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Timeline of the United States
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World Timelines[edit source]

PRE-COLOMBIAN PERIOD (until 1492)[edit | edit source]

-30,000[edit | edit source]

Passage of hunters through the Bering Strait.

986[edit | edit source]

Eric the Red (Norwegian) lands in Greenland.

โˆผ1000 (approximately)[edit | edit source]

Landing of Erickson on the American coast.

THE COLONIZATION (1492-1776)[edit | edit source]

1562[edit | edit source]

Foundation of Charlesfort (CaS), quickly abandoned by the French.

1562[edit | edit source]

Foundation of Fort Caroline (Florida) by the French.

1565[edit | edit source]

The Spaniards seize Fort Caroline.

1584[edit | edit source]

Walther Raleigh gives the name of Elisabeth the virgin (Virginia) to the coast he approaches.

1585[edit | edit source]

Landing of Colonists near Ranoake, who stay a year before returning to England. Some stay behind and vanish.

1606[edit | edit source]

December 20 Departure of 4 ships from London with 140 colonists under the command of Commander Newport.

1607[edit | edit source]

April 26 The expedition reaches the coast of Virginia.

1609[edit | edit source]

May 23 Second charter extending the territory and power of Virginia.

September 11 Henry Hudson discovers Manhathan Island.

1607[edit | edit source]

May Foundation of Jamestown, 87 settlers die in the following year.

1612[edit | edit source]

March 12 Third charter extending the territory of Virginia (Somers Islands).

1617[edit | edit source]

Foundation of a Dutch trading post on the island of Manhattan.

1619[edit | edit source]

First landing of Black slaves on the continent at Jamestown by the Dutch.

1620[edit | edit source]

November 21 Arrival of the Puritan settlers off the coast of New England.

November 21 Signing of the Mayflower pact off New England.

December 21 Foundation of Plymouth (Massachusetts) by the Puritan settlers.

1622[edit | edit source]

Opechankanough revolt against the English causing the death of 347 people.

1624[edit | edit source]

May 24 Dissolution of the Compagnie de Virginie, which then becomes a royal colony.

1626[edit | edit source]

Creation of Fort Amsterdam which will become New-Amsterdam.

Founding of Salem (New England).

1630[edit | edit source]

Founding of Salem (Massachusetts) by a group of merchants and fishermen.

1630[edit | edit source]

Founding of Boston (New England).

1631[edit | edit source]

Founding of the Connecticut colony.

1632[edit | edit source]

Charles I grants a charter to Lord Baltimore for the colonization of Maryland.

1636[edit | edit source]

Foundation of the Rhodes Island colony by Roger Williams.

Foundation of a College by Mr. Harvard.

1637[edit | edit source]

War of the Puritans and Narragansetts against the Pรฉquots (Connecticut) causing their extermination.

1638[edit | edit source]

Foundation of Fort Christina by Swedish settlers.

Founding of the New Hampshire colony.

1640[edit | edit source]

Foundation of the colony of Maine.

1647[edit | edit source]

New revolt of Opechankanough against the English (500 โ€ ) where he dies in combat.

1655[edit | edit source]

Peter Stuyvesant, Dutch governor seizes Fort Christina, putting an end to the Swedish presence in America.

1663[edit | edit source]

Foundation of the colony of Carolina by English colonists.

1664[edit | edit source]

September 8 Peter Stuyvesant capitulates to the English besieging Niew-Amsterdam which becomes New York.

Foundation of the New Jersey colony.

1675[edit | edit source]

War between the settlers of Plymouth and Philip, chief of Wampanoags.

1680[edit | edit source]

Foundation of the colony of Massachusetts.

1681[edit | edit source]

Willian Penn receives Pennsylvania from Charles II of England.

1682[edit | edit source]

Foundation of Philadephie.

April 6 R. Cavelier de La Salle (French) explores the mouths of the Mississippi and founds Louisiana.

1684[edit | edit source]

Revolt against the English in Massachusetts.

1689[edit | edit source]

New revolt against the English in Massachusetts.

1692[edit | edit source]

February Tituba, Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne are accused of witchcraft by 2 girls aged 9 and 11.

March 1 Interrogation of three women suspected of witchcraft.

March 7 The three women are sent to prison in Boston.

March 20 Arrest of Martha Cory for witchcraft in Salem.

March 23 Arrest of Rebecca Nurse for witchcraft in Salem.

April 30 Complaint against the former pastor of Salem, the Reverend Burroughs.

June 2 Opening of the Salem trial for witchcraft.

June 10 Hanging of Bridget Bishop for witchcraft.

July 16 Hanging of Rebecca Nurse and Sarah Good for witchcraft.

August 19 Hanging of Reverend Burroughs with 2 men and a woman for witchcraft.

September 22 New execution for witchcraft of 7 women and a man.

1697[edit | edit source]

Penance from the province of Salem.

1695[edit | edit source]

Foundation of New-Rochelle by Huguenots from France.

1701[edit | edit source]

Foundation of Yale in New Haven (Connecticut) by Puritans.

1718[edit | edit source]

Founding of New Orleans JB Le Moyne (French) d'Iberville.

1729[edit | edit source]

Revolt of the Iroquois and Natchez Indians against the French in Louisiana.

1732[edit | edit source]

A charter is granted to Gal James Oglethorphe, he names the territory received Georgia in honor of the king.

1733[edit | edit source]

James Oglethorphe founds Savannah and welcomed 1,810 poor people and 1,021 immigrants.

1754[edit | edit source]

Foundation of Fort Duquesne by the French.

1755[edit | edit source]

Beginning of the Great Upheaval against the Acadians in New England.

1756[edit | edit source]

Massacres of settlers west of Philadelphia.

1757[edit | edit source]

Capture of Louisbourg by English troops.

1759[edit | edit source]

Capture of Quebec by English troops.

1760[edit | edit source]

Capture of Montreal by English troops.

1762[edit | edit source]

Treaty of Fontainebleau ceding Louisiana to Spain.

1763[edit | edit source]

October 7 Proclamation of the king granting the territories of the West to the Indians.

1764[edit | edit source]

Foundation of New-Bordeaux (South Carolina) by Huguenots from France.

1765[edit | edit source]

March Stamps Acts The stamps are extended to the colonies.

1770[edit | edit source]

March 5 Incidents between English troops and demonstrators in Boston (5 โ€ ).

1773[edit | edit source]

December 16 Boston Tea Party ; the demonstrators empty a cargo of tea from East India Company ships into the port.

1774[edit | edit source]

September 5 First Congress of the American Colonies in Philadelphia.

October 26 Dispersion of the Congress of the American Colonies, it is convened for May 10 of the following year.

1775[edit | edit source]

April 19 Lexington shootings between Americans and English soldiers marking the start of the uprising.

May 10 Opening of the second Congress of the American Colonies.

June 7 A motion for the independence of the colonies is tabled in Congress.

June 12 Adoption of the Bill of Rights by Congress legitimizing the revolt.

June 15 Congress hands over Army command to George Washingtown.

AMERICAN REPUBLIC (since 1776)[edit | edit source]

1776[edit | edit source]

July 2 Adoption of the independence motion by Congress.

July 4 United States Declaration of Independence.

July 9 Victory of the French and Indian forces against the English at the Battle of Monongahela (Virginia).

July 12 The independence motion is adopted by 12 colonies.

March 17 British troops evacuate Boston.

September 11 La Fayette is wounded during the Battle of Brandywine against the English.

September 15 British troops occupy New York.

December 26 Victory of G. Washingtown against the English at Trenton.

1777[edit | edit source]

January 3 Victory of Washingtown against the English at Princetown.

March 13 Vergennes presents the American deputies to the King of France in Versailles.

April 26 Lafayette embarks on La Victoire for America.

June 13 Lafayette arrives in America.

June 14 Adoption of the American flag (13 red and white stripes with 13 stars on a blue background).

September 11 Defeat of G. Washingtown at Brandywine.

October 4 Defeat of G. Washingtown at Germantown.

1778[edit | edit source]

February 6 Treaty of commerce and alliance between France and the Insurgents .

March 20 Benjamin Franklin is received at Versailles.

April Capture of an English ship by the American privateer P. Jones in Belfast Bay.

June 21 Spain goes to war with England.

June 28 Lafayette wins against Clinton near Monmouth.

1779[edit | edit source]

January 11 La Fayette leaves America for France.

1780[edit | edit source]

April 27 Arrival of La Fayette in Boston on his return from France.

May 2 Departure of a French expeditionary force led by General Rochambeau for America.

1781[edit | edit source]

September 5 French naval victory against the English at Chesapeake.

October 18 Victory of the Franco-American troops against the English in front of Yorktown (Virginia).

October 20 Capitulation of English troops at Yorktown.

December 23 La Fayette leaves the United States.

1782[edit | edit source]

March 5 The House of Commons authorizes negotiations with the colonies.

November 30 Signing of preliminary peace between the Americans and the British.

1783[edit | edit source]

February 4 Armistice between Americans and English.

September 3 Treaty of Versailles where England recognizes the independence of the United States.

1784[edit | edit source]

December 23 New York is designated the provisional capital of the United States.

1787[edit | edit source]

January 11 Signature of a commercial treaty with Russia.

May 25 Meeting of a convention responsible for drafting a constitution.

September 17 Adoption of the constitution by the Convention.

December 7 Delaware ratifies the constitution and becomes the 1st state.

1788[edit | edit source]

June 21 The constitution comes into force following its ratification by the ninth state.

June 25 Virginia ratifies the constitution and becomes the 10th state.

July 26 New York ratifies the constitution and becomes the 11th state.

1789[edit | edit source]

January 7 First presidential election of the United States.

March 4 First Meeting of the Congress.

March 4 New York is designated the provisional capital of the United States of America.

April 6 G. Washingtown is unanimously elected President of the United States.

George WASHINGTOWN (1789-1797)[edit | edit source]

1789[edit | edit source]

April 30 G. Washingtown takes the oath of office and thus becomes the first President of the United States of America.

1790[edit | edit source]

May Entry into war with England (until October).

1791[edit | edit source]

Entry of Vermont (14th state) into the Union.

1792[edit | edit source]

Kentucky (15th state) enters the Union.

1793[edit | edit source]

April 22 Proclamation of neutrality by G. Washingtown in the face of European events.

1794[edit | edit source]

November 19 Signature of an Anglo-American commercial treaty.

1796[edit | edit source]

Entry of the Tenessee (16th state) into the Union.

November John Adams wins the presidential elections.

December French refusal of letters of accreditation from J. Monroe, new American ambassador to France.

