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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
 

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.

492

p 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

493

p 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

May

p 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 1921

p 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.

494

p 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 23-25 495

p 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 15-16

p —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 10 497

p —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 March

p 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 499

p - 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 18

p —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 2 501

p Germ�n and Italian troops surrender in �frica.

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 Teher�n.

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. Germ�n invaders cleared out of Belgrade. Reactionary dictatorship overthrown in Guatemala.

p Albania cleared of Germ�n 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 Germ�n troops. Date declared national holiday.

p • United Nations Conference meets at San Francisco. UNO founded.

p - Soviet forces take Berlin.

p • Popular uprising in Frag�e.

p • Unconditional surrender of Germ�n 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 June

p • 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 crimin�is 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 �frica 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 Pakist�n

• Reactionary, anti-labour Taft-Hartley law passed in the USA

502 November December 30 December 79-�S 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 domini�n status. Agradan reform introduced in Czechoslovakia. State of Israel created.

p Sep�rate 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. Ch�nese People’s Republic proclaimed. Germ�n Democratic Republic (GDR) proclaimed.

p Indonesian-Dutch Round-Table conference meets at the Hague.

p Republic of India formed.

p USSR and Ch�nese People’s Republic sign
treaty of friendship, alliance and mutual
assistance.

p Korean people wage national liberation war
against American aggressors.

p State of Jord�n 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-lb

p Revolu�on m Bohvia.

p Independent state of United Kmgdom o�
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 �frica 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 domini�n
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 P�nula dictatorship overthrown m Colom
bia.

Meetmg of Representatives of Communist and
Workers Parties m Moscow.

504 August October 4 7958 January 23 February [uly 14 Septeraber 30 October 2 1958 19 >9 January January 27-February 5 May 1959-1965 1960 July 11 November 1960 1960-1964 1961 April 12 July 1 October 17-31 1961 1962 March April 30 June October-November 1962 1962 1963 April 7 May August 5 November 22 1963 505

p Malayan independence proclaimed.

p World’s first artificial satellite of the earth
launched in the USSR.

p • P�rez Jim�nez 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 Gui�ean Republic proclaimed.

p Period of Fifth Republic inaugurated in France.

p Democratic, anti-imperialist revolution victorious in Cuba.

p Extraordinaiy Twcnty-Fi�st 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 uni�n 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 Pakist�n 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 Jord�n.

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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