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On June 5, 1942, in the midst of World War II, the United States declared war on Axis-aligned Romania, in response to Romania having declared war on the United States on December 12 of the previous year. [6] The US declared war on Hungary and Bulgaria the same day.
Romania has seen its largest waves of protests against judicial reform ordinances of the PSD-ALDE coalition during the 2017–2019 Romanian protests. Post–Cold War Romania developed closer ties with Western Europe, eventually joining NATO in 2004. [329] Presidential and parliamentary elections took place again on 28 November 2004.
Relations remained strained during the Cold War era while Romania was under communist leadership. Cold and strained during the early post-war period, U.S. bilateral relations with Romania began to improve in the early 1960s with the signing of an agreement providing for partial settlement of American property claims.
"Paris – WWII Peace Conference – 1946: Settling Romania's Western Frontiers" Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine, at the Honorary Consulate of Romania in Boston, has pictures of the Romanian delegation; International Paris Peace Conference (1946) Records Archived 2022-09-23 at the Wayback Machine at the United Nations Archives
World War I: the Ontario city of Berlin was renamed Kitchener [12] and the Saskatchewan town of Strassburg was renamed Strasbourg. [13] Cold War: the Ontario Stalin Township was renamed by Ontario legislature in 1986 to Hansen Township. [13] [14] United States: World War I: The German Spitz was renamed the American Eskimo Dog.
Antonescu and Adolf Hitler at the Führerbau in Munich (June 1941).. In the immediate wake of the loss of Northern Transylvania, on 4 September 1940, the Iron Guard (led by Horia Sima) and General (later Marshal) Ion Antonescu united to form the "National Legionary State", which forced the abdication of Carol II in favor of his 19-year-old son Michael.
The Romanian Army is founded. Romania switches from Cyrillic script to the Latin script that is still in use today. 1861: On February 5, the 1859 union is formally declared and a new country, Romania is founded. The capital city is chosen to be Bucharest.
Bombing of Bucharest in World War II begins. 31 August: City occupied by Russian forces. [10] Geography Institute founded. [22] 1945 – Bombing of Bucharest in World War II ends. 1946 – Textile school founded. [13] 1947 – City becomes capital of the newly formed Romanian People's Republic. 1948