John ADAMS (1797-1801)[edit | edit source]

1797[edit | edit source]

April 30 John Adams takes the oath of office and becomes the second President of the United States of America.

1798[edit | edit source]

May J. Adams orders the seizure of French ships in American ports.

July 7 The USS Delaware seizes a French schooner near the coast of Pennsylvania.

1799[edit | edit source]

February 9 The USS Retaliation seizes the French ship Insurgente (29 โ€ ) near Guadeloupe.

1800[edit | edit source]

February 1 Naval engagement between the French frigate La Vengeance and the USS Constellation.

September 30 Signature of the Mortefontaine Treaty putting an end to Franco-American hostilities.

October 1 Spain returns Louisiana to France.

October 12 Naval engagement between the French corvette Le Berceau and the frigate USS Boston.

Thomas JEFFERSON (1801-1809)[edit | edit source]

1801[edit | edit source]

March 4 Thomas Jefferson takes the oath of office and becomes President of the United States of America.

Government installation in the new capital Washington.

1803[edit | edit source]

Ohio (17th state) enters the Union.

April 11 Napoleon proposes the sale of Louisiana to the Americans.

May 3 France sells Louisiana to the United States.

December 20 Transfer of Franco-American sovereignty in Lower Louisiana to New Orleans.

1804[edit | edit source]

March 10 Transfer of Franco-American sovereignty in Upper Louisiana to St-Louis.

May 14 The Lewis and Clarke expedition to explore the Missouri departs from St. Louis.

September 25 Adoption of the 12th amendment fixing two separate elections for the president & the vice-president.

1805[edit | edit source]

November 18 The Discovery boat of the Lewis and Clarke expedition reaches the Pacific.

1807[edit | edit source]

December 22 Embargo against the British following a series of maritime incidents.

1809[edit | edit source]

March 1 The embargo against the British is lifted.

James MADISON (1809-1817)[edit | edit source]

1809[edit | edit source]

March 4 James Madison takes the oath of office and becomes President of the United States of America.

1812[edit | edit source]

Louisiana (18th state) enters the Union.

June 12 The United States declares war on England.

1813[edit | edit source]

October 5 American victory against British troops near Thames, Ontario.

1814[edit | edit source]

August 24 Capture of Washingtown by the British Army.

August 26 British armies evacuate Washingtown.

September 11 Victory of the Americans against the English at Lake Champlain.

December 23 Treaty of Ghent (Belgium) marking the end of the war with England.

December 23 Landing of the British army in the southern United States.

1815[edit | edit source]

January 8 Defeat of the British army against the soldiers of General Andrew Jackson.

January General Jackson seizes New Orleans.

1816[edit | edit source]

Indiana (19th state) enters the Union.

1817[edit | edit source]

Entry of the Mississippi (20th state) into the Union.

James MONROE (1817-1825)[edit | edit source]

1817[edit | edit source]

April 30 James Monroe takes the oath of office and becomes President of the United States of America.

1818[edit | edit source]

Illinois (21st state) enters the Union.

The general. Jackson overthrows the Spanish governor and seizes Florida.

1819[edit | edit source]

Alabama (22nd state) enters the Union.

Onis-Adams Treaty ratifying the annexation of Florida by the USA .

1820[edit | edit source]

March 6 The president ratifies the Missouri Compromise on Slavery.

March 15 Entry of Maine (23rd state) into the Union.

1821[edit | edit source]

300 English-speaking families are authorized to settle in Mexico.

August 10 Entry of Missouri (24th state) into the Union.

1822[edit | edit source]

The Cherokees adopt a constitution on the American model.

1823[edit | edit source]

December 2 James Monroe presents the principles of his foreign policy (Monroe doctrine).

John Quincy ADAMS (1825-1829)[edit | edit source]

1825[edit | edit source]

April 30 John Q. Adams takes the oath of office and becomes President of the United States of America.

1828[edit | edit source]

December 3 Andrew Jackson is elected president.

Andrew JACKSON (1829-1837)[edit | edit source]

1829[edit | edit source]

March 4 Andrew Jackson is sworn in to the constitution and becomes the seventh President of the United States of America.

1830[edit | edit source]

April 6 Foundation of the Mormon Church by Joseph Smith.

May Congress passes legislation to deport the Cherokee Indians.

1831[edit | edit source]

January 1 First issue of the Anti-Slavery Journal The Liberator in Boston by William Lloyd Garrisson.

1835[edit | edit source]

October 2 Victory of the Texans against the Mexicans at Gonzales.

November 3 Independence of Texas.

December 10 Victory of the Texans against the Mexicans in San Antonio.

1836[edit | edit source]

February 23 Siege of Fort Alamo by the Mexicans.

March 6 Capture of Fort Alamo by the Mexicans.

March 14 Victory of the Mexicans against the Texans at Refugio.

20 Victory of the Mexicans against the Texans in Goliad.

May 21 Victory of the Texans against the Mexicans in San Jacinto.

June 15 Arkansas (25th state) enters the Union.

1837[edit | edit source]

January 26 Michigan (26th state) enters the Union.

Martin VAN BUREN (1837-1841)[edit | edit source]

1837[edit | edit source]

March 4 Martin Van Buren takes the oath of office and becomes President of the United States of America.

1838[edit | edit source]

August-December The Cherokee Indians move west.

William Henry HARRISSON (1841)[edit | edit source]

1841[edit | edit source]

April 4 Death of William H. Harrisson, John Tyler, vice-president succeeds him.

1842[edit | edit source]

Webster-Ashburton Treaty establishing the borders with Canada.

1844[edit | edit source]

June 27 Assassination of J. Smith and his brother imprisoned in Carthage (Missouri).

1845[edit | edit source]

March 3 Florida (27th state) enters the Union.

John TYLER (1841-1845) 

James Knox POLK (1845-1849)

1845[edit | edit source]

March 4 James K. Polk takes the oath of office and becomes President of the United States of America.

June 8 Death of former president Andrew Jackson.

December 29 Entry of Texas (28th state) into the Union.

1846[edit | edit source]

December 28 Entry of Iowa (29th state) into the Union.

1847[edit | edit source]

July 24 Founding of Salt Lake City by Brigham Young (Mormon).

September 14 Entry of General Winfield into Mexico City.

1848[edit | edit source]

February 2 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending the war against Mexico.

May 29 Entry of Winsconsin (30th state) into the Union.

Zachary TAYLOR (1849-1850)[edit | edit source]

1849[edit | edit source]

March 4 Z. Taylor takes the oath of office and becomes President of the United States of America.

1850[edit | edit source]

March 3 Abolition of slavery north of a 36 ยฐ 30 โ€ฒ line.

April 15 Treaty of Clayton-Bulwer guaranteeing the neutrality of the future Panama Canal with England.

July 9 Death of Zachary Taylor, Mr. Fillmore vice-president succeeds him.

Millard FILLMORE (1850-1853)[edit | edit source]

1850[edit | edit source]

September 9 Entry of California (31st state) into the Union.

1853[edit | edit source]

September 18 Adoption of the Clay compromise between abolitionist and slave states.

Franklin PIERCE (1853-1857)[edit | edit source]

1853[edit | edit source]

March 4 F. Pierce takes the oath of office and becomes President of the United States of America.

1854[edit | edit source]

March 20 Foundation of the Republican Party.

May 30 Nebraska and Kansas Creation Laws allowing pioneers to adopt or refuse slavery.

July 13 Bombing of Greystone (Nicaragua) by an American ship provoking protests from England.

James BUCHANAN (1857-1861)[edit | edit source]

1857[edit | edit source]

March 4 J. Buchanan takes the oath of office and becomes President of the United States of America.

March 6 Dred Scott Case Supreme Court denies citizenship to freed slaves and their descendants.

1858[edit | edit source]

May 11 Entry of Minnesota (32nd state) into the Union.

1859[edit | edit source]

February 14 Entry of Oregon (33rd state) into the Union.

August 27 first oil exploitation by drilling by E. Drake in Titusville.

October 16-18 John Brown's attempted slave uprising at Harper's Ferry fails.

December 2 Execution of John Brown.

1860[edit | edit source]

November 6 A. Lincoln wins the presidential election.

December 20 Secession of South Carolina.

December 25 Beginning of the siege of Federal Fort Samter.

1861[edit | edit source]

January 9 Secession of the Mississippi.

January 10 Secession of Florida.

January 11 Secession of Alabama.

January 19 Secession of Georgia.

January 26 Secession of Louisiana.

January 29 Kansas (34th state) enters the Union.

February 1 Texas Secession.

February 4 Meeting of the Mongomerry convention for the elaboration of a constitution of the Confederate States.

February 8 Adoption of a provisional constitution of the Confederate States.

February 10 Jefferson Davis becomes president of the provisional government of the Confederation.

February 23 Texas Secession.

Abraham LINCOLN (1861-1865)[edit | edit source]

1861[edit | edit source]

March 4 Investiture of the new president.

March 11 Adoption of the constitution of the Confederate States.

April 7 Ultimatum from General Beauregard (Confederate) to the federal troops at Fort Sumter.

April 12 Bombardment of Fort Sumter by Confederate troops.

April 13 Major Anderson surrenders and delivers the fort to Confederate troops.

May 13 England announces its neutrality in the face of the Civil War.

April 15 Lincoln's call for the mobilization of 75,000 men.

April 17 Secession of Virginia.

April 19 Lincoln orders a blockade against the Southern States.

May 6 Arkansas Secession.

May 20 Secession of North Carolina.

May 29 Richemond becomes capital of the Confederate States.

June 8 Secession of Tennessee.

July 21 The Confederates of Bull Run resist the assaults of the Federates.

November 1 General McClellan is appointed head of the Union armies.

November 8 Boarding of a British ship with 2 southern diplomats heading for Cuba.

1862[edit | edit source]

March 6 Battle of Pea Ridge.

March 7 Raid by William Quantrill against Aubry (Kansas).

April 6-7 Victory of General Grant at Shiloh against the troops of Beauregard & Johnson.

May 20 Homestead Act granting land in the West for settlement.

June 6 The North seizes New Orleans.

July 1 Law on the creation of a transcontinental rail link.

August 29 Defeat of the union in front of Bull Run.

September 17 Defeat of the South at Antietam.

September 22 A. Lincoln announces the progressive emancipation of blacks in the Union for January 1.

December 11-15 Battle of Fredericksburg.

1863[edit | edit source]

January 8 Work begins on the transcontinental east-west rail link.

February 25 Law on the creation of a National banking system.

