United States Seizes Claim to Hawaii by Annexation

Last African-Descended Congressman of the Jim Crow Era

Town Founded by Black Investors Exclusively for African-Descended People

Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP) Holds its Second Congress in Brussels

Niagara Civil Rights Movement Founded

First Communist Armed Forces Evolves from Revolution

Pentecostal Movement Begins with Baptism in the Holy Spirit and Speaking in Tongues

Atlanta Georgia: Racial Cleansing Leads to Three-Day Race Riot

Triple Entente Defense Agreement Formed Russia - France - Great Britain

U.S. Postal Service Bans Mailing of Lynching Postcards

NAACP Founded

Japanese Gain Complete Control of Korea

Ruling Chinese Dynasty Falls Power Struggle Between Nationalist and Communists Begins

Marcus Garvey Jr. Pan-African Political Leader 1887 - 1940

Africans-Descendants Terrorized and Driven From Homes in Largest U.S. Expulsion

400 Year Ottoman Rule Ends
Arab and British Troops
Advance into Syria
Damascus and Aleppo Captured

Elaine Riot and Massacre: Arkansas Race Riot

Racial Cleansing in Corbin, Kentucky

1st Nationally Acclaimed Black Fashion Designer

France Gains Control
of the Newly
Independent Syria

French Separate and Divide Population of Syria into Three Regions

1st African American to Perform on Radio and Most Influential in Jazz Piano

National Kuomintang and Communist Party of China Ally Under Soviet Guidance

Prominent Arab Druze Sultan
Leads Revolt Against French Rule

The Chinese Civil War Begins

U.S. Concocts Charges to Justify Deporting Marcus Garvey

The "Black Metropolis" is Born

Syrian Nationalist Draft Syria Constitution

That's Why Darkies Were Born

Hitler Comes to Power as Chancellor of Germany

Silver Shirts: Silver Legion of America

1st Woman to Run for Elective Office in New York

Iranian Government Announces Persia to be Called Iran

The Great Purge: Political Repression in the Soviet Union

Syria Negotiates with France for Independence

Shukri al-Kuwatli Elected
First President of Syria

Syria and Russia Establish Diplomatic Relations Close Bond Begins

Korea Becomes a Divided Nation: 30-Year Control of Korean Peninsula Lost to Russia and the U.S.

Syria Gains Independence from France

Syria's National Bloc Party Dissolves Splitting into Two Parties

Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party Founded
Calls for Unification of the Arab World

The Korean War: Russia and U.S. Establish Two Koreas after Victory Over Japan Leading to Civil War

1st Leader of Soviet Union Controlled North Korea Government

Syria Becomes Involved in Arab-Israeli War

1st Leader of U.S. Controlled South Korean Government

NATO: Alliance Among Europeans

1st Black CPA in Georgia 1st Black Radio Station Owner

Red Scare: McCarthyism 1950-1956 Anti-Communism

1st Black Woman with Own TV Show

Virginia Physician and Civic Leader

Hydrogen Bomb Developed After U.S Drops Atomic Bombs on Japan

Singer and Songwriter

James Baldwin, Author

Soviet Union Aids North Korea in Acquiring Nuclear Technology

Britian Topples Democratically Elected Government of Guyana

Apartheid Education Policy: Bantu Education Act

Bus Boycott Baton Rouge 1953

A World Community: 1954 Geneva Conference

Racial Segregation Banned In Public Schools By U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Nautilus 1st Nuclear-Powered Submarine

Magazine Publisher & Radio Station Owner

1st African American Lead: U.S. Army Chorus Metropolitan Opera

U.S. Targets Military and Civilian Populations

1st Black Professional Tennis Champion

United Arab Republic: Syria and Egypt Unification

United States Targets North Korea Installs Nuclear Warheads in South Korea

Agreement on Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy: Soviet Union and North Korea

Congo Achieves Independence from Belgium's Colonial Rule

Niger Achieves Complete Independence from France

North Korea Expands Nuclear Energy Educational Institutions

Ba'ath Party Seizes Power in Syria March 8th Revolution

Medicare
U.S. Government Establishes
National Health Insurance
for Senior Citizens

Civilian Ba'ath Lose Power in Internal Military Coup Led by Salah Jadid

Kwanzaa: 1st Pan-African Holiday Created

Compton's Cafeteria Riot: 1st Transgender Riot in U.S. History

U.S. Supreme Court: Interracial Marriage a Legal Right

Israeli Armed Forces Seize the Golan Heights from Syria

1st Black Mayor of Major City

1st Black Woman to Host Syndicated Talk Show in the U.S.

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Becomes Effective

Defense Minister
Hafez al-Assad
Declares Himself President
after Military Coup

Britton Woods System: Actions of the U.S. Changes Global Economy

OPEC Oil Embargo

1st Openly Gay Service Member

Egyptian President Sadat
Appoints General Mubarak
as Vice President of Egypt

North Korea Begins Ballistic Missile Program

North Korea Makes
Strides in Developing
Nuclear Weaponry

Egyptian President
Jails 1000s of Opponents
Activists, Politicians, Journalists

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat Expels Soviets from Egypt

Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat Assassinated

First War of Lebanon: Israel Invades Lebanon and Begins 8-Year Occupation Until Driven Out by Hezbollah

2nd President of Cameroon

North Korea Joins the Non-Prolifiration Treaty

1st Black Woman to Host Nationally Syndicated Talk Show and North America's Only Black Billionaire

North Korea Signs Biological and Toxic Weapons Agreement

North Korea Begins to Lose Long-Standing Support from USSR

U.S. Attempts to Goad North Korea into Compliance with NPT

Soviet Union Dissolved: Signaling End of Cold War

1st Black Woman to Travel in Outer Space

1st Black American Winner ofNobel Prize for Literature

100 Days in Rwanda: Over 500,000 Killed in Mass Genocidal Slaughter

North Korea's First Agreement with the Outside World

1st Black Woman in U.S. Navy History to Hold Rank of Rear Admiral

Impeachment of United States President Bill Clinton

Thailand's Worst Drought in Decades Forces Declaration of National Water Crisis

Hit by Drought Thousands of Farmers Arrive in Thailand's Capital

World's 1st Black Chess Grandmaster

1st President of Russia Resigns