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The Sino-Soviet border conflict was a seven-month undeclared military conflict between the Soviet Union and China in 1969, following the Sino-Soviet split.The most serious border clash, which brought the world's two largest socialist states to the brink of war, occurred near Damansky (Zhenbao) Island on the Ussuri (Wusuli) River in Manchuria.
The 1969 People's Park protest, also known as Bloody Thursday, took place at People's Park on May 15, 1969. The Berkeley Police Department and other officers clashed with protestors over the site of the park, using deadly force. Ronald Reagan, then-governor of California, eventually sent in the state National Guard to quell the protests.
After Leaning to One Side: China and its allies in the Cold War. (Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 2011). Shen, Zhihua and Xia Yafeng. Mao and the Sino-Soviet Partnership, 1945-1959: A New History (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2015). Westad, Odd Arne. The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times. (New ...
Kidnapping of judge followed by shootout with police, led to manhunt for Angela Davis [86] [87] 6: Newhall incident: Valencia: 1970-04-05: 5: Shootout in which four California Highway Patrol officers were killed, deadliest day in California law enforcement history [88] [89] 7: Symbionese Liberation Army shootout: Los Angeles: 1974-05-17: 6
The Muslim Kirghiz were sure that a war would have China defeat Russia. [26] The Qing dynasty forced Russia to hand over disputed territory in the Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1881) in what was widely seen by the west as a diplomatic victory for the Qing. [27] Russia acknowledged that China could pose a serious military threat. [28]
The Wall of Grief in Moscow, inaugurated in October 2017, is Russia's first monument for victims of political persecution by Stalin during the country's Soviet era. [165] In 2017, Canada's National Capital Commission approved the design for a memorial to the victims of communism to be built at the Garden of the Provinces and Territories in ...
Built in 1958, it is China's biggest nuclear industry base. China built its first military nuclear reactor [30] [31] there and 80% of the core parts for China's nuclear bombs were produced there. Until the 1980s, the whole town was closed to outsiders. [32] A nuclear accident happened in 1969, involving a leak. [33]
The 13 May incident was an episode of Sino-Malay sectarian violence that took place in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, on 13 May 1969.The riot occurred in the aftermath of the 1969 Malaysian general election when opposition parties such as the Democratic Action Party and Gerakan made gains at the expense of the ruling coalition, the Alliance Party.