March 3 Enrollment Act establishing conscription for the first time in the United States.

May 18 Beginning of the siege of Vicksburg (Mississippi) by the armies of General Grant.

June 20 Entry of West Virginia (35th state) into the Union.

July 1 Beginning of the Battle of Gettysburg.

July 4 The battle of Gettysburg ends in the defeat of General Lee (7,000 โ€  and 45,000 wounded).

July 22 Beginning of the siege of Atlanta from the North.

August Northern armies arrest people providing aid to members of the Quantrill Band.

August 14 Collapse of the building where members of the Quantrill gang were held (5 โ€ ).

August 21 Massacre of Lawrence (Kansas) by the Quantrill gang (160/190 โ€ ) in retaliation.

September 1 General Sherman enters Atlanta.

September 19-20 Battle of Chickamauga (Georgia).

November 25 Battle of Chatanooga.

October 6 Quantrill attack on Fort Blair (Kansas).

1864[edit | edit source]

February 17 Confederate submarine HL Hunley sinks the frigate USS Housatonic in Charleston.

April 8 Victory for General De Polignac (Sudiste) at Mansfield.

May 5-6, the Battle of Wilderness results in 30,000 deaths.

June 9 Beginning of the siege of Petersburg (Virginia).

June 19 The Federals sink Alabama off the coast of Cherbourg.

June 27 Defeat of the North at Keenesaw Mountain.

September 2 Capture of Atlanta by the troops of General Sherman (federated).

November 6 The United States calls for the withdrawal of French troops from Mexico.

November 8 Re-election of Abraham Lincoln.

December 24 Capture of Savannah from the North.

1865[edit | edit source]

January 11 Statement by Thomas Fletcher, Governor of Missouri, ending slavery in the state.

January 31 Adoption of the 13th amendment on the abolition of slavery.

February Lee is appointed general-in-chief of the Confederate armies.

April 2 Capture of Petersburg from the North.

April 9 Defeat of the Southern troops of General Lee in Appomattox (Virginia) against the troops of General Grant.

April 9 Signing of the southern surrender between Grant and Lee at Appomattox Court House (Virginia).

April 14 Johns Wilkes Booth shoots Abraham Lincoln at the Ford Theater in Washingtown.

April 15 Death of Abraham Lincoln, A. Johnson, vice-president succeeds him.

Andrew JOHNSON (1865-1869)[edit | edit source]

1865[edit | edit source]

April 26 Johns Wilkes Booth is killed in Virginia.

May 1 President Johnson establishes a military tribunal to try 8 suspects linked to the assassination of President Lincoln.

May 10 Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederation, is taken prisoner in Georgia.

May 26 Capitulation of the last Confederate Bastions.

December 18 Entry into force of the 13th amendment on the abolition of slavery in all Union territories.

December 24 Foundation of the Klu Klux Klan by Southern officers in Pulaski (Tennessee).

1866[edit | edit source]

April 9 Law granting blacks the same civic rights as whites.

June 16 Adoption of the 14th amendment on equal protection of the law for all citizens.

July 24 Tennessee returns to the Union.

July 28 Entry into force of the 14th amendment on the equal protection of the law for all citizens.

1867[edit | edit source]

March 2 Martial law in the southern states.

March 2 Tenure of Office Act , Act respecting the appointment / dismissal of civil servants by the President.

March 30 Purchase of Alaska from Russia.

1868[edit | edit source]

February 22 The assembly initiates Empeachment proceedings against the President for violating the Tenure of Office Act .

March 30 President Johnson's trial begins in the High Court.

May 16 The High Court refuses to convict Johnson.

July 15 Georgia returns to the Union.

Ulysses Simpson GRANT (1869-1877)[edit | edit source]

1869[edit | edit source]

March 4 US Grant takes the oath of office and becomes President of the United States of America.

May 10 Junction of the transcontinental railway at Promontory Point (Utah).

1870[edit | edit source]

March 30 Right to vote for blacks.

May 30 Entry into force of the 15th amendment granting the right to vote to all citizens.

1871[edit | edit source]

May 30 American ships bomb Inch Harbor (Korea) to put pressure on the country.

October 8 Great Chicago Fire.

1872[edit | edit source]

May 22 Amnesty law for the Confederates.

1875[edit | edit source]

Commercial treaty with Hawaii.

1876[edit | edit source]

June 25 General Custer is defeated by Sitting Bull at Little Big Horn.

Rutherford Birchard HAYES (1877-1881)

1877[edit | edit source]

March 4 R. Hayes takes the oath of office and becomes President of the United States of America.

James Abraham GARFIELD (1881)[edit | edit source]

1881[edit | edit source]

March 4 JA Garfield takes the oath of office and becomes President of the United States of America.

July 2 Charles Guitteau attack against J. Garfield.

July 19 J. Garfield dies of his injuries, Chester A. Arthur, vice president succeeds him.

1882[edit | edit source]

April 3 Assassination of Jessy James by Robert Ford.

Chester Alan ARTHUR (1881-1885)[edit | edit source]

1884[edit | edit source]

March 3 Law establishing a military coastal defense system.

Renewal of the commercial treaty with Hawaii.

Grover CLEVELAND (1885-1889)[edit | edit source]

1885[edit | edit source]

March 4 G. Cleveland takes the oath of office and becomes President of the United States of America.

1886[edit | edit source]

May 1 General strike for the establishment of the 8-hour day.

May 4-5 Riots in Chicago.

1889[edit | edit source]

American Protectorate in the Samoa Islands.

Benjamin HARRISSON (1889-1893)[edit | edit source]

1889[edit | edit source]

March 4 B. Harrisson takes the oath of office and becomes President of the United States of America.

1890[edit | edit source]

December 15 Sitting Bull is killed during his arrest at Standing Rock.

July 2 Adoption of an anti-trust law.

December 29 Massacre of Wonded Knee by the 7th Cavalry (153 โ€ ).

1893[edit | edit source]

American colonists in Hawaii overthrew Queen Liliuokalani (Hawaii).

February 15 The US Senate approves the proposed incorporation of Hawaii.

Grover CLEVELAND (1893-1897)[edit | edit source]

1893[edit | edit source]

March 4 Investiture of President Cleveland.

President Cleveland opposes the annexation of Hawaii.

1894[edit | edit source]

Workers' insurrections repressed by force.

1895[edit | edit source]

Resolution of the United States Senate excluding intervention in Hawaii.

1896[edit | edit source]

April Spain refuses American mediation on the Cuban crisis.

William MCKINLEY (1897-1901)[edit | edit source]

1897[edit | edit source]

March 4 W. McKinley takes the oath of office and becomes President of the United States of America.

December 20 President McKinley proclaims American neutrality in the Cuban crisis.

1898[edit | edit source]

January Sent from Maine to ensure the safety of American nationals.

February 1 Accidental explosion of Maine in the port of Havana (258 โ€ ).

March 9 Law of 50 million on the financing of possible operations in Cuba.

March 27 The president suggests that the Spaniards serve as mediator for Cuban independence.

April 11 Message from the President to Congress in favor of intervention in Cuba.

April 13 Congress authorizes the US president to intervene in Cuba to restore peace.

April 14 Declaration of the European ambassadors in Washington against any American intervention.

April 16 Teller amendment allowing the president to use force in Cuba.

April 18 The House of Representatives authorizes recourse to war.

April 20 Congress demands the withdrawal of Spanish troops from Cuba.

April 21 Declaration of war on Spain.

April 21 Beginning of the blockade of Havana (Cuba) by the American fleet.

April 29 Arrival of the Spanish Navy in the Caribbean.

May 1 Destruction of the Spanish Pacific Navy in the port of Manila by American ships.

May 6 The German ships, charged with the protection of their nationals, force the American blockade of Manila (Philippines).

May 10 General Merritt is appointed to lead the expedition against the Philippines.

May 19 The Cervera y Topete (Spanish) fleet reaches Santiago (Cuba).

May 24 The first American ships leave for the Philippines.

May 27 Spanish ships force the American blockade of Havana (Cuba).

May 29 Sampson's fleet (American) blocks Santiago (Cuba).

June 13 The American ships leave Tampa (Florida) for Cuba.

June 20 Capture of Guam (Philippines) by the Americans without a fight.

June 22 Landing of the American expeditionary force in Daiquiri (Cuba).

June 25 Spanish troops surrender from Juragana (Cuba) to American forces.

July 3 The Spanish ships are sunk while trying to force the blockade of Santiago (Cuba).

July 7 Landing of the first American forces on the island of Luzon (Philippines).

July 16 Entry of American troops into Santiago de Cuba.

July 17 Spanish forces surrender in Santiago (Cuba) to American forces.

July 18 Landing of an American expeditionary force in Puerto Rico.

July 28 Capture of Ponce (Puerto Rico) from the Spanish by American forces.

August 2 Law of annexation of Hawaii to American territory.

August 9 Capture of Coamo (Puerto Rico) from the Spanish by American forces.

August 11 Spain accepts the American conditions (abandonment of sovereignty over Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guamโ€ฆ.).

August 12 The president announces the end of hostilities with Spain.

August 15 US forces enter Manila.

December 10 Treaty of Paris ending the war against Spain.

1899[edit | edit source]

February 4 Declaration of war by the unrecognized government of Aguinaldo (Filipino) against the United States.

February 6 The Senate ratifies the Treaty of Paris.

March 2 Law increasing the strength of the American army to 65,000 men.

March 13 Landing of an American expeditionary force in Apia (Samoa) to support King Tuna.

December 2 Peace treaty on the sovereignty of the Samoa Islands.

December 20 US General Wood replaces General Brooke as governor of Cuba.

1900[edit | edit source]

September 9 Strikes in the coal mines.

November 7 Re-election of W. McKinley as President.

1901[edit | edit source]

February 2 Law increasing the strength of the American army to over 100,000 men.

February 5 Treaty of Hay-Pauncefote concession for the construction and operation of the Panama Canal.

September 6 Leon Czolgosz, Polish anarchist shoots the president in Buffalo.

September 14 Death of W. McKinley following an attack, T. Roosevelt, vice-president, replaces him.

Theodore ROOSEVELT (1901-1909)[edit | edit source]

1901[edit | edit source]

March 2 Platt Amendment of the Cuban Congress giving American right to intervene on the island.

November 18 Second Treaty of Hay-Pauncefote granting the USA a right of military intervention in the Panama Canal zone.

December 11 Reciprocal commercial treaty with Cuba.

1903[edit | edit source]

January 21 Militia Act on the creation of the National Guard, responsible for the defense of the territory.

