p 1917 November 7 (October 25, Julian calendar) November 7-8 (October 25–26, Julian calendar) November 15 (November 2, Julian calendar) December December 31 (December 18, Julian calendar)
p 1918 January-March January 28
p January 28–February 3 March 3
p March 6-8 March 9 April 5 May 25 June July 10
p —Great October Socialist Revolution.
p • Decrees on Peace and on Land issued by Second All-Russia Congress of Soviets. Soviet Government formed.
p
Declaration of Rights of the Peoples of
Russia adopted by the Council of People’s
Commissars.
p Rumania occupies Bessarabia.
p
Independence of Finland recognised by Soviet
Government.
p Finnish Workers’ Republic.
p
Soviet Government decrees Red Army of
Workers and Peasants.
p
Political strikes in Berlin and other German
industrial cities.
p
Peace Treaty between Soviet Russia and
Central powers signed at Brest-Litovsk.
p - Seventh Congress of Russian Communist Party, RCP(B) meets.
p Entente powers start military intervention in the north of Russia.
p Japanese and British troops land in Vladivostok.
p Anti-Soviet revolt of Czechoslovak corps in Russia.
p Mass strikes and demonstrations staged in Austria-Hungary.
p RSFSR Constitution adopted by Fifth AllRussia Congress of Soviets.
492p August August 16 August 30
p Summer of 1918
p August-September September 29
p October 28 October 30
p November 3 November 3
p November 7 November 9
p November 11
p November 12 November 16 November December 1918–January 1919 1918
p 1918–1919 1918–1919 1918–1920
p 1919 January 5-12
p January 9 January 15
p January 18, 1919–January 21, 1920
p February 28 March March 2-6
p March March 18–23 March-July
493p British troops land in Baku and Central Asia. American troops land at Vladivostok.
p Attempt on life of V. I. Lenin, head of the Soviet Government.
p
Complete evacuation of Russian troops from
Iran.
p Rice riots in Japan.
p Armistice agreement between Bulgaria and Entente powers signed. Independent Czechoslovak state proclaimed.
p Mudros armistice agreement between Turkey and Entente powers signed. Armistice agreement between Austria-Hungary and Entente powers signed. Sailors revolt at Kiel. Bourgeois-democratic revolution in Germany begins. Polish Republic proclaimed. Bourgeois-democratic revolution wins in Germany.
p Compiegne armistice agreement between Germany and Entente powers signed. End of First World War.
p Austria proclaimed a republic. Hungary proclaimed a republic. General strike in Rio de Janeiro. General strike of textile mill workers at Bombay.
p - Montagu-Chelmsford reforms in India. Revolutionary activity in Chile. Upsurge of strike movement in Peru.
p “Hands off Soviet Russia" movement in Great Britain, France and the United States.
p General political strike of Berlin workers. Armed clashes with government troops.
p General strike in Buenos Aires. Assassination of K. Liebknecht and R. Luxemburg. Paris Peace Conference.
p Proclamation of Afghan independence. Anti-Japanese revolt in Korea.
p Constituent Congress of Communist International.
p Anti-imperialist armed uprising in Egypt. Eighth Congress of the RCP(B). First campaign of Entente powers in Soviet Russia.
p March 21
April 13 April 16–27 April
Mayp May-June June 28
p July 1919-March "1920
September 10 September September 1919–January 1920 October November 27
1920 January 23 February March 29-April 5 March April 6 April-November June 4 June July 19-August 7 August 10 Summer September September 2 November 29 December 1920 1920–1921 1921p Proletarian revolution in Hungary. Hungarian Soviet Republic proclaimed (was in existence till August 1).
p Bavarian Soviet Republic proclaimed (was in existence till May 1).
p Revolt in units of French fleet in the Black Sea.
p Active national liberation struggle against British imperialism begins in India. Upsurge of anti-imperialist movement in China. Afghan war of independence. Peace treaty between the Entente powers and Germany signed at Versailles. Second campaign of Entente powers in Soviet Russia.
