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15th January 1919: Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg killed by Freikorps

  • 15th January 2021
  • Tagged as: Assassination, Communism, Ebert, Freikorps, Germany, Socialist, SPD

On the 15th January 1919, Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht were killed by members of the Freikorps.

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7th January 1979: Cambodian leader Pol Pot overthrown

  • 7th January 2021
  • Tagged as: Cambodia, Cold War, Communism, Dictatorship, Genocide, Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot, USA, USSR, Vietnam

On the 7th January 1979 Pol Pot, the Cambodian revolutionary and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, was overthrown when Vietnamese forces captured the capital city Phnom Penh.

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3rd January 1961: USA cuts diplomatic relations with Cuba

  • 3rd January 2021
  • Tagged as: America, Castro, Cold War, Communism, Cuba, Eisenhower, International Relations, Kennedy, USA

On the 3rd January 1961, the United States of America severed its diplomatic relationship with Cuba and closed the American embassy in Havana.

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30th December 1922: Foundation of the USSR

  • 30th December 2020
  • Tagged as: Bolshevik, Civil War, Cold War, Communism, Lenin, Politics, Russia, Russian Civil War, Stalin, USSR

On the 30th December 1922, the USSR – the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics – was founded.

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19th November 1985: Reagan and Gorbachev meet for the first time at the Geneva Summit

  • 19th November 2020
  • Tagged as: Cold War, Communism, Gorbachev, Reagan, USA, USSR

U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev met for the first time at the Geneva Summit.

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30th August 1918: Lenin shot in a failed assassination attempt

  • 30th August 2020
  • Tagged as: Assassination, Bolshevik, Communism, Crime, Lenin, USSR

On the 30th August 1918, Bolshevik leader Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov – better known as Lenin – was the victim of a failed assassination plot.

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14th August 1980: Lech Wałęsa leads strike in Gdańsk shipyard

  • 14th August 2020
  • Tagged as: Cold War, Communism, Poland, Solidarity, Strike

On the 14th August 1980, workers at the Lenin Shipyard in the Polish city of Gdańsk led by electrician Lech Wałęsa began a strike that led to the formation of the Solidarity labour movement.

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9th July 1971: Henry Kissinger makes a secret diplomatic trip to China

  • 9th July 2020
  • Tagged as: Capitalism, China, Cold War, Communism, Diplomacy, International Relations, Kissinger, Nixon, Secret, USA, Vietnam War

Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon’s National Security Advisor, made a secret trip to China to meet with Premier Zhou Enlai.

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4th July 1950: Radio Free Europe broadcasts for the first time

  • 4th July 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Cold War, Communication, Communism, Germany, Radio, Romania, USA, USSR

On the 4th July 1950, Radio Free Europe – founded the previous year to transmit uncensored information to audiences behind the Iron Curtain – completed its first broadcast.

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27th June 1950: President Truman sends US navy and air force to Korea

  • 27th June 2020
  • Tagged as: Cold War, Communism, Communist, Containment, Korea, Korean War, North Korea, Truman, United Nations, USA

US President Harry S. Truman ordered air and naval forces to assist South Korea against an invasion by North Korea.

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