February 16 Cuba accepts the installation of an American base on its soil in Guantanamo.

March 3 A tax is introduced to curb immigration.

October 8 Signature of a trade agreement with China.

November 3 Secession of Panama from Colombia.

December 17 First flight in the Wright brothers' airplane.

1904[edit | edit source]

April 30 Opening of the Universal Exhibition in Saint-Louis.

November 8 Re-election of T. Roosevelt as President.

1905[edit | edit source]

May 15 Founding of Las-Vegas.

August 2 Opening of the peace conference in Porthmouth between the Russians and the Japanese.

September 5 Signature of the Treaty of Porthmouth sealing the peace between Russia and Japan.

1906[edit | edit source]

April 18 Earthquake in San Francisco (1,000 โ€ ).

December 10 Theodore Roosevelt receives the Nobel Peace Prize.

1907[edit | edit source]

February 21 Immigration restriction law.

May 18 World demonstration of women for peace in the world.

June 15 International conference in The Hague on peace at the initiative of Theodore Roosevelt (until October 18).

1908[edit | edit source]

February 18 Japanese immigrant workers are turned away.

August 12 The first Ford T is released from Ford factories.

November 3 William H. Taft (Republican) wins the presidential elections.

William Howard TAFT (1909-1913)

1909[edit | edit source]

February 17 Death of the Indian chief Geronimo.

March 4 WH Taft takes the oath of office and becomes President of the United States of America.

1911[edit | edit source]

May 15 Supreme Court orders Rockefeller Standard Oil to be divided into 34 companies.

1912[edit | edit source]

November 5 TW Wilson (Democrat) wins the presidential elections.

Thomas Woodrow WILSON (1913-1921)[edit | edit source]

1913[edit | edit source]

March 4 W. Wilson takes the oath of office and becomes President of the United States of America.

1914[edit | edit source]

April 9 The crew of an American ship is arrested by the Mexicans.

April 14 Wilson contemplates military intervention against Mexico.

April 20 Capture of Vera-Cruz (Mexico) by American forces.

April 28 Agreement with the Mexicans on a withdrawal from Vera-Cruz.

July 3 Peace treaty with Mexico.

August 4 Proclamation of neutrality by the president in the face of the war in Europe.

November 17 The President announces the neutrality of the Panama Canal.

November 23 American evacuation of Vera-Cruz.

1915[edit | edit source]

February 20 The US government calls for an end to submarine attacks on merchant ships.

May 7 A German submarine (U20) sinks the Lusitania (1,198 โ€  including 128 Americans) in the south-east of Ireland.

May 13 American protests against the torpedoing of the Lusitania .

July 25 Torpedoing of 2 American merchant ships near Ireland by German submarines.

July 29 American military intervention in Haiti.

1916[edit | edit source]

March 9 Mexican incursion from Pancho Villa (17 โ€ ) to Columbus (New Mexico).

June 20 Ultimatum of the Mexican president in the USA .

June 21 Defeat of General Pershing (American) against Pancho Villa in Carrizal (Mexico).

July 1 Extension of Prohibition to South Dakota, Michigan, Montana and Nebraska.

July 31 Explosion of munitions wagons in New York (26 โ€ ).

August 4 Purchase of the Virgin Islands in Denmark by the USA .

August 29 Jones Act promising independence for the Philippines.

November 7 Re-election of President Wilson as President.

December 21 President Wilson's call for peace.

1917[edit | edit source]

January 16 Germany offers Mexico an alliance in the event of war with the United States.

January 22 President Wilson offers the belligerents a "Peace without Victory".

January 31 The Germans announce total submarine warfare off the Franco-British coast.

February 3 Breakdown of diplomatic relations with Germany.

February 26 President Wilson asks Congress for authorization to arm merchant ships to protect them.

March 1 The "Zimmerman Telegram" on the proposed German-Mexican alliance against the United States is released.

March 2 Reform of the Organic Act ; Puerto Rico becomes American.

March 15 Congress authorizes the arming of American merchant ships.

March 20, the president convenes the Congress in extraordinary session.

April 2 Congress votes for the United States to enter the war against Germany.

May 2 Launch of a loan of 2 billion dollars to finance the war.

May 13 Capture of a German submarine in the port of Newport New (Virginia).

May 18 Adoption of the law establishing compulsory military service.

June 14 General Pershing arrives in Paris.

June 15 Strengthening of sanctions for espionage.

August 27 Restriction of exports to neutral countries bordering Germany.

October 21 First engagement of American troops in the conflict.

December 7 Breakdown of diplomatic relations with Austria-Hungary.

December 12 United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.

1918[edit | edit source]

January 8 President Wilson's โ€œFourteen Pointโ€ Peace Plan.

September 26 the American troops gain victory in Saint-Mihiel.

November 11 Capitulation of Germany at Rethondes.

1919[edit | edit source]

January 29 Adoption of the 18th amendment establishing the prohibition on the following January 1.

June 28 Signature of the Treaty of Versailles ending the First World War.

October 20 The Senate passes the Prohibition Act.

November 19 The Senate rejects the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles.

1920[edit | edit source]

January 2 Police raid against extreme left circles (4,000 arrests).

January 16 The Senate opposes the accession of the USA to the League of Nations .

January 17th Ratification of the 18th amendment establishing the prohibition.

March 19 Congress refuses a second time to ratify the Treaty of Versailles.

November 2 Warren G. Harding (Republican) is elected president.

Warren Gamaliel HARDING (1921-1923)[edit | edit source]

1921[edit | edit source]

March 4 WG Harding takes the oath of office and becomes President of the United States of America.

August 25 Signature of a peace treaty with Germany and Austria.

1923[edit | edit source]

August 2 Death of President Harding of a heart attack, Vice-President Coolidge succeeds him.

Calvin COOLIDGE (1923-1929)[edit | edit source]

1925[edit | edit source]

May 25 A science professor is sued in Dayton (Tenessee) for teaching the theory of evolution.

July 21 Fundamentalist victory in Dayton at the monkey trial .

August 8 40,000 KKK members march through Washingtown.

Herbert Clark HOOVER (1929-1933)[edit | edit source]

1929[edit | edit source]

March 4 Investiture of President Herbert C. Hoover.

October 24 Stock market crash in New York (Black Thursday).

1932[edit | edit source]

November 8 Franklin D. Roosvelt wins the election.

1933[edit | edit source]

January 13 The president refuses to enact the Hawes Cutting law providing for the independence of the Philippines.

Franklin Delano ROOSEVELT (1933-1945)[edit | edit source]

1933[edit | edit source]

March 4 Inauguration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

March 5 Convocation of the Congress in extraordinary session.

March 9 Emergency aid law for banks.

April 19 Devaluation and suspension of the gold convertibility of the dollar.

May 12 Agricultural Adjustment Act on the regulation of agricultural overproduction.

May 29 Nuzia Agreement (Saudi Arabia) offering a 66-year concession to oil companies.

June 16 National Industrial Recovery Act on industry.

October 22 40% devaluation of the dollar.

November 16 Opening of diplomatic relations with the USSR .

1934[edit | edit source]

January 30 Devaluation of the dollar and reestablishment of the gold-dollar parity.

September 7 Strike by workers in the textile industry.

1935[edit | edit source]

March 16 Beginning of German rearmament.

April 11 The League of Nations pronounces sanctions against Germany.

October 3 Italy invades Ethiopia.

1936[edit | edit source]

March 7 Beginning of the remilitarization of the Rhineland.

May 12 The Hindenburg airship connects Frankfurt to New York in 42 hours.

1937[edit | edit source]

May 6 Fire of the German airship Hindenburg when it arrives in New York (36 โ€ ).

December 10 The Japanese sink an American ship in Wuku Bay.

1938[edit | edit source]

March 11 Hitler annexes Austria (AnschluรŸ).

September 29 Munich Conference between France, England, Italy and Germany on the Sudetenland issue.

1939[edit | edit source]

March 15 Hitler occupies Czechoslovakia.

July 29 The Americans denounce their 1911 trade treaty with Japan.

August 23 German-Soviet Pact.

September 1 Hitler invades Poland.

September 3 France and England declare war on Germany.

September 3 Roosevelt's call for American neutrality.

September 5 Roosevelt proclaims American neutrality.

October 6 Hitler offers peace to France and England.

October 10 Daladier refuses the German proposal.

1940[edit | edit source]

May 10 Beginning of the German offensive in Belgium; Churchill is appointed Prime Minister.

May 14 German breakthrough at Sedan.

June 11 Churchill refuses to provide air support to France.

June 14 The Germans enter Paris.

June 16 President Roosevelt rejects Paul Reynaud's request for French military assistance.

June 17 Pรฉtain calls for an end to the fight.

June 18 Call for resistance from General De Gaulle, who took refuge in London.

June 21 Pรฉtain requests an armistice from Germany.

June 22 Signing of the armistice between France and Germany in Rethondes; the northern half and the Atlantic coasts are occupied.

June 28 England recognizes General de Gaulle as leader of Free France.

July 3 Break in diplomatic relations with England following the destruction of the French fleet at Mers-el-Kรฉbir.

July 16 Hitler demands French military bases in North Africa.

August 18 Mutual defense agreement with Canada.

September 16 Reinstatement of conscription.

December 21 Meeting between Murphy, American consul in France and General Weygand.

1941[edit | edit source]

January 5 The American Ambassador arrives in Vichy. Loan-Lease

Law authorizing the delivery of arms and supplies to friendly countries. May 11-12 Meeting Darlan, Hitler & Ribbentrop in Berchtesgaden; Germany obtains permission to use the airfields in Syria and Lebanon. May 14 Bombing of airfields in Syria and Lebanon by the allies. May 27 President Roosevelt's appeal for the defense of democracy on the American continent. June 8 Franco-British armies enter Syria. June 22 Hitler's armies enter Russia (Operation Barbarossa). July 14 Armistice of Saint-Jean-d'Acre between Vichy and England putting an end to the fighting in Syria.

July 26 Freezing of Japanese funds in the United States.

August 14 Adoption of the Atlantic Charter.

September 24 Creation of the National Committee of Free France in London by General de Gaulle.

November 17 Repeal of laws on US neutrality in the conflict.

December 6 Launch of the Manhattan Project (creation of a nuclear bomb).

December 7 Attack by Japanese forces against the US Navy at Pearl Harbor (2400 โ€ ).

December 8 Congress declares war on Japan.

December 11 Germany and Italy declare war on the United States.

1942[edit | edit source]

April 18 First American air raid on Tokyo.

May 7-8 Battle of the Coral Sea.

