Major World Events [16]

The nuclear nonproliferation treaty was signed by Soviet Union, US and 100 other countries (01-07-1969)

In the island of Ussuri River, Chinese & Soviet troops fighted (02-03-1969)

Warsaw Pact troops and Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia (20-08-1968)

The US Navy ship Pueblo was captured by North Korea (23-01-1968)

The first hydrogen of China was experimented on 17th June 1967
   
In the Six-day Long war Israel captured & occuped Golan Heights,Sinai Peninsula,Gaza Strip and West Bank.(06-05-1967)
   
The African country Lesotho got independence on 4th October 1966
   
The African country Botswana got independence on 30th September 1966

The African country Guyana got independence on 26th May 1966
   
The great Cultural Revolution in China started on 16th May 1966

   

France unanimously withdrew it's membership from NATO Military Structure (01-01-1966)
   
United States Military troops arrived in South Vietnam on 3rd May 1965

The first nuclear bomb of China was blasted on 16th October 1964
   
The South African President Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment on 11th June 1964

The conflict about the border between India & China started in the Himalayan Region on 20th October 1962

The miserable Cuban Missile Crisis occured on 24th August 1962

The famous Berlin Wall was constructed on 13rd September 1961

About thousand exiles invaded Cuba at the Bay of Pigs, and all were killed or assasinated (17-04-1961
   
The diplomatic relationship between US & Cuba was broken on 3rd January 1961
   
Nigeria got independence on 1st October 1960

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was founded on 10th September 1960
   
Senegal got independence on 20th August 1960
   
Cyprus got independence on 16th Auguet 1960 from Great Britain
   
Congo got independence on 30th June 1960
   
Madagascar got independence on 26th June 1960

In Argentina the Israelis captured the Nazi General Adolf Eichman on 23rd May 1960