History Dates 1963 - 1981
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1963
AUGUST:
- Test Ban Treaty is signed between the USA, USSR and Great Britain to help to prevent a conflict like the Cuban Missile Crisis from occurring again
NOVEMBER:
- JFK is assassinated and replaced by Lyndon B. Johnson
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1965
FEBRUARY:
- US attacks on North Vietnam begin
2 of 14
1968
JULY:
- Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is signed
AUGUST:
- USSR invasion of Czechoslovakia
- USSR gain nuclear parity with the USA
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1969
JANUARY:
- Johnson is replaced by Richard Nixon
OCTOBER:
- Willy Brandt becomes Chancellor of West Germany
- Ostpolotik in Europe begins
4 of 14
1970
- Ostpolotik (improvement in East and West German relations) takes form through the Soviet-Berlin Agreement
5 of 14
1971
SEPTEMBER:
- Four Power Agreement on Berlin is signed
DECEMBER:
- A hotline is set up between the White House and the Kremlin
6 of 14
1972
FEBRUARY:
- Nixon visits China where the Shanghai Communique is agreed, which strengthens the relationship bewteen the USA and China
MAY:
- SALT I Treaty is signed, signifying the beginning of Detente between the USA and USSR
OCTOBER:
- Anti-Ballastic Missile Treaty is signed
DECEMBER:
- The Basic Treaty is signed (Helsinki Accords)
7 of 14
1973
MAY:
- 10 year economic agreement between USSR and West Germany is signed
JULY:
- Helsinki Talks
OCTOBER:
- Arab-Israeli War begins
8 of 14
1974
JUNE:
- Nixon-Brezhnev Summit
AUGUST:
- Watergate Scandal
9 of 14
1975
AUGUST:
- Helsinki Accords Final Act is signed
OCTOBER:
- US-Soviet Trade Agreement is signed
NOVEMBER:
- Beginning of the Angolan Civil War
10 of 14
1976
MAY:
- US and USSR agree to limit the size of their underground nuclear tests
NOVEMBER:
- Jimmy Carter replaces Gerald Ford as President
11 of 14
1979
JUNE:
- Salt II signed but not ratified by Congress
DECEMBER:
- USSR invades Afghanistan, effectively ending Detente
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1980
JANUARY:
- Trade embargo is placed on the USSR from the USA for the invasion of Afghanistan
SEPTEMBER:
- Solidarity movement begins in Poland
- Ratification of SALT II suspended
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1981
JANUARY:
- Ronald Reagan replaces Jimmy Carter as President
APRIL:
- Trade embargo on the USSR is lifted
NOVEMBER:
- Reagan proposes the removal of INF weapons in INF talks
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