June 3-6 Battle of Midway.

August 7 Battle of Guadalcanal.

November 8 Allied landing in North Africa (Operation Torch).

November 11 End of hostilities in North Africa by order of Darlan.

November 22 French West Africa joins forces with Free France.

November 27 Scuttling of the French fleet at Toulon.

December 2 Development of the first atomic stack by E. Fermi in Chicago.

December 24 Assassination of Darlan by Bonnier de la Chapelle.

1943[edit | edit source]

January 13 Junction between General Leclerc and General Montgomery in North Africa.

February 2 Capitulation of the encircled German troops at Stalingrad.

May 7 Capture of Tunis and Bizerte by the allies.

May 12 Capitulation of the Germans in Tunisia.

May 28 Churchill arrives in Algiers.

May 30 De Gaulle arrives in Algiers.

June 3 General de Gaulle founds the French Committee for National Liberation (CFLN).

June 4 Meeting between Churchill, Giraud and De Gaulle in Algiers.

June 10 Meeting between Eisenhower, Giraud and De Gaulle.

July 10 Allied landing in Sicily.

August 26 Recognition of the CFLN by the United States, England and the USSR .

September 9 Allied landing in Italy.

September 12 Landing of the first Allied troops in Corsica.

October 5 Liberation of Corsica.

December 24 General Einsenhover is appointed Commander-in-Chief.

1944[edit | edit source]

April 13 North Carolina refuses to grant black people the right to vote.

June 6 Allied landing in Normandy (Operation Overlord).

June 8 Liberation of Bayeux.

June 11-16 First battle of Caen.

June 28 Beginning of the second battle of Caen.

July 6 De Gaulle is in Washingtown.

July 8 Meeting between De Gaulle and Roosevelt.

July 9 Liberation of Caen by the allies.

July 30 Von Stauffenberg attack against Hitler.

August 15 Allied landing in Provence (1st Army of Gal de Lattre de Tassigny).

August 25 Liberation of Paris.

September 10 Junction in Dijon of the armies of Normandy and Provence.

October 22 The allies recognize the provisional government.

November 7 Re-election of Franklin D. Roosevelt as President.

December 1 Discovery of a Japanese trapped balloon at St Lawrence Island (Alaska).

December 16 German counter-offensive in the Ardennes.

December 16 Infiltration of German commandos (in US uniforms) in the American lines.

December 17th 120 American prisoners are executed near Baugnez (Ardennes) by the Germans.

December 17 First capture of German commandos from Skorzeny.

December 19 Capture of 2 regiments of the 106th US division near Schnee Eifel.

December 22 The American soldiers surrounded in Bastogne refuse to surrender.

December 26 The 3rd US Army makes the junction with the American soldiers surrounded in Bastogne.

December 28 American counter-offensive against German troops in the Ardennes.

1945[edit | edit source]

January 1 Offensive by the German army in Alsace.

January 1 Destruction of Allied aircraft and airfields by the LuftWaffe, which emerges bloodless.

January 3 American counter-attack around Bastogne.

January 4 Medford (Oregon) is hit by Japanese IED balloons (Operation Fu-Go).

January 8 Beginning of the German withdrawal from the Ardennes.

January 16 Junction between the 1st and the 3rd US Army in Houffalize.

January 20 Roosevelt takes the oath of office for his new term.

January 23 Resumption of Saint-Vith by the Americans marking the end of the Battle of the Bulge.

February 4 Beginning of the Yalta conference between Churchill, Roosevelt & Stalin (until 11).

February 14 Meeting between Ibn Saoud and F. Roosevelt on board the Quincy .

March 9 Japanese ultimatum to French troops in Indochina in the face of the American threat.

March 10 The Japanese take control of Indochina.

March 31 General De Lattre de Tassigny and the 1st Army cross the Rhine.

April 12 Death of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, vice-president succeeds him.

Harry S. TRUMAN (1945-1953)[edit | edit source]

1945[edit | edit source]

April 14 Funeral for Franklin Roosevelt.

April 22-23 Meetings between Moltov ( USSR ) and the American president.

April 25 Junction of American and Soviet troops on the Elbe.

April 25 Opening of the San Francisco conference on the United Nations.

April 29 Liberation of the Dachau camps by the American army.

April 30 Hitler committed suicide.

May 5 Six people (including five children) died in the explosion of a bomb dropped by a Japanese balloon.

May 6 Liberation of P. Reynaud, E. Daladier and General Weygand by the Americans.

May 8 Official signing of the surrender by General Keitel in Berlin.

June 18 General Eisenhower returns to Washingtown in triumph.

June 23 Creation of a French occupation zone in Germany.

June 25 Signature of the United Nations Charter.

July 1 Beginning of the withdrawal of American troops in Europe.

July 16 Explosion of the first American atomic bomb in Los Alamos (NM).

July 18 Potsdam Conference (until August 2).

August 3 First American atomic bomb on Hirochima.

August 6 Second US atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

August 9 Unconditional surrender of Japan.

August 23-30 Travel of General De Gaulle and G. Bidault to the United States.

September 2 Official signing of the Japanese surrender on Missouri .

September 2 Ho Chi Minh proclaims the independence of Indochina.

September 27 Meeting between MacArthur and Hiro-Hito at the American Embassy.

1946[edit | edit source]

January 10 First meeting of the United Nations in London.

March 12 H. Truman presents his policy of "Containing" Communism.

1947[edit | edit source]

June 5 Speech at Harvard by G. Marshall, Minister of Foreign Affairs, on a program of aid for reconstruction in Europe.

1948[edit | edit source]

April 2 Entry into force of the Marshall Plan .

April 30 Creation of the Organization of American States in Bogota.

June 4 London conference providing for the merger of the occupation zones and the creation of a constituent assembly in Germany.

June 24 Beginning of the blockade of Berlin by the Soviets.

1949[edit | edit source]

April 4 Creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

May 8 Creation of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG).

May 12 End of the blockade of Berlin by the Soviets.

August 29 The first Soviet atomic bomb exploded.

October 7 Creation of the German Democratic Republic (GDR).

1950[edit | edit source]

February 7 England and the USA recognize the Vietnamese Republic of Bao Dai.

1951[edit | edit source]

March 29 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of espionage for the benefit of the USSR .

April 5 The Rosenbergs are sentenced to death.

April 11 General MacArthur is dismissed from his post for insubordination after publicly opposing Truman.

September 8 Signing of the American-Japanese peace treaty in San Francisco.

Dwight David EISENHOWER (1953-1961)[edit | edit source]

1953[edit | edit source]

January 20 Investiture of President DD Eisenhower.

June 19 Execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg for espionage for the benefit of the USSR .

August Coup in Iran with CIA support .

1954[edit | edit source]

April 5 John F. Dulles accuses China of providing support to the Viet Minh.

April 14 John F. Dulles announces the creation of a security pact in Southeast Asia.

May 17 The Supreme Court declares racial segregation in public schools illegal.

August 19 The Communist Party is declared illegal.

December 1 Assistance pact between the United States and Formosa.

1955[edit | edit source]

February Baghdad Pact of cooperation with Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Pakistan and England.

December 1 Arrest of Rosa Parks, refusing to give way to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery (Alabama).

1956[edit | edit source]

February 24 Arrest of Pastor Martin uther King, accused of being behind the boycott of Montgomery buses.

September 5-6 Racial violence against the school integration of black children in schools in Oliver Springs (Tenessee).

1957[edit | edit source]

September 23-24 Racial violence in Little Rock (Arkansas) between students.

1959[edit | edit source]

January 7 The USA recognizes the new Cuban government.

April 19 Vice-President Nixon meets F. Castro in Washingtown.

August 21 Hawaii officially becomes the fiftieth US state.

1960[edit | edit source]

February 2-4 Black student sit-ins in a white-only cafeteria in Greensboro, North Carolina.

May 1 A U2 spy plane is shot down over the USSR .

July 2 Anti-American protests in Japan.

August 7 Nationalization of American companies in Cuba.

August 19 The pilot of the downed U2 plane is sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment.

October 20 Establishment of a blockade against Cuba.

November 8 Election of John F. Kennedy (Democrat) as President.

1961[edit | edit source]

January 3 Severance of diplomatic relations with Cuba.

John Fitzgerald KENNEDY (1961-1963)[edit | edit source]

1961[edit | edit source]

January 20 Swearing-in of John F. Kennedy.

March 16 The government authorizes the Zapata plan providing for a landing of armed opponents in Cuba.

April 12 Yuri Gagarin (Soviet) becomes the first man in space.

April 15 Bombing of Cuban bases by the American air force (7 โ€ ).

April 16-17 Disembarkation of Cuban exiles in the Bay of Pigs.

April 17 Failure of the landing operation in the Bay of Pigs.

April 19 Surrender of the last Bay of Pigs fighters.

April 23 Fidel Castro denounces the involvement of the United States in the landing of the Bay of Pigs.

April 24 John F. Kennedy recognizes American responsibility in the Bay of Pigs operation.

May 14 Fire in a bus carrying anti-segregation activists near Anniston, Alabama.

June 3-4 Kroutchev-Kennedy meeting in Vienna (Austria).

August 12-13 Construction of the Berlin Wall (Germany).

August 18 John F. Kennedy announces the reinforcement of the American garrison in West Berlin.

September 7 Congress removes all economic aid to countries providing aid to Cuba.

October 6 Meeting between John F. Kennedy and Gromyko on the Berlin problem.

November 30 Launch of Operation Ranch Hand (dispersion of defoliant in North Vietnam).

1962[edit | edit source]

February 7 Complete trade embargo between the United States and Cuba.

September 9 A U2 spy plane is shot down over eastern China.

September 13 JF Kennedy warns the USSR against any installation of offensive weapons in Cuba.

October 2 4 Russian submarines armed with nuclear torpedoes leave for Cuba.

October 14 A U2 spy plane goes on a spy mission over Cuba.

October 15 Discovery of the SS4 nuclear missile ramps in Cuba.

October 16 Kennedy convenes a crisis commission.

October 22 Establishment of a blockade against Cuba.

October 23 Arrival of Russian submarines at the blockade line.

October 24 Arrival of several Russian cargo ships at the blockade line.

October 27 A U2 spy plane is shot down over Cuba.

October 28 Kroutchev announces the withdrawal of Soviet rockets from Cuba.

November 20 JF Kennedy ends the blockade marking the end of the crisis.

1963[edit | edit source]

January 26 JF Kennedy announces the suspension of underground nuclear tests.

April 12 Arrest of Pastor Martin Luther King during a demonstration in Birmingham (Alabama).