p Peace Treaty of St. Germain signed by Austria. Bourgeois revolution begins in Turkey. Powerful strike of steel workers begins in USA.
p Yudenich forces defeated at Petrograd. Peace Treaty of Neuilly signed by Bulgaria.
p National vow approved by Turkish parliament.
p Soviet North cleared of Entente and whiteguard forces.
p Ninth Congress of the RCP(B). German workers go on general strike. Monarchist putsch fails.
p • Far Eastern Republic proclaimed.
p Third campaign of Entente powers in Soviet Russia.
p Peace Treaty of Trianon signed by Hungary. Gilan Province national revolutionary government formed at Resht, Persia. Second Congress of Communist International meets.
p - Peace Treaty of Sevres between Entente powers and Turkey signed.
p Civil war ends in Central Asia. Workers seize industrial plants in Italy. Bukhara People’s Soviet Republic formed. Armenian Socialist Republic formed. Electrification of Russia Plan (GOELRO) adopted by Eighth All-Russia Congress of Soviets.
p First mass strike of African miners in Union of South Africa.
p Upsurge of revolutionary movement in Mexico. Bitter unrest among farm workers in Patagonia, Argentina.
494p 1920–1922
p 1921 February 25 February 26 February 28
p February 28 March 8-16 March 16
p March 16 April 7
p June 22-July 12 July September 19
November 12, 1921–February 6, 1922 1921–1926
1922 February March 27-April 2 March April 10-May 19 April 16 October October 25 November 5–December 5 November 15 November 20, 1922–July 24, 1923 December 30, 1922 7923 January April 17–25 June 8-9 October-November October 17 October 23–25 495p Peasant movement under Eka (Union) leadership in India.
p Georgia proclaimed a Socialist Soviet Republic.
p Treaty signed by RSFSR and Iran on the establishment of friendly relations. Treaty of friendship signed by RSFSR and Afghanistan.
p Counter-revolutionary revolt at Kronstadt. Tenth Congress of RCP(B). RSFSR and Turkey sign pact of friendship and brotherhood.
p Anglo-Soviet trade agreement signed. Sun Yat-sen elected president extraordinary of South China Provinces Republic. Third Congress of Communist International. People’s revolution wins in Mongolia. Independent Rif Republic proclaimed in Morocco.
p • Washington conference on Far East and Pacific problems.
p France and Spain at war with Rif Republic.
p • British Government issues declaration on independence of Egypt.
p • Eleventh Congress of RCP(B).
p • Transcaucasian Federation of Socialist Soviet Republics formed.
p • International conference on economic and financial problems at Genoa.
p • Soviet-German Treaty signed at Rapallo.
p • Fascist dictatorship established in Italy.
p • Japanese troops withdrawn from Vladivostok. Civil war ends in Soviet Far East.
p Fourth Congress of Communist International.
p Far Eastern Republic admitted into RSFSR. International Conference of Lausanne on the Near East.
p • First Congress of Soviets of the USSR approves Declaration and Agreement on formation of the USSR.
p Ruhr district occupied by French troops.
p • Twelfth Congress of the RCP(B). Fascist putsch in Bulgaria.
p Workers’ governments function in Saxony and Thuringia (Germany).
Proclamation of Khoresm Socialist Republic. Armed uprising of workers in Hamburg, led by E. Thaelmann.
October 29 1923 1924 January 20–February 1 January 21 January February-October May 23–31 June 17-July 8 July 16-August 16 September October 1924–February 1927 November 28 1925 January 20 1925 May June 19-October 10 October 5-16 December 17 December 18–31 1925–1928 1926 April 24 May 4-12 May 12–13 July August 31 NovemberDecember 1927 April 12 May 27 July 15–16p —Turkey proclaimed a republic.
p —General railwaymen’s strike in Indonesia.
p —First Kuomintang Congress.
p —V. I. Lenin dies.
p —Second Ail-Union Congress of Soviets adopts USSR Constitution.
