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History of US Interventions

479 events in this timeline

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Showing 451–479 of 479

  1. Late November 1986: Iran-Contra Scandal Will Not Affect US-Iraq Intelligence Link, Says CIA Director
  2. Early 1986: Iraq Kills 700 Iranians with Chemical Weapons
  3. Early 1988: Iraq Retakes Fao Peninsula Using Chemical Weapons
  4. 1960-1973: Agent Orange Used in Vietnam
  5. 1963-1973: US Uses 373,000 Tons of Napalm During Vietnam War
  6. 1952: Mosaddeq Nationalization of Iran’s Oil Industry Leads to Coup
  7. December 2002: Employer Lockout Begins in Venezuela
  8. December-January 2003: TV Commercials Attack Chavez During Strike
  9. January 2004: Venezuelan Coup Plotter Wins Excellence Award
  10. 1948: Venezuelan President Gallegos Overthrown
  11. Late April 2005: Venezuela and Cuba Agree to Expand Trade Between Countries
  12. October 2004: Venezuela Ignores Advice from IMF, Uses Oil Revenue to Fund Social Programs
  13. (Between Early March 2002 and Early April 2002): Venezuelan Coup Plotter Meets with Unnamed US Official
  14. Between Late March and Early April 2002: Two Venezuelan Military Officers Each Receive $100,000 from a Miami Bank Account for Denouncing Chavez
  15. November 2001: Prominent Venezuelan Military Officer Begins Plotting the Overthrow of President Chavez
  16. March 2002: International Republican Institute Serves as Channel Between Chavez Opposition Groups and Bush administration
  17. Between 1969 and 1974: Nixon Expresses Disregard for Civilian Casualties in Vietnam
  18. 1944-1947: Ho Chi Minh Reaches out to US; US Diplomats Note He Has No Direct Ties to Soviet Union
  19. May 1954: French Army Defeated in Vietnam
  20. 1954: Vietnam Temporarily Divided by Geneva Accords
  21. Mid-1954: Ngo Dinh Diem Returns to Head South Vietnamese Government, US Aims Propaganda Campaign at North
  22. 1955: Vietnamese Prime Minister Wins Referendum, More Votes Cast than There Are Voters
  23. 1954: CIA’s Phoenix Program Establishes Secret Units
  24. July 1956: South Vietnamese President Blocks Unifying Elections
  25. January 1957: Eisenhower Rejects Soviet Proposal for Permanent Division of Vietnam
  26. November 1963: South Vietnamese Policies Cause Concern in US
  27. 1954-1975: Tens of Thousands of Soliders Killed in Vietnam War
  28. After 1975: Vietnamese People Continue to Suffer from Agent Orange
  29. (2001): US Harbors Alleged Vietnamese Terrorist