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History of US Interventions

479 events in this timeline

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  1. 1980-1986: China and US Support Kymer Rouge
  2. November 1980: Reagan Adviser Welcomed at Village Held by Kymer Rouge
  3. 1993: Cambodia Receives New Constitution; King Returns
  4. 1964: CIA Spends Millions to Prevent Allende Election
  5. 1973-1990: Pinochet Leads Chile, Thousands of Political Opponents Killed
  6. 1997: US Agrees to Sell Jet Fighters to Chile
  7. September 2000: CIA Report Reveals Agency Supported Pinochet, Despite Represssive Policies
  8. 1841-1871: Explorer Stanley Is Born, Changes Name, Sent in Search of Livingston
  9. December 1884: Belgian King Tells US There WIll Be No Duties on American Imports to Congo
  10. Fall 1883-Spring 1884: Belgium Lobbies US to Recognize Internation Association of Congo
  11. July 1890: American Asserts Mass Violations of Human Rights in Congo
  12. (Late 1879): Leopold Gives Stanley Money For Use in Congo
  13. October 1890: US President Receives Report on Atrocities in Congo
  14. Late 1876: Belgian King Expresses Desire for Slice of ‘African Cake’
  15. 1855-1867: Future Belgian King Plans to Colonize Territory
  16. April 1885: US Warship Fires Salute to ‘Congo Free State’
  17. 1865: New Belgian King Crowned
  18. March 1960-August 1960: CIA Consider Plan to Sabotage Castro Speeches
  19. July 1960: CIA Pays Cuban to Arrange Fatal Accident for Raul Castro
  20. August 1960-February 1963: CIA Plans to Poison Cuban Leaders
  21. Early 1963: CIA Plans to Assassinate Castro with Exploding Sea Shell and Poisoned Diving Suit
  22. Early 1961-June 1965: CIA Works with Cuban Official on Plan to Assassinate Castro
  23. 1959: Castro Overthrows Cuban Dictatorship
  24. 1960: US Introduces Trade Embargo against Cuba
  25. After 1959: US Covert Operations against Castro Begin
  26. 1961: Bay of Pigs Invasion Fails
  27. 1988: Fidel Castro Gets WHO Award
  28. 1980: WHO Says Cuba Has Best Health Care in Latin America
  29. 1990: UNICEF Says Cuba Comparable to Developed Countries in Terms of Infant Mortality
  30. 2000: Chinese News Agency Says Cuba Has More Doctors in Developing Countries than WHO
  31. 2003: Cuba Finishes 52nd in Human Development Index
  32. 1770s: Companies Allowed to Established Plantations on Chagos Islands
  33. 1814: Mauritius Ceded to Britain
  34. 1963-1965: US Asks Britain to Give It Diego Garcia as Naval Base
  35. Early November 1965: Britain Insists it Will Retain Chagos Archipelago after Independence of Mauritius
  36. 1965: British Minister Says Eviction of Inhabitants from Diego Garcia Must Be ‘Fait Accompli’
  37. November 1965: Telegram Shows Britain, US Are Aware Diego Garcia Has Permanent Inhabitants
  38. 1965: Governor of Seychelles Says US Has Made Depopulation of Chagos Islands ‘Virtually a Condition’
  39. January 1966: Britain Discusses Converting Chagos Islanders into ‘Short-Term, Temporary Residents’
  40. August 1966: Senior British Officials Discuss ‘Population Problem’ on Diego Garcia
  41. (1966): British Official Suggest Reclassifying Chagos Islanders as ‘Floating Population’
  42. 1967- 1968: Chagos Islanders Stranded in Mauritius
  43. 1968: British Foreign Secretary Admits Indigenous Population on Chagos Islands
  44. April 1969: British Government Approves Plans for Evacuation of Chagos Islands
  45. 1969: Foreign Secretary Tells British Prime Minister Parliament and US Congress Not Told about Consideration for Diego Garcia
  46. December 1970: US Congress Approves Plan for Diego Garcia
  47. March 1971: Diego Garcia Plantations Cease Operation
  48. 1971: Britain Denies Chagos Islanders Right to Return
  49. After 1971: US Bans Use of Former Inhabitants as Workers at Diego Garcia Base
  50. After 1971: US Prevents Chagos Islanders from Visiting Family Graves