June 20 Installation of the red telephone between Washingtown and Moscow.

June 26 Visit of President JF Kennedy to West Berlin: โ€œIch bin ein Berlinerโ€.

August 25 Freedom March organized by Martin Luther King in Washingtown.

August 28 Martin Luther King (I have a dream) speech on equality in Washingtown.

September 15 Bomb explosion in a Black Baptist church in Alabama (4 โ€ ).

November 22 John F. Kennedy assassination in Dallas, Vice President L. Johnson becomes President.

Lyndon Baines JOHNSON (1963-1969)[edit | edit source]

1963[edit | edit source]

November 24 Assassination of Lee H. Oswald, alleged assassin of John F. Kennedy by J. Ruby in Dallas.

1964[edit | edit source]

June 21 Assassination of 3 anti-segregation activists in Mississippi by members of the KKK .

July 2 Civil Rights Act prohibiting discrimination in public places.

August 5 The press announces an attack by North Vietnamese torpedo boats against US destroyers.

August 6 Adoption of the โ€œGulf of Tonkin resolutionโ€ by Congress.

October 14 Martin Luther King receives the Nobel Peace Prize.

1965[edit | edit source]

March 17 First major demonstration against the Vietnam War in Washingtown.

August 11 Violent riots in the Los Angeles Black Ghetto (34 โ€ ).

1966[edit | edit source]

October 9 Execution of Che Guevara by the Bolivian army assisted by the CIA .

1967[edit | edit source]

June 7 The USS Liberty , an American spy ship, approaches Israeli shores in the midst of the Six Day War.

June 8 attack on the USS Liberty by the Israeli army (34 โ€ ).

July 21 The Israeli investigation report reveals a regrettable error.

1968[edit | edit source]

January 30-31 Beginning of the Tet offensive of the Viรชt-cong forces in the south of Vietnam.

March 16 Massacre of My Lay (Vietnam) by American troops.

March 31 President Johnson announces that he is open to peace talks with the Viet-Cong.

April 4 Assassination of Pastor Martin Luther King by a sniper in Memphis (Tenessee).

April 9 Funeral of Martin Luther King in Atlanta (Georgia) bringing together 300,000 people.

May 13 The Viet-cong agree to participate in a peace conference.

June 6 Assassination of Robert Kennedy in Los Angeles by Sihran B. Sihran.

June 8 Arrest of James Earl Ray, suspected murderer of Martin Luther King at Heathrow (England).

October 31 Suspension of the American bombardments on North Vietnam.

1969[edit | edit source]

November 29 Appointment of the Warren Commission to investigate Kennedy's death.

January 18 Opening of the Paris conference on Vietnam.

June 18 Election of the first black mayor in Newark.

July 16 Launch of the Apollo XI rocket .

July 21 Neil Armstrong's first steps on the Moon.

Richard Milhous NIXON (1969-1974)[edit | edit source]

1969[edit | edit source]

January 20 Investiture of Richard Nixon.

September 16 Richard Nixon announces the start of the American withdrawal from Vietnam.

November 17 Opening of negotiations with the USSR on disarmament (SALT) in Helsinki.

1970[edit | edit source]

February 15 American bombings in Laos.

April 30 Richard Nixon announces the American intervention in Cambodia.

May 9 Demonstrations against the Vietnam War.

1971[edit | edit source]

February 9 Earthquake in Los Angeles (80 โ€ ).

May 5 Peaceful march on the Capitol.

August 15 Nixon abolishes dollar convertibility and imposes a tax on imports.

1972[edit | edit source]

February 21-28 Travel of R. Nixon to the People's Republic of China.

May 9, R. Nixon announces the creation of a blockade against North Vietnam.

May 22 Signature of the Salt I agreements on disarmament.

June 17 Burglary of the WaterGate building, the Democrats' campaign headquarters.

October 10 The Washingtown Post uncovers the Watergate affair .

November 7 Re-election of Richard Nixon as President.

1973[edit | edit source]

January 15 Stop of the American bombardments in Vietnam.

January 28 Entry into force of the ceasefire in Vietnam.

February 9 Resumption of American bombardments against North Vietnamese troops in Cambodia.

March 2 Signature of the Treaty of Paris putting an end to the Vietnam War.

April 30 Richard Nixon assumes responsibility for Watergate .

May 29 Election of the first black mayor for Los Angeles.

October 10 Gerald Ford replaces Spiro Agnew, accused of corruption as vice-president.

October 16 Henri Kissinger receives the Nobel Peace Prize.

October 17 Selective OPEC embargo against countries supporting Israel.

November 7 Restoration of diplomatic relations with Egypt.

December 23 Crude oil price doubled during OPEC meeting in Tehran marking the start of the first oil crisis.

1974[edit | edit source]

July 25 The Watergate Commission of Inquiry decides the indictment of Richard Nixon.

June 10-25 Official visit of L. Brezhnev to the United States.

August 6 Records prove Richard Nixon covered up the scandal.

August 8 Resignation of Richard Nixon before the end of the impeachment procedure , vice-president Gerald Ford replaces him.

Gerald Rudolpf FORD (1974-1977)

1975[edit | edit source]

April 30 Capture of Saigon by the North Vietnamese armies.

December 1-5 Gerald Ford's trip to the People's Republic of China.

1976[edit | edit source]

November 2 J. Carter (Democrat) is elected president.

James Earl CARTER (1977-1981)[edit | edit source]

1977[edit | edit source]

January 20 James E. Carter is sworn in.

April 20 J. Carter's Energy Saving Plan.

1978[edit | edit source]

September 18 Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel.

December 15 Restoration of diplomatic relations with China.

1979[edit | edit source]

March 26 Signature of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel in Washingtown.

March 27 OPEC decides on a 20% increase; start of the second oil crisis.

March 28 Nuclear accident at Harrisburg- Three Mile Island (Pennsylvania).

November 4 Hostage of 52 American ambassadors in Iran.

1980[edit | edit source]

January 17 Call for boycott of the Moscow Olympic Games by Jimmy Carter.

May 18 Eruption of Mont Saint-Helen (Washingtown).

June 6 False nuclear attack alert following a computer failure.

November 4 Ronald Reagan (Republican) is elected president (51%).

April 12 First success for the Colombia space shuttle .

Ronald REAGAN (1981-1989)[edit | edit source]

1981[edit | edit source]

January 20 Ronald Reagan is sworn in.

January 20 Release of the ambassadors detained in Iran.

March 30 R. Reagan is injured in an attack.

1983[edit | edit source]

April 18 Attack on the United States Embassy in Beirut (63 โ€ ).

June 18 Sally Ride is the American premiere in space.

1984[edit | edit source]

January 10 Opening of diplomatic relations with the Vatican.

April 19 The Chicago court recognizes the American company responsible for the Amoco-Cadiz sinking .

May 1 R. Reagan's official trip to the People's Republic of China.

November 6 Re-election of Ronald Reagan.

December 31 Withdrawal of the United States from UNESCO.

1985[edit | edit source]

November 19-21 Reagan-Gorbachev meeting in Geneva (Switzerland).

1986[edit | edit source]

January 7 R. Reagan asks American companies to leave Libya.

January 28 Challenger explosion just after takeoff causing the death of the seven astronauts.

September 27 Adoption of R. Reagan's tax reform plan.

1987[edit | edit source]

May 17 An Iraqi plane accidentally attacks an American frigate (37 โ€ ).

1988[edit | edit source]

November 8 Election of George Bush as President.

December 21 A Pan Am Boeing victim of an attack explodes in flight over Lockerbie.

George BUSH (1989-1993)[edit | edit source]

1989[edit | edit source]

January 20 G. Bush takes office.

March 24 Shipwreck of Exxon-Valdez in Alaska.

November 9 Fall of the Berlin Wall (Germany).

1990[edit | edit source]

August 2 Saddam Hussein 's troops seize Kuwait, the UN demands immediate withdrawal from Iraq.

September 17 Dismissal of General Dugan having expressed himself to want to intervene as far as Baghdad.

September 28 Meeting of G. Bush and Emir Jaber of Kuwait in Washingtown.

October 3 Reunification of Germany.

October 30 Return of French hostages from Iraq to France.

November 4 Release of 3 French soldiers captured behind Iraqi lines.

November 8 G. Bush announces the dispatch of 150,000 additional troops.

November 22 G. Bush's visit to the military in the Gulf.

November 29 The United States pays part of its debt to the UN .

November 30 Sending of 300 additional planes to Iraq.

1991[edit | edit source]

January 12 Congress authorizes the use of force against Iraq.

January 17 Launch of Operation Desert Storm ; the allies bomb Iraq and protect Israel from Iraqi scuds.

February 6 Iraq breaks off diplomatic relations with the allies.

February 24 The Allies launch the ground offensive in Kuwait.

February 27 Liberation of Kuwait after a 100 hour offensive.

1992[edit | edit source]

November 3 Election of Bill Clinton as President.

William Jefferson CLINTON (1993-2001)[edit | edit source]

1993[edit | edit source]

January 20 Bill Clinton is sworn in.

February 26 Islamist attack on the World Trade Center (6 โ€ ).

March 12 "Helms-Burton" law prohibiting the American market to businessmen trading with Cuba.

April 19 the intervention of the FBI against a sect in Waco (80 โ€ ).

1994[edit | edit source]

January 1 Entry into force of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

1995[edit | edit source]

January 23 OJ Simpson's trial for the murder of his wife begins.

February 4 Trade sanctions against China which retaliates by increasing tariffs.

February 15 Arrest of K. Mitnick, one of the most wanted hackers.

February 22 France calls for the repatriation of 5 Americans accused of working for the CIA .

April 19 Extreme-right attack in Oklahoma City against the FBI headquarters (168 โ€ ).

April 30 The USA decides on a trade embargo against Iran.

June 2 Release of American peacekeepers held hostage by the Serbs.

June 29 Stowage of the Atlantis shuttle at the Russian Mir station .

July 11 B. Clinton announces the normalization of diplomatic relations with Viet-Nam.

September 7 Launch of George of which J. Kennedy Jr. is editor-in-chief.

October 3 OJ Simpson is declared innocent of the murder of his wife.

October 9 Train derailment following sabotage by a neo-Nazi small group.

October 16 March of the Nation of Islam on Washingtown.

1996[edit | edit source]

July 18 Explosion of a TWA Boeing 747.

July 27 Bomb explosion during the Olympic Games in Atlanta.

1998[edit | edit source]

January 17 Confrontation between Bill Clinton and Paula Jones as part of a sexual harassment investigation.