p —Diplomatic relations with the USSR established by Great Britain, Italy, Norway, Austria, Greece, Sweden, China, Mexico and France.
p —Thirteenth Congress of the RCP(B).
p —Fifth Congress of the Communist International.
p —London conference of Allied Powers. Dawes plan adopted.
p —Proclamation of Bukhara Socialist Republic.
p —"Prestes Column" march, Brazil.
p —Proclamation of Mongolian People’s Republic.
p —Diplomatic relations established between the USSR and Japan.
p —• Anti-imperialist "May 30th movement" in China.
p —Uzbek and Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republics admitted into the USSR.
p —General strike at Hong Kong and Canton.
p —International Conference at Locarno.
p —Soviet-Turkish Treaty of Friendship and Neutrality signed.
p —Fourteenth Congress of the RCP(B) assumes name of All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) or All-Union CP(B)
p —Upsurge of national liberation struggle in Nicaragua.
p —Soviet-German Treaty of Friendship and Nonaggression signed.
p —General strike in England.
p —Fascist putsch of Pilsudsky in Poland.
p —Chinese national-revolutionary army begins its march to the North.
p —Soviet-Afghan treaty of neutrality and nonaggression signed.
p —Armed uprising against Dutch in Java.
p —Counter-revolutionary coup d’etat in Shanghai operated by Chiang Kai-shek.
p —Great Britain breaks off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.
—Anti-fascist demonstration fired on and general strike begins in Vienna.
496 October 1 November 30 December 2-19 December 11–13 1928 July 17-September 1 August August 27 October November 1928–1930 1929 October 3 1929–1933 1930 March June 26-July 13 1930 1930 1931 April 1931–1932 September 1931–1932 1932 February 2, 1932–1934 1933 January SO February 27 March 27 August September-December October November 16 1933 1933–1937 1934 January 26–February 10 497p —Soviet-Iranian treaty on guarantees and neutrality signed.
p —Proposal on complete general disarmament tabled in League of Nations by the USSR.
p —Fifteenth Congress of All-Union CP(B).
p —Uprising in Canton (Canton Commune).
p —Sixth Congress of Communist International.
p —New constitution promulgated in Afghanistan.
p —Briand-Kellogg Pact concluded in Paris.
p —First Five-Year Plan initiated in the USSR.
p —Reactionary revolt in Afghanistan.
p —Soviets of Workers’, Peasants’ and Red Army Soldiers’ Deputies formed in Central and South China.
p —Diplomatic relations re-established between the USSR and Great Britain.
p —World economic crisis.
p —"Salt march" in India.
p —Sixteenth Congress of Ail-Union CP(B).
p —Mass anti-British movement in India.
p —People of Peru rise against Leguia dictatorship.
p —Bourgeois-democratic revolution in Spain begins. Monarchy overthrown.
p —Mass movement in Chile against pro-American governments.
p —Japanese conquest of Manchuria.
p —Gold mines workers of Tanganyika fight for higher wages.
p —International Disarmament Conference works at Geneva.
p —Fascist dictatorship established in Germany.
p —Nazis stage Reichstag fire.
p —Japan withdraws from League of Nations.
p —Anti-imperialist revolution in Cuba.
p —Reichstag fire trial at Leipzig.
p —Germany withdraws from League of Nations.
p —Diplomatic relations established between the USSR and USA.
p —Chiang Kai-shek launches punitive expedition against Soviet areas in China.
p —Second Five-Year Plan in the USSR.
