United States Seizes
Claim to Hawaii
by Annexation
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Last African-Descended
Congressman of the
Jim Crow Era
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Town Founded
by Black Investors
Exclusively for
African-Descended People
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Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP) Holds its Second Congress in Brussels
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Niagara Civil Rights
Movement Founded
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First Communist Armed Forces Evolves from Revolution
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Pentecostal Movement Begins
with Baptism in the Holy Spirit
and Speaking in Tongues
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Atlanta Georgia:
Racial Cleansing Leads
to Three-Day Race Riot
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Triple Entente Defense
Agreement Formed
Russia - France - Great Britain
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U.S. Postal Service Bans
Mailing of Lynching Postcards
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Japanese Gain Complete
Control of Korea
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Ruling Chinese Dynasty Falls
Power Struggle Between
Nationalist and Communists Begins
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Marcus Garvey Jr.
Pan-African Political Leader
1887 - 1940
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Africans-Descendants Terrorized
and Driven From Homes in
Largest U.S. Expulsion
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400 Year Ottoman Rule Ends
Arab and British Troops
Advance into Syria
Damascus and Aleppo Captured
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Elaine Riot and Massacre:
Arkansas Race Riot
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Racial Cleansing in Corbin, Kentucky
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1st Nationally Acclaimed Black Fashion Designer
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France Gains Control
of the Newly
Independent Syria
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French Separate and Divide
Population of Syria
into Three Regions
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1st African American
to Perform on Radio
and Most Influential in Jazz Piano
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National Kuomintang and
Communist Party of China
Ally Under Soviet Guidance
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Prominent Arab Druze Sultan
Leads Revolt Against French Rule
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The Chinese Civil War Begins
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U.S. Concocts Charges to
Justify Deporting Marcus Garvey
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The "Black Metropolis" is Born
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Syrian Nationalist
Draft Syria Constitution
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That's Why Darkies Were Born
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Hitler Comes to Power as
Chancellor of Germany
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Silver Shirts:
Silver Legion of America
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1st Woman to
Run for Elective Office
in New York
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Iranian Government Announces
Persia to be Called Iran
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The Great Purge:
Political Repression in
the Soviet Union
|
Syria Negotiates with
France for Independence
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Shukri al-Kuwatli Elected
First President of Syria
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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
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Syria's National
Bloc Party Dissolves
Splitting into Two Parties
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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
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1st Leader of
Soviet Union Controlled
North Korea Government
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Syria Becomes Involved
in Arab-Israeli War
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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
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Hydrogen Bomb Developed
After U.S Drops
Atomic Bombs on Japan
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Soviet Union Aids
North Korea in
Acquiring Nuclear Technology
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Britian Topples
Democratically Elected
Government of Guyana
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Apartheid Education Policy:
Bantu Education Act
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Bus Boycott Baton Rouge 1953
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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
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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
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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
|
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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
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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
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Thailand's Worst Drought
in Decades Forces
Declaration of National Water Crisis
|
Hit by Drought
Thousands of Farmers Arrive
in Thailand's Capital
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World's 1st Black
Chess Grandmaster
|
1st President of Russia Resigns
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