February 3 An American plane causes the fall of a cable car cabin in Italy.

February 27 Pan Am airline filed for bankruptcy.

March 12 The American ambassador apologizes for the cable car accident in Italy.

March 20 Relief of the embargo against Cuba for the humanitarian and medical fields.

March 24 Massacre of two teenagers at a school in Jonesboro (6 โ€ ).

April 20 Crash during the official presentation of Windows 98 by Bill Gates.

May 18 The Minister of Justice announces the filing of a complaint against Microsoft for violation of the anti-trust law.

June 7 Murder of a black musician by three members of the Ku Klux Klan.

July 14 Death of Richard McDonald, founder of the fast food restaurants bearing his name.

August 7 Attacks against the American embassies in Nairobie (Kenya) and Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania).

August 18 B. Clinton admits to having had a "misplaced relationship" with Mr. Lewinsky.

August 21 American bombings in Afghanistan and Sudan in retaliation for the attacks of August 7.

September 9 K Starr's B. Clinton investigation findings are handed over to Congress.

September 12 Arrest of 5 Cuban officials accused of espionage.

October 8 The House of Representatives passes a motion allowing impeachment proceedings to be initiated against B. Clinton.

23 October 15 Murder of a doctor working in a clinic causing abortions.

October 23 Signature of the Whye Plantation agreements between Y. Arafat and B. Netanyaou under the aegis of the USA and Jordan.

October 31 A. Hirschfeld gives one million dollars to P. Jones in return for dropping the charges against B. Clinton.

November 13 The P. Jones case is closed by arrangement between lawyers and payment of $ 850,000 to the complainant.

December 18 Operation Desert Fox against Iraq (massive bombardments until the 21st).

December 19 Opening of Impeachment proceedings against B. Clinton.

December 21 Resignation of B. Livingston (republican) implicated by L. Flint for adultery.

1999[edit | edit source]

January 11 Revelation of L. Flynt against Republican prosecutors during the empowerment process.

January 14th Bill Clinton impeachment trial opens in Washingtown.

February 12 Bill Clinton is found innocent and will not be impeached.

February 19 Visit of J. Chirac, French President to Washingtown.

February 23 American refusal to sell a communications satellite to China.

February 25 The Senate adopts a text denouncing the violation of human rights in China.

March 2 Visit by Mr. Albright, US Secretary of State to Beijing.

March 4 Acquittal of the American pilot having caused the fall of a cable car in Italy.

March 16 Inducing rail accident near Chicago (12 โ€ ).

March 24 NATO air attacks against Serbia.

March 31 Capture of three American pilots by Serbian authorities.

April 15 Attack on a convoy of refugees by an American plane.

April 20 Two teenagers provoke a massacre at a high school in Littletown.

April 27 Bill Clinton announces the restriction of access to firearms to minors.

May 3 Release of the American pilots imprisoned in Yugoslavia, following the intervention of Pastor J. Jackson in Belgrade.

May 8 NATO bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade .

May 10 Conviction on appeal of the American pilot who caused the fall of a cable car in Italy.

June 3 S. Milosevic accepts NATO terms .

June 9 Signature of a peace agreement between NATO & Serbia.

June 12 NATO troops enter Kosovo.

June 24 The US State Department puts a price on the capture of S. Millosevic.

July 16 John Kenedy Jr goes missing in a plane crash with his wife and sister-in-law.

July 31 The US pays $ 4.5 million to China following the bombing of its embassy in Belgrade.

October 13 The Senate rejects the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty.

October 18 Resignation of independent prosecutor Kenneth Starr; he is replaced Robert Ray.

November 30 Opening of the WTO summit in Seattle.

December 3 Failure of the WTO summit in Seattle.

December 10 Arrest of physicist Wen Ho Lee for espionage for the benefit of China.

December 14 Arrest of Ahmed Ressam from Canada with 60 kg of explosive.

2000[edit | edit source]

March 19 Madeleine Albright acknowledges the involvement of the United States in the transfer of Mossadegh to Iran 50 years earlier.

April 3 Microsoft is found guilty of violating anti-trust law.

May 14 Large demonstration in Washingtown to demand control of arms sales.

June 3 Meeting between the president and V. Poutine, president of the Russian Federation in Moscow.

June 7 Justice announces that Microsoft will have to be split into two distinct entities.

July 14 First trade agreement with Viet-Nam since the end of the war.

October 12 Attack on the destroyer USS Cole in the port of Aden (17 โ€ ).

November 7 Presidential election marked by uncertainty weighing on the results.

2001[edit | edit source]

January 7 Congress officially proclaims George W. Bush's victory in the election.

January 18 State of emergency in California to deal with the energy crisis.

January 20 Agreement between Bill Clinton and the Prosecutor in the M. Lewinsky case.

Since 2001 George Walker BUSH[edit | edit source]

2001[edit | edit source]

January 20 Official inauguration ceremony of George W. Bush.

February 9 Collision between an American nuclear submarine and a Japanese fishing vessel.

March 22 Expulsion of 50 Russian diplomats following the arrest of an FBI agent for espionage.

April 1 Forced landing of an American spy plane following a collision in China.

April 11 Release of crew members by the Chinese government.

April 14 Cooperation agreement between Boeing and the Russian space agency (RKA).

May 24 The Senate adopts the tax reduction plan.

June 11 Execution of T. McVeigh, perpetrator of the Oklahoma City bombing.

September 11 Suicide bombings of four airliners against New York & Washingtown.

September 14 Recall of 50,000 reservists.

September 15 The House of Representatives authorizes the use of force against the perpetrators of the September 11 attack.

September 19 Official visit of the French President to the United States.

September 19 Mullah Omar (Afghanistan) rejects any idea of extraditing Mr. Bin Laden.

September 20 George W. Bush's ultimatum to the Taliban for the extradition of O. Bin Laden suspected of being the sponsor of the attacks.

September 20 Declaration of holy war (Jihad) by the Taliban against the United States.

September 21 The Afghan authorities refuse the extradition of O. Bin Laden.

September 25 An American drone is shot down in Afghanistan.

September 25, George W. Bush makes public the list of organizations and individuals to be slaughtered.

October 5 First case of bacteriological contamination in the United States.

October 7 Beginning of American and British air raids in Afghanistan.

October 9 Opening of an investigation by the FBI following a second case of bacteriological contamination.

October 25 Adoption of the Patriot Act by Congress on the fight against terrorism.

October 31 First bombardments by Taliban forces by heavy B52 bombers.

November 3 Agreement between the government and Microsoft on the anti-trust lawsuit.

November 4 Freezing of financial assets of 25 terrorist organizations by the US government.

November 11 Indictment of Z. Moussaoui in the investigation of the September 11 attacks.

November 13 G. Bush announces the withdrawal of the USA from the ABM anti-ballistic treaty.

November 13 First commercial exchange with Cuba since the blockade.

November 21 The government announces a bounty of $ 25,000,000 for the capture of O. Bin Laden.

December 22 Attempted attack on an American airliner failed.

December 31 Attack on an American vehicle near Jalalabad in Afghanistan (1 injured).

2002[edit | edit source]

January 4 Death of a member of the special forces during a skirmish in Afghanistan.

January 7 The US military announces it has 346 Taliban prisoners.

January 11 The Taliban prisoners are transferred to the Guantanamo base (Cuba).

January 23 Resignation of Kenneth Lay, CEO of Enron.

January 25 Suicide of C. Baxter, former vice-president of Enron.

January 29 Speech by George W. Bush on the โ€œAxis of Evilโ€ (Iran, Iraq, North Korea).

February 4 2003 budget bill providing for a 15% increase in military spending.

February 12 Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron refuses to testify before Congress.

March 5 George W. Bush announces the introduction of taxes and quotas on steel imports.

March 14 The Andersen Consulting firm is charged with obstructing justice.

March 22 The European Union announces the taxation of American products in retaliation.

March 26 Resignation of Joseph Berardino, CEO of Andersen Consulting.

May 6 Unemployment rate reaches 6%, its highest since 1994.

May 17 Visit of former President Jimmy Carter to Cuba.

May 20 George Bush refuses the lifting of the embargo against Cuba before the organization of free elections and the release of political prisoners.

May 24 US-Russian Treaty on the Reduction of Nuclear Arsenals.

May 30 Completion of ground zero clearance .

June 15 Arthur Andersen is convicted of obstructing justice.

June 24 Annulment of 150 death sentences by the Supreme Court, pronounced by judges and not jurors.

June 26 Suspension of the quotation of Worldcom securities involved in a new financial scandal.

July 1 Bombing of an Afghan village by the Americans causing around sixty deaths.

July 21 Worldcom goes bankrupt.

July 22 The US announces its withdrawal of funding from the United Nations Population Fund.

July 30 Promulgation of the law against accounting fraud.

August 4 G. Bush announces that he wants to overthrow S. Hussein by all means.

August 6 Recall of reservists.

August 6 La Fayette is made an honorary citizen of the United States.

September 12 Speech by George W. Bush against Iraq before the UN .

September 15 An adviser to George W. Bush announces links between Al Quaรฏda and Iraq.

September 23 Speech by Al Gore in San Francisco against the foreign policy of George W. Bush.

October 3 Sixth victim in the middle of the town of the Snipper of Washingtown.

October 4 John W. Lindh is sentenced to 20 years in prison for having fought alongside the Taliban.

October 9 Seventh victim at a Washingtown Snipper gas station.

October 9 Eighth victim at a service station in Frederickburg of the Snipper.

October 10 Congress gives George W. Bush full powers to attack Iraq.

October 11 The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Jimmy Carter.

October 7 A schoolboy is injured by the Sniper.

October 9 Ninth victim in a parking lot of a Snipper shopping center.

October 11 Congress authorizes the use of force in Iraq as part of a UN resolution .

October 16 12% increase in 2003 Defense Budget.

October 16 Conviction of Andersen Consulting for obstruction in Enron case.

October 20 A man is injured when leaving a restaurant by the Sniper.

October 22 Tenth Snipper victim in Aspen.

October 24 Arrest of John L. Malvo and John A. Williams, Washintown sniper.

October 26 500,000 people march against the war in Iraq.

November 1 Agreement between Microsoft and the US government ending the prosecution.

November 3 Assassination of Abu Ali by an American drone in Yemen while he was driving.

November 5 Victory for supporters of George W. Bush in the Congressional elections.

November 19 Legislation creating the Department of Homeland Security is passed by Congress.

December 1 Anglo-American bombings in Iraq (4 โ€ ).

