1954: Difference between revisions
imported>Rangerkid51 |
imported>Rangerkid51 |
||
| Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
* May 4 to 7 - [[Alfredo Stroessner]] seizes control of Paraguay following a successful coup. | * May 4 to 7 - [[Alfredo Stroessner]] seizes control of Paraguay following a successful coup. | ||
* May 25 - [[Ho Chi Minh]] launches a campaign of land reform in North Vietnam. | * May 25 - [[Ho Chi Minh]] launches a campaign of land reform in North Vietnam. | ||
* June 18 to 27 - | * June 18 to 27 - [[Operation PBSuccess]]: the CIA installs [[Carlos Castillo Armas]] as the military dictator of Guatemala, deposing democratically-elected leader Jacobo Árbenz. | ||
* August 1 - End of the First Indochina War. | * August 1 - End of the First Indochina War. | ||
* September 3 - The [[Communist Party of China]] takes control of the the Yijiangshan Islands from Taiwan. | * September 3 - The [[Communist Party of China]] takes control of the the Yijiangshan Islands from Taiwan. | ||