—Seventeenth Congress of All-Union CP(B)
February February September 18 December 19 193!) January May May June 18 July 25-August 25 October 3 November 1935 1935 1936 January February 16 March 7 March 12 March 26 May 3 May-June July 18 November 25 December 5 1936 1937 July 7 August 21 November 6 1937 1938 March Marchp Fascist putsch and general anti-fascist strike in France.
p Armed clashes between Austrian workers and fascists.
p Soviet Union becomes member of League of Nations.
p Japan denounces Washington agreements of 1922.
p North-Western March of the revolutionary forces in China.
p Mutual assistance treaties signed between the USSR and France and between the USSR and Czechoslovakia.
p Popular Front formed in France. Anglo-German agreement on naval armaments signed.
p Seventh Congress of Communist International. Italy attacks Ethiopia.
p Ail-Union conference of Stakhanovites in the Soviet Union.
p Fresh upsurge of anti-imperialist revolutionary movement in India.
p National liberation alliance formed in Brazil. Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) formed in the USA.
p Popular Front wins parliamentary elections in Spain.
p German troops enter Rhineland. Soviet-Mongolian protocol on mutual assistance signed.
p Popular Front formed in Chile. Popular Front wins parliamentary elections in France.
p Powerful strike movement in France. Fascist revolt in Spain. Spanish people launch national-revolutionary war against fascist rebels and German and Italian intervention (1936–1939).
p Japan and Germany sign Anti-Comintern Pact. Eighth Extraordinary Congress of Soviets adopts new Constitution of the USSR.
p • Strike movement grows in the USA.
p Japan attacks China. Chinese people start antiJapanese war.
p Non-aggression treaty signed by the USSR and China.
p • Italy joins Anti-Comintern Pact.
p Mexican Government decrees nationalisation of railways.
p • German troops occupy Austria.
• Mexican Government decrees nationalisation of petroleum industry.
498 1938 1938 September 29–30 September 30 December 1939 Maich 10–21 March April August 23 August 25 September 1 September 3 September September 28 October 5 October 10 November 30, 1939–March 12, 1940 1940 April May May 26-June 3 June 10 June 17 June 20 June 21 June 22 June 24 July 10 July July 499p - Popular Front wins elections m Chile.
p - Third plan of economic development initiated m the USSR
p - Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign pact on dismemberment of Czechoslovakia at Munich
p - Anglo-Geiman non-aggiession declaration signed
p - Franco-German non-aggression declaration signed
p - Eighteenth Congicss of All-Union CP(B)
p - German troops occupy Czechoslovakia
p - Italy effects conquest of Albania
p - Soviet-German non-aggression treaty signed
p - Anglo-Polish treaty of mutual assistance signed
p - Nazi Germany invades Poland. Second World War begins.
p Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.
p - Western Ukraine and Westein Byelorussia reunite with the USSR
p Mutual assistance treaty between the USSR and Estonia signed.
p Mutual assistance treaty between the USSR and Latvia signed.
p Mutual assistance treaty between the USSR and Lithuania signed.
p Armed conflict between the USSR and Finland.
p Germany occupies Denmark and Norway Germany occupies Belgium, Holland and Luxemburg.
p British troops evacuate Dunkirk.
p Italy declares war on Great Britain and France.
p People’s government set up in Lithuania Fascist government overthrown in Latvia Fascist government overthrown in Estonia Franco-German armistice agreement signed at Compiegne.
p Franco-Italian armistice agreement signed in Rome.
p French Communist Party issues appeal for resistance to nazi invaders.
p Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia proclaimed Soviet Socialist Republics.
USSR and Rumania reach agreement on Bessarabia.
August 2 August September 27 September October 12 October 28 November 1940–March 1941 1941 April April 13 June 22 July 12 July December December 7 December December 1941-May 1942 1942 January i January 29 May 26 June 11 August 12-lr> September 1942–February 1943 November 8 1942 1943 January 18p —Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic proclaimed.
p —Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian Soviet Socialist Republics admitted into the USSR.
p —Tri-Partite Pact signed at Berlin by Germany, Italy and Japan.
p —Japan invades and occupies Vietnam. Vietnamese people start war of liberation.
p —German troops enter Rumania.
p —Italy attacks Greece.
p —Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria and Slovakia join Tri-Partite Pact of fascist states.
p —German and Italian troops invade Yugoslavia and Greece.
p —Neutrality pact between the USSR and Japan signed.
p —Germany attacks the Soviet Union. Soviet people start Great Patriotic War.
