 2016–present ... Timeline of the history of the United States (1760–1789) ... Mexican War of Independence, September 16, 1810 ...