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| 1924 | Birth |  |
| 12th June Birth of Charles Kingsley
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| 1966 | Election | |
| Elected to the House of Representatives
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| 1970 | CIA | |
| Appointed Representative to the UN
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| 1974 | Diplomacy | |
| Beijing Heads a diplomatic mission to Beijing
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| 1975 | CIA | |
| Appointed Director of the CIA
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| 1980 | President | |
| Loses the Republican nomination to Reagan, later becomes Vice-President
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| 1988 | President | |
| Appointed Republican Party presidential nominee
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| 1989 | Diplomacy | |
| 4th Jan The US Navy F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean
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| 6th Jan The USA.index.html title="History of USA">United States presented photographic evidence to the UN Security Council to justify its shootdown of two Libyan jet fighters as self-defense, evidence the Libyan ambassador said was faked
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| 2nd Feb President Bush meets the Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, after which both leaders sounded upbeat about U.S-Japanese relations
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| 2nd Oct Bush Issues a National Security Directive to resume normal relations with Iraq
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| 1989 | Economy | |
| 9th Feb President Bush, in his first major speech to Congress, proposes a $1.16 trillion "common sense" budget for fiscal 1990
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| 1989 | Inauguration | |
| 19th Jan Inaugurated President of the USA
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| 1989 | Invention Stealth Bomber | |
| 17th July 1st Test flight of US stealth-bomber
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| 1989 | National Security Directive | |
| 2nd Oct Bush Issues a National Security Directive to resume normal relations with Iraq
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| 1989 | President | |
| Appointed President of the USA, 41st President
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| 12th Jan President-elect Bush completes the selection of his Cabinet, naming retired Adm. James D. Watkins secretary of energy and former education secretary William J. Bennett drug Czar
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| 1990 | Invasion of Saudi Arabia | |
| 7th Aug Sends US forces to Saudi Arabia to prevent an Iraqi invasion
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| 1991 | Alliance | |
| April The US gives aid to Hanoi when it helps account for 2,276 missing US soldiers
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| 1991 | Battle of Qaruh | |
| 24th Jan Qaruh The Allies liberate the 1st part of Kuwait after a 5 hour battle at Qaruh
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| 1991 | Bombing of Baghdad | |
| 16th Jan Baghdad The US led Allied forces begin bombing Baghdad
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| 1991 | Ceasefire | |
| 28th Feb Ceasefire in Iraq & Kuwait as Iraq accepts UN resolutions
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| 1991 | Declaration of War | |
| 12th Jan Washington Congress agrees the go-ahead for the war
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| 16th Jan Washington 1st day of the Gulf War, ends 28th Feb
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| 16th Jan Washington The UN deadline for the Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait expires at 5 pm GMT
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| 1991 | Desert Storm | |
| 16th Jan Washington A US led coalition commences an air offensive to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation
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| 17th Jan 1st day of the US led coaltion's air attack against Iraq
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| 22nd Feb Iraq will withdraw from Kuwait if the coalition suspends operations & sanctions
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| 24th Feb 1st day of US led coalition ground operations in Kuwait
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| 24th Feb Washington Iraq attempts to use Russia as an intermediary to negotiate it's way out of Kuwait
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| 26th Feb Saddam issues a general retreat out of Kuwait
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| 27th Feb Washington US led Coaltion forces enter Kuwait City
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| 28th Feb Washington Announces suspension of hostilities in Kuwait & Iraq
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| 28th Feb Bush calls a halt to the ground offensive
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| 1991 | Diplomacy | |
| Kiev Appeals to Ukranian nationalists not to gain independence from the Soviet Union
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| 22nd Feb Iraq will withdraw from Kuwait if the coalition suspends operations & sanctions
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| Mar Non essential US Embassy staff are withdrawn from Ethiopia
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| 27th April 1st US aircraft since 1979 lands in Iran with blankets for Kurdish refugees
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| 6th July President Bush sends a personal message to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, urging a stronger effort to conclude arms control talks
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| 10th July President Bush lifts economic sanctions against South Africa, citing its "profound transformation" toward racial equality.
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| 13th July Soviet and American negotiators meeting in Washington wrangle over a treaty to reduce long-range nuclear missiles
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| 19th July Souda Bay President Bush tours the Souda Bay US naval base during a visit to Greece
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| 31st July Bush & Gorbachev sign the Strategic Arms Reduction
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| 1991 | Independence | |
| Kiev Appeals to Ukranian nationalists not to gain independence from the Soviet Union
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| 27th Aug The USA recognizes the independence of Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania
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| 1991 | Invasion of Iraq | |
| 24th Feb The Allied land offensive begins against Iraq
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| 17th April US forces move into northern Iraq to set up safe havens for Kurdish refugees
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| 1991 | Invasion of Kuwait | |
| 2nd Aug The invasion & capture of Kuwait by Iraq
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| 1991 | Military Aid | |
| April The US gives aid to Hanoi when it helps account for 2,276 missing US soldiers
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| 1991 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| 28th July President Bush warns Iraq it would be making "an enormous mistake" if it failed to disclose its nuclear weapons program to United Nations inspectors
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| 31st July Bush & Gorbachev sign the Strategic Arms Reduction
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| 27th Sep Announces cuts in nuclear weapons
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| 1991 | Sanctions | |
| 10th July President Bush lifts economic sanctions against South Africa, citing its "profound transformation" toward racial equality.
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| 1991 | Strategic Arms Reduction | |
| 31st July Bush & Gorbachev sign the Strategic Arms Reduction
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| 1991 | Treaty of Strategic Arms Reduction | |
| 31st July Bush & Gorbachev sign the