US Foreign Policy timeline
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USS Maine Explodes off the Coast of Havana
The Maine spent her active career operating along the East Coast of the United States and the Caribbean. In January 1898, the Maine was sent from... Read more
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Battle of Manila Bay
The Battle of Manila Bay took place on 1 May 1898, during the Spanish-American War. The American Asiatic Squadron under Commodore George Dewey... Read more
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Battle of San Juan
The Battle of San Juan, not to be confused with the Battle of San Juan Hill, refers to an American naval attack on the fortifications of San Juan,... Read more
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United States Captures Guam from Kingdom of Spain During the Spanish-American War
The Capture of Guam was a bloodless event between the United States and the Kingdom of Spain during the Spanish-American War. The United States... Read more
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Battle of Las Guasimas
The Battle of Las Guasimas of June 24, 1898, part of the Spanish-American War, unfolded from Major General "Fighting Joe" Wheeler's attempt to... Read more
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Battle of San Juan Hill
The Battle of San Juan Hill (July 1, 1898) was the bloodiest and most famous battle of the Spanish–American War. It was also one of the greatest... Read more
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American Forces Land in Guanica, Puerto Rico
The Spanish forces expected the Americans to attack the northern region of the island and concentrated their defenses around San Juan and Arecibo.... Read more
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Hitler and Mussolini Declare War on the United States
Ultimately, it was Hitler and Mussolini’s declaration of war against the US on 11 December 1941, that overcame American opposition to a crusade... Read more
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Harry Truman Creates the Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine is a set of principles of U.S. inland policy created on March 12, 1947 by President Harry S Truman. In this, Truman declared... Read more
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The NATO Agreement is Signed in Washington DC
The Treaty of Brussels, signed on 17 March 1948 by Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France and the United Kingdom is considered the precursor... Read more
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The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb to become the world's second nuclear power.
The RDS-1 (Russian: РДС-1), was the Soviet Union's first nuclear weapon test. It is also known as Joe-1, in reference to Joseph Stalin. It was... Read more
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Chiang Kai-Shek Moves His Capital to Taipei
Chiang moved the government to Taipei, Taiwan, where he formally resumed his duties as president on 1 March 1950.Chiang was reelected by the... Read more
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Viet Minh Defeat French at Dien Bien Phu
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu (French: Bataille de Diên Biên Phu; Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Điện Biên Phủ) was the climactic confrontation of the First... Read more
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States, the Soviet Union, and Cuba in October 1962, during the Cold War. In Russia,... Read more
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Ronald Reagan Introduces the Strategic Defense Initiative
In March 1983, Reagan introduced the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), a defense project that would have used ground and space-based systems to... Read more
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The Hainan Island Incident
On April 1, 2001, a mid-air collision between a United States Navy EP-3E ARIES II signals surveillance aircraft and a People's Liberation Army Navy... Read more
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Suspect North Korean Ship Trailed by US Navy Reverses Course
A North Korean cargo ship being closely tailed by the United States Navy appears to be changing course, and may be returning to North Korea. The... Read more
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World Leaders Arrive in Italy for G8 Summit
Leaders of the world's most powerful economies were Wednesday gathering in the center of an Italian earthquake zone for a summit that, despite an... Read more
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President Barack Obama Announces Plans to Overhaul the US European Missile Defense Shield
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States is overhauling Bush-era plans for a missile defense shield in Europe, based partly on the latest analysis of... Read more