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History of US Interventions

479 events in this timeline

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  1. 1965-08-03 August 3, 1965: Captain of USSMaddoxSays Ship Considered Enemy by North Vietnamese because of Military Operations Nearby
  2. 1965-09-30 September 30, 1965: Junior Officers Attempt Left-Wing Coup in Indonesia
  3. 1965-10-01 October 1, 1965: Suharto Comes to Power in Indonesian Coup
  4. 1965-11-08 November 8, 1965: Several Islands Separated from Mauritius, Made into New British Colony
  5. 1966-02-24 February 24, 1966: President of Ghana Toppled in CIA-Backed Coup
  6. 1966-03-12 10:30am March 12, 1966: US Official Says Coup in Ghana ‘Fortuitous Windfall’
  7. 1966-05-26 May 26, 1966: Guyana Becomes Independent
  8. 1966-12-30 December 30, 1966: US and Britain Come to Agreement over British Indian Ocean Territory
  9. 1968-07-05 July 5, 1968: US Says It Will Build Facilities on Diego Garcia
  10. 1969-04-21 April 21, 1969: British Leaders Agree to Mislead UN over Diego Garcia Resettlement
  11. 1969-04-26 April 26, 1969: British Prime Minister Approves Misleading of UN over Diego Garcia
  12. 1970-03-18 March 18, 1970: CIA-Backed Coup Succeeds in Cambodia
  13. 1970-04-30 April 30, 1970: US and South Vietnamese Invade Cambodia
  14. 1970-05-31 May 31, 1970: Nixon Speaks to Military Officials About Operations in Cambodia; Says Public Statements Will Not Speak of What Is Actually Going on in Cambodia
  15. 1970-09-04 September 4, 1970: Allende Elected President of Chile, Pursues Leftist Program
  16. 1971-01-24 January 24, 1971: Britain Says Diego Garcia Will Be Closed in July
  17. 1971-06-13 June 13, 1971: New York Times Publishes Pentagon Papers
  18. 1971-07-27 July 27, 1971-May 26, 1973: British Forcibly Remove Chagossians from Their Homes
  19. 1972-09-04 September 4, 1972: US Pays Mauritius for Chagossian Resettlement
  20. 1973-09-11 September 11, 1973: CIA Policies in Chile Lead to Assassination of Allende, Rise of Pinochet
  21. 1975-03-06 March 6, 1975: State Department Tells Congress Diego Garcia Has ‘No Local Population Whatsoever’
  22. 1975-04-17 April 17, 1975: Khmer Rouge Defeats Cambodian Government
  23. 1975-06-05 June 5, 1975: US Military Tells Congress Diego Garcia Base Should Be Upgraded
  24. 1975-07-28 July 28, 1975: US Congress Approves Ugrade of Diego Garcia Base
  25. 1975-09-09 September 9, 1975: Washington Post First Western Newspaper to Report on Relocation of Chagos Islanders
  26. 1975-10-10 October 10, 1975: Pentagon Report Supports Resettling Chagos Inhabitants
  27. 1975-11-04 November 4, 1975: Congressional Subcommittee Examines Resettlement of Chagossians
  28. 1975-11-20 November 20, 1975: Congress Finds at Least Eight CIA Plots to Assassinate Castro
  29. 1975-12-06 December 6, 1975: US Approves Indonesian Plan to Invade East Timor
  30. 1976-10-06 October 6, 1976: Cuban Exile Blows Up Flight to Havana, Murdering 73
  31. 1976-12-07 December 7, 1976: Indonesia Invades East Timor
  32. 1979-10-15 October 15-16, 1979: Rightists Assert Control of El Salvador’s Post-Coup Armed Forces
  33. 1979-10-15 October 15, 1979: Regime of Carlos Humberto Romero Overthrown in Coup
  34. 1980-04-10 April 10, 1980: Iraq Detains Kurds
  35. 1980-06-03 June 3, 1980: Presidential Candidate Walter Rodney Assassinated
  36. 1981-08-13 August 13, 1981: Iraq Using Chemical Weapons Against Iranian Forces
  37. 1983-04-12 April 12, 1983: Iraq Threatens Iran with ‘New’ and Morally Objectionable Weapons
  38. 1983-10-21 October 21, 1983: Iraq Attacks Iranian Village with Chemical Weapon
  39. 1983-11-01 November 1, 1983: State Department Warned Iraq Using Chemical Weapons ‘Almost Daily’
  40. 1983-11-21 November 21, 1983: US Balks at Curbing Iraqi Chemical Weapons Production
  41. 1983-11-26 November 26, 1983: Reagan Directs US to Increase Military Cooperation with Iraq to Protect Oil Interests
  42. 1983-12-02 December 2, 1983: US, Bechtel Discuss Iraq-Jordan Oil Pipeline
  43. 1983-12-19 December 19, 1983: Rumsfeld Visits Middle East to Deepen US Diplomatic Relations with Iraq
  44. 1983-12-20 December 20, 1983: Rumsfeld Meets with Hussein, Promises US Support
  45. 1984-01-14 January 14, 1984: Murphy Memo Details Further Arming of Iraq, Deception of Congress
  46. 1984-02-29 February 29, 1984: State Department Pushes Ex-Im Bank to Fund Aqaba Oil Pipeline
  47. 1984-03-05 March 5, 1984: State Department Publicly Condemns Iraq’s Use of Chemical Weapons
  48. 1984-03-06 March 6, 1984: State Department Confirms Iraqi Use of Chemical Weapons
  49. 1984-03-09 March 9, 1984: State Officials Urges Ex-Im to Fund Iraq
  50. 1984-03-15 March 15, 1984: US Downplays Previous Criticism of Iraqi Chemical Warfare