p —The USSR and Great Britain sign agreement at Moscow on concerted action in the war against fascist Germany.
p —Partisan warfare against invaders begins in Yugoslavia.
p —German army defeated at Moscow.
p —Japanese air and naval forces attack Pearl Harbour and other American, British and Dutch possessions in the Pacific Ocean. War starts in the Pacific.
p —Germany and Italy declare war on the United States.
p —Japan conquers Malaya, Burma, Philippines, Indonesia and Singapore.
p —United Nations Declaration signed by 26 states at Washington on all-out war against the fascist bloc.
p —Treaty of alliance signed at Teheran by the USSR, Great Britain and Iran.
p —Anglo-Soviet treaty on war-time alliance and post-war co-operation signed.
p —Soviet-American agreement signed on principles applicable to mutual assistance in military operations against aggressors.
p —Conference of heads of government of Great Britain and the Soviet Union in Moscow.
p —Battle of Stalingrad.
p —Anglo-American troops land in North Africa.
p —Brazil and Mexico enter the war against Germany.
—Soviet troops break blockade of Leningrad.
500 May June July July 24–25 July-August September 8 October 13 November 28–December 1 19-t-l June G July 22 August 18–25 August 23–24 September 9 September October 20 October November 29 December 1944–1946 1945 February 4-11 April 4 April 25-June 26 May 2 May 5 May 8 May 9 July 17-August 2 August 6-9 August 9 August 14 August 17 September 2 501p Germán and Italian troops surrender in África.
p Communist International dissolved.
p Anglo-American troops land in Sicily.
p
Fascist government overthrown and Mussolini
arrested in Italy.
p Battle of Kursk.
p Italy surrenders.
p Italy declares war on Gcrmany.
p
Conference of heads of government of trie
USSR, USA and Great Britain at Teherán.
p Allied forces land in northern France to open second front.
p Liberation of Poland begins. Date declared national holiday.
p Popular uprising victorious in Paris. Popular anti-fascist uprising victorious in Rumania.
p Popular uprising victorious in Bulgaria. Finland drops out of fascist bloc. Germán invaders cleared out of Belgrade. Reactionary dictatorship overthrown in Guatemala.
p Albania cleared of Germán forces. Provisional national government set up in Hungary.
p Agrarian reforms introduced in Albania, Hungary, Poland, Rumania and Yugoslavia.
p Yalta (Crimea) Conference of heads of government of the USSR, USA and Great Britain.
p • Hungary cleared of Germán troops. Date declared national holiday.
p • United Nations Conference meets at San Francisco. UNO founded.
p - Soviet forces take Berlin.
p • Popular uprising in Fragüe.
p • Unconditional surrender of Germán armed forces act signed.
p - Victory Day.
p • Potsdam (Berlin) Conference of heads of government of the USSR, USA and Great Britain.
p - Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in Japan, wiped out by barbarous American atom-bomb attack.
p • Soviet Union declares war on Japan.
p - Soviet-Chinese treaty of friendship and alliance signed.
p - Republic of Indonesia proclaimed.
- Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) proclaimed.
September 2 October 3 October November 20, 194r>–October, 1946 Novemher 29 December 1945 1945 194r> 1945–1946 1146 January 11 March March March April June 18 July September September October October November December December 2 1946–1949 1946–1950 1947 January-May February 10 March June June-August Junep • Japan signs act of uncondihonal surrendei, ending Second World War.
p World Federation of Trade Umons (WFTU) formed.
p - I-ifth Pan-Afncan Congress meets.
p • Nuremberg trial of war crimináis held.
p • Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia proclaimed (since 1963—Socialist Federal Repubhc of Yugoslavia)
p • International Democratic Federation of Women founded.
p • World Federation of Democratic Youth founded.
p Landlord ownership of land abolished m Fastern Zone of Germany.
p • Upsurge of the national hberation struggle m Egypt.
