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A movement that established a parliament and constitutional monarchy in Iran, deposing Qajar dynasty.
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Vladimir Lenin returned from exile, rallying the Bolsheviks with "peace, land, and bread" and demanding "all power to the Soviets". -
A moderate government took power but shared authority with the radical Petrograd Soviet.
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The "Red" Bolsheviks fought the "White" anti-communist forces, eventually securing victory and consolidating control.
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Striking workers, women, and mutinying soldiers in Petrograd forced Czar Nicholas II to abdicate (March 15), ending the Romanov dynasty. -
Millions of people, about 8-10 million, 40-50%, or Iran's population died due to starvation or associated diseases.
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Bolsheviks, led by Lenin and Leon Trotsky, seized control of Petrograd, arresting the Provisional Government.
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Czar Nicholas II and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks. -
Russia signed a peace treaty with Germany, exiting World War I. -
Bolshevik forces executed suspected counter-revolutionaries, including the Romanov family in 1918.
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Reza Shah overthrew the Qajar dynasty and established the Pahlavi dynasty, beginning of a period of modernization and centralization.
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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was formally established. -
British and Soviet forces occupied Iran during World War ll to secure supply lines, forcing Reza Shah to abdicate in favor of his son Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. -
UN and South Korean forces established a defensive line around Pusan, the only area not occupied by North Korea, holding off the NKPA.
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Hundreds of thousands of Chinese "People's Volunteers" entered the war, forcing UN troop stop retreat from North Korea.
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US Marines and UN troops fought a brutal, freezing retreat against Chinese forces in North Korea.
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The North Korean People's Army(NKPA) crossed the 38th parallel, invading South Korea. -
North Korean forces captured the South Korean capital just three days after the initial invasion. -
General MacArthur led a surprise amphibious invasion at Inchon, Turing the tide of the war and allowing UN forces to recapture Seoul. -
UN troops moved into North Korea, pushing toward the Yalu River border with China. -
Chinese and North Korean forces took Seoul for the second time. -
Under Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, the Iranian parliament voted to nationalize the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, a move that led to international sanctions and a power struggle with the Shah. -
Truman relieved MacArthur of command due to public disputes over war strategy, particularly regarding the use of nuclear weapons. -
A truce was signed, ending open hostilities and establishing the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near the 38th parallel. -
The CIA and MI6 helped engineer a coup that overthrew Prime Minister Mossadegh, restoring the Shah's power and ushering in two decades of autocratic rule with U.S. support. -
There was no specific location to where it started. -
The Shah became increasingly reliant on his secret police force to suppress dissent, which carried out surveillance, censorship, and torture against political opponents. -
Allegedly North Vietnamese torpedo boats attacked U.S. destroyers. -
U.S dropped millions of tons of bombs on North Vietnam. -
The first official U.S. troops in Da Nang. 3,500 Marines. -
The Viet Cong and North Vietnam launched surprise attacks on South Vietnamese. -
U.S. soldiers killed unarmed Vietnamese civilians in My Lai. -
U.S and South Vietnamese won the Tet Offensive. -
Uncle Ho died from a heart attack. -
The Shah launched a series of modernization and development programs, including land reform, expanded education, women's suffrage, which expanded women's rights. -
Imperial forces fired on peaceful protesters in St. Petersburg, sparking widespread, failed uprisings -
U.S agreed to stop sending troops to Vietnam and started to withdrawn troops from Vietnam. -
The S-21 prisoners were forced to work in the fields, most of them were murdered for stealing food. -
A former high school was turned into a prison that had 14,000 to 20,000 prisoners. -
The Shah abolished Iran's multi-party system, concentrating power and making political opposition more difficult. -
When the Khmer Rouge took control of Cambodia and started the "Year Zero". -
The Khmer Rouge forced everyone to move to the countryside. -
Pol Pot's paranoia led him to let lots of purges happen to anyone who he thought was "traitor" and killed or tortured their families.
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When the citizens were in the countryside, they were forced to work on farms. -
North Vietnam took over the capital of South Vietnam and won the war. -
The Vietnamese invaded Cambodia to raid Khmer Rouge -
After the Vietnamese successfully invaded and captured Phnom Penh the genocide had finally came to an end. -
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was exiled for his opposition to the Shah's modernization policies and secular rule, and become a key figure in the growing resistance movement. -
The Vietnamese captured Phnom Penh kicked Pol Pot out of power. -
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