December 9 Bankruptcy of United Airlines.

December 17 McDonald's announces the first losses in its history.

December 26 Anglo-American bombings in Iraq (3 โ€ ).

December 27 The remains of the World Trade Center will be used to build the USS New York .

2003[edit | edit source]

January 18 Demonstrations against any intervention in Iraq.

January 21 George W. Bush reaffirms his will to intervene in Iraq.

January 26 Collin Powell considers the possibility of a unilateral US intervention in Iraq.

February 1 Explosion of the Colombia shuttle when it entered the atmosphere (7 โ€ ).

February 5 Collin. Powell presents US evidence on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction to the UN .

February 7 Jacques Chirac plans to use the right of veto at the UN against an intervention in Iraq.

February 8 Donald Rumsfeld warns France of using its veto right at the UN.

March 9 Collin Powell warns France of using its veto right at the UN .

March 16 Azores summit on Iraq between the USA , Great Britain and Spain.

March 17 George W. Bush summons S. Hussein to leave Iraq within 48 hours.

March 20 Operation Iraqi Freedom ; American bombings on Baghdad, start of the Second Gulf War.

March 26 George W. Bush requests funding for the war from Congress.

April 4 Capture of Baghdad airport (Iraq) by American troops.

April 6 Capture of Kerbala (Iraq) by American troops.

April 9 Capture of Baghdad (Iraq) by American troops.

April 10 First suicide attack in Iraq against American troops (1 โ€ ).

April 13 Capture of Tikrit (Iraq) by American troops.

April 14 American warning to Syria against any reception of Iraqi dignitaries.

April 16 Jacques Chirac calls for the UN to be integrated into the reconstruction in Iraq.

April 24 Surrender of Prime Minister T. Aziz to American forces.

May 1 George W. Bush announces the end of massive operations in Iraq.

May 12 Paul Bremer is appointed civil administrator in Iraq by the USA .

May 19 Resignation of White House spokesperson A. Fleisher.

July 11 the WTOdeclares US surcharges on European steel illegal.

August 14 Big blackout in New York and part of the country.

August 26 Attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad (24 โ€ ).

September 29 The USA rejoins UNESCO.

October 7 American actor Arnold Schwartzenegger is elected governor of California.

November 20 Arrest warrant for Mr. Jackson suspected of pedophile assault.

December 9 The USA announces that the countries which have opposed the war will be excluded from the reconstruction markets in Iraq.

December 11 Franco-American agreement avoiding prosecution in the Executive Life affair .

December 13 Capture of S. Hussein in Al-Daour (Iraq) by American forces.

December 26 First case of spongiform encephalopathy in the USA .

2004[edit | edit source]

January 11 The number of American soldiers who died in Iraq exceeds 500.

February 12 First same-sex marriages in San Francisco.

March 2 The former CEO of Worldcom is indicted for fraud.

April 28 Broadcast of the first images of the mistreatment of prisoners in Abu Grahib prison (Iraq).

March 31 4 American mercenaries die in an ambush in Fallouja (Iraq).

April 5 US Army offensive in Falloudja.

April 23 Lifting of economic sanctions against Libya.

April 25 Demonstration in Washingtown against any restriction of the right to abortion.

April 28 The CBS channel reveals the mistreatment of American soldiers in Abu Grahib prison (Iraq).

May 2 T. Hamill, is found near Tikrit (Iraq) after having escaped his captors.

May 11 Decree of economic sanctions against Syria accused of supporting terrorism.

May 8 Discovery of the body of N. Berg in Baghdad, American hostage in Iraq.

May 19 American army smash in Makr al-Dib (Iraq) causing 40 โ€ .

May 23 Michael Moore receives the Palme d'Or at Cannes for his documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 on George W. Bush.

June 3 Resignation of G. Tenet, director of the CIA .

June 16 The presidential commission of inquiry recognizes the lack of links between Iraq and Al-Qaida.

June 17 George W. Bush reaffirms the existence of links between Iraq and Al-Qaida.

June 25 Theatrical release of the documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 on George W. Bush.

June 28 The Supreme Court grants Guantanamo prisoners the right to challenge their detention in court.

June 28 Transfer of sovereignty to the provisional government in Iraq.

July 1 Limitation of visiting rights for Cuban exiles.

July 4 Laying of the first stone of the Freedom Tower at "Ground Zero".

July 13 B. Fisher, world chess champion in Japan, is arrested for tax evasion and violation of the embargo against Yugoslavia.

August 5 American army offensive against the city of Nadjaf (Iraq).

August 10 P. Goss is appointed head of the CIA .

August 12 Same-sex marriages annulled by the California Supreme Court.

September 20-21 Execution of 2 American hostages in Iraq.

October 21 Conviction of an American soldier who participated in the abuse of Iraqi prisoners in Abu Grahib.

November 2 Re-election of George W. Bush as President.

December 2 The Pentagon announces that the American contingent in Iraq will increase from 135,000 to 155,000 men.

December 10 First commercial flight between the USA and Viet-Nam since the end of the war.

2005[edit | edit source]

January 11 Mr. Chertoff is appointed Secretary of State for Homeland Security.

January 15 Corporal C. Graner is sentenced to 10 years in prison for his participation in torture in Iraq.

February 16 Franco-American agreement providing for 600 million dollars in compensation in the Executive Life affair .

February 17 J. Negroponte is appointed national director of intelligence.

March 1 Abolition of the death penalty for minors at the time of the crime by the Supreme Court.

March 22 B. Fisher, former world chess champion, obtains Finnish nationality.

July 26 First flight of the Discovery shuttle since the Colombia accident (February 2003)

August 27, 2000 Demonstrators come to support Cindy Sheedan in front of George W. Bush's ranch against the war in Iraq.

August 29 Hurricane Katrina devastates New Orleans (Louisiana) causing the rupture of the dikes protecting the city (973 โ€ ).

October 25 The number of soldiers killed in Iraq reaches 2000.

November 8 Kansas allows the teaching of the theory of "intelligent design" of the world with that of evolution.

December 20 Federal Court in Harrisburg declares creationist theses unconstitutional.

2006[edit | edit source]

January 19 The United States rejects the truce proposed by Osama bin Laden in a recording.

March 3 The government reveals the names of the prisoners at Guantanamo under pressure from the Associated Press .

March 9 The company Dubai Port World gives up the management of 6 American ports following the takeover of the British group which managed them.

March 25 Demonstration against House Resolution 4437 , immigration law in Los Angeles.

May 1 Day without immigrants to show their importance in economic life.

May 3 Z. Moussaoui is sentenced to life imprisonment for his participation in the September 11 attacks.

May 15 George W. Bush orders the deployment of 6,000 soldiers of the National Guard on the Mexican border against illegal immigration.

May 15 Restoration of diplomatic relations with Libya interrupted since 1980.

June 15 The US Congress votes a budget extension for the war in Iraq and rejects the proposal for a withdrawal schedule.

June 29 The Supreme Court declares the special courts of Guantanamo illegal.

September 2 Operation Medusa against the Taliban in Afghanistan (Until the 17th).

September 6 The president announces that the detainees of Guantanamo (Cuba) will benefit from the protection of the Geneva convention.

September 20 Violent apostrophe by Venezuelan President H. Chavez against George W. Bush at the UN .

September 28 Congress adopts the law on the conditions of detention and trial of terrorism suspects.

September 29 Adoption of a law for the construction of a wall on the Mexican border.

November 7 Victory in the parliamentary elections of the Democrats who become a majority in both chambers.

November 8 Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of State for Defense is replaced by Robert Gates.

December 5 Robert Gate, Secretary of State for Defense recognizes that the United States is not winning the war in Iraq.

December 6 Congress report proposing a gradual withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.

December 20 The president announces that he wants to send new reinforcements to Iraq.

December 26 Death of former US President Gerald Ford (93).

December 28 The number of American soldiers who died in Iraq exceeds 3,000.

2007[edit | edit source]

January 8-9 American bombings against suspected members of Al-Qaida in Somalia.

January 10 George W. Bush announces the dispatch of 21,500 additional troops to Iraq.

January 22 The USA ask the Czech and Polish republics to request a site installation for their anti-missile shield.

January 24 The Senate Foreign Affairs Committee adopts a motion against sending reinforcements to Iraq.

January 27 Demonstration in Washington (DC) against the war in Iraq bringing together more than 100,000 people.

February 10 Russian President Vladimir Poutine expresses his hostility to the American anti-missile shield project.

February 16 Motion of the House of Representatives against sending reinforcements to Iraq.

March 9 Cooperation agreement between Brazil and the USA for the promotion of biofuels.

April 2 Denial of the appeal of the prisoners of Guantanamo (Cuba) to the Supreme Court on their detention.

April 16 Shooting (32 โ€ ) on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg by a student.

April 26 Congress passes a bill providing for the start of the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq before the end of the year.

April 29 Shooting (2 โ€ ) in a shopping center in Kansas City (Missouri).

May 1 President's veto against the bill providing for the US withdrawal from Iraq.

May 24 Adoption of the law to finance the war in Iraq without any withdrawal conditions.

May 31 George W. Bush announces long-term global goal on greenhouse gas reduction.

June 4 The Russian president threatens to point missiles at European targets if the United States maintains the project of an anti-missile shield in Eastern Europe.

June 7 The Russian president proposes the installation of the anti-missile shield on an Azerbaijani base.

June 14 NATO approves Russian and American proposals for the installation of an anti-missile shield in Europe.

June 19 US Army Operation Arrowhead Ripper in northern Iraq.

July 2 Robert Zoellick succeeds Paul Wolfowitz as President of the World Bank.

July 5 The president ratifies America's protection law expanding the use of wiretapping.

August 22 Speech by George Bush rejecting any withdrawal from Iraq in the coming months.

September 3 Visit of George Bush and Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice to Baghdad (Iraq).

2008[edit | edit source]

March 5 John McCain, Republican presidential candidate receives support from George W. Bush.

March 7 Presidential veto against the text prohibiting interrogation methods akin to torture.

March 19 Presidential speech at the Pentagon regarding the Iraqi war as "noble, necessary and just".

March 23 The threshold of 4,000 dead American soldiers is crossed in the Iraqi conflict.

June 7 Hillary Clinton renounces the Democratic presidential candidacy and supports Barack Obama.

June 12 The Supreme Court judges the conditions of detention at the American base at Guantanamo (Cuba) to be illegal.

June 24 Former President Bill Clinton lends his support to Barack Obama.

June 26 The Supreme Court upholds the constitutional right to allow any American citizen to own a weapon.

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