p - Upsurge of anti-impenalist movement m India
p - People’s Republic of Albania proclaimed Provisional People’s Committee of North Korea passes land reform law
p • Independence of Transjordan proclaimed Agrarian reform introduced in Bulgaria Independence of Syria proclaimed
p - Italy proclaimed a republic
p - Phihppines’ independence proclaimed
p - Monarchy abolished in Bulgaria
p - General political strike in Burma
p - New constitution adopted in France
p - Democratic Union of África formed
p • Linggadjati Agreement between Indonesian Republic and Holland signed
p - French impenalists start "dirty war" against the people of Vietnam
p - British and American zones of occupation in Germany united (Bizonia established)
p - Revolutionary civil war m China
p - Fourth Five-Year Plan in the USSR
p • Anti-republican conspiracy in Hungary
p • Peace treaties signed by Allied Powers and Italy, Bulgaria, Hungary, Rumania and Finland
p • Truman Doctrine proclaimed by the USA . Marshall Plan adopted by the USA
p • Indian subcontinent divided into two mdependent states—India and Pakistán
• Reactionary, anti-labour Taft-Hartley law passed in the USA
502 November December 30 December 79-íS Tanuary 4 January 17 January 30 February February Spring May 14 June 20 September O 1948 1949 January April April 20–25 August September October 1 October 7 November 1950 January 26 February 14 October 1950-July 1953 1950 19 U October 1951–1955 1950s 1952 July October 5-14 503
p
UNO adopts resolution on partitioning
Palestine.
p Rumania proclaimed a People’s Republic.
p New constitution adopted for Italy.
p Republic of Union of Burma proclaimed. Renville agreement between Indonesian Republic and Dutch signed. Gandhi assassinated.
p Reactionary putsch in Czechoslovakia fails. Ceylon granted dominión status. Agradan reform introduced in Czechoslovakia. State of Israel created.
p Sepárate monetary reform introduced in West Germany.
p Korean People’s Democratic Republic formed. Trial of Communist Party leaders in the USA.
p Council for Mutual Economic Aid set up by the USSR and European People’s Democracies.
p North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) formed.
p First World Peace Congress meets. Constitution of Hungarian People’s Republic adopted.
p Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) formed. Chínese People’s Republic proclaimed. Germán Democratic Republic (GDR) proclaimed.
p Indonesian-Dutch Round-Table conference meets at the Hague.
p Republic of India formed.
p
USSR and Chínese People’s Republic sign
treaty of friendship, alliance and mutual
assistance.
p
Korean people wage national liberation war
against American aggressors.
p State of Jordán formed.
p Nepal wins independence.
p Egyptian Government denounces Anglo–Egyptian agreements of 1899 and 1936.
p Fifth Five-Year Plan of Economic Development in the USSR.
p Anti-democratic McCarran and HumphreyButler acts passed in the USA.
National revolution in Egypt. Nineteenth Congress of All-Union CP(B) in the USSR. All-Union CP(B) renamed Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU).
1952 1952 1952 1953 June 18 1954 June 27 July October 19 November 19.>5 April May Tuly July 18–23 1955 1956 January 1 February 14–25 March 20 March-April May July October-November October-November Dccember 18 1956 1956 7957 Maieh March 6 May 10 May 14-lbp Revoluüon m Bohvia.
p
Independent state of United Kmgdom oí
Libya created.
p Agranan reform completed m China.
p Egyptian Repubhc proclaimed.
p
First atomic power station commissioned m
the USSR.
p
Agreement on ending war m Vietnam reached
at Geneva.
p
Agreement reached by Egypt and Great Britain
regarding withdrawal of Bntish troops from
Suez Canal zone.
p
National anti-impenahst revolution starts in
Algeria.
p First conference of the countnes of Asia and África at Bandung.
p Treaty of friendship, co operation and mutual assistance among the socialist countnes of Eu rope signed at Warsaw.
p General stnke m Chile.
p Geneva conference of hcads of govunmi-nt of the USSR, USA, Great Bntam and France - American Federation of Labor and Congresb of Industrial Organizations mcrift to form AFL-CIO
p Sudan proclaimed Sudanese Repubhc.
p Twentieth Congress of the CPSU.
p Tunisian mdependence proclaimed.
p
France and Spain recognise mdependence of
Morocco.
p
Final dissolution of Netherlands-Indonesian
Union.
p
Egyptian Government passes law on
nationalisation of Suez Canal.
p
Great Bntain, France and Israel launch armed
aggression on Egypt.
p Counter-revolutionary revolt m Hungary.
p
Bntish Gold Coast colony granted dominión
status.
p Popular Action Front formed m Chile.
p
Sixth five year economic development plan
mitiated m the USSR.
p
West European States conclude tieaty on crea
tion of the European Economic Community
(Common Market)
p Ghanaian mdependence proclaimed.
p
Rojas Pínula dictatorship overthrown m Colom
bia.
Meetmg of Representatives of Communist and
Workers Parties m Moscow.
p Malayan independence proclaimed.
p
World’s first artificial satellite of the earth
launched in the USSR.
p • Pérez Jiménez dictatorship overthrown in Venezuela.
p United Arab Republic (UAR) proclaimed.
p • People’s revolution victorious in Iraq Iraqi Republic proclaimed.
p Agrarian reform law passed in Iraq.
p Guiñean Republic proclaimed.
p Period of Fifth Republic inaugurated in France.
p Democratic, anti-imperialist revolution victorious in Cuba.
p Extraordinaiy Twcnty-Fiíst Congiess of the CPSU.
p Law on agrarian reform passed in Cuba Seven-year economic development plan in the USSR.
p New constitution adopted for Czechoslovakia. Meeting of Representatives of Communist and Workers’ Parties in Moscow.
p • Powerful movement against racial discrimination begins in the USA.
p Decrees on nationalisation issued in Egypt.
p • World’s first space flight performed by a Soviet citizen, Y. A. Gagarin.
p Referendum on form of government effected in Algeria.
p • Twenty-Second Congiess of the CPSU. Syria withdraws from United Arab Republic.
p
Evian agreements between France and Algeria
signed.
p
Burma adopts "Burma’s Road to Socialism"
political declaration.
p
World Congress on Disarmament and Peace
meets in Moscow.
p • Caribbean crisis.
p People of South Vietnam begin national liberation war against American aggressors.
p Algerian People’s Democratic Republic proclaimed.
p New constitution for Yugoslavia adopted. Organisation of African Unity created.
p • Treaty on partial prohibition of atomic weapons tests concluded in Moscow.
US President John F. Kennedy assassinated State unión of UAR and Yemen abiogatcd
1964 March Tune 12 October 1966 January February March 29-April 8 Tuly 1966 7967 April June Tuly Summer October November 1968 April May July 33—985
p
United Arab Republic proclaimed a democratic
socialist state.
p
Treaty of friendship, mutual assistance and co–
operation signcd by the USSR and GDR.
p
Plenary meeting of Central Committee of the
CPSU.
p Governments of India and Pakistán sign Tashkent declaration.
p Soviet automatic station makes soft landing on Moon.
p Twenty-Third Congress of the CPSU. Bucharest Declaration of the Warsaw Treaty member-states on measures to strengthen peace and security in Europe adopted. France withdraws from the military organisation of NATO.
p
The Karlovy Vary Conference of Communist
and Workers’ Parties of Europe on problems
of safeguarding peace and security.
p
Israel starts armed aggression against the UAR,
Syria and Jordán.
p World Conference on Vietnam in Stockholm.
p
Massive Negro demonstrations against racial
discrimination in the USA.
p
World’s first automatic link-up and undocking
in mid-orbit of the Soviet artificial earth
satellites, Cosmos-186 and Cosmos-188.
p • Nation-wide celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution in the USSR.
p • New, Socialist Constitution adopted in the GDR.
p • General strike and upsurge of the mass revolutionary movement in France.
• USSR, USA and Britain sign the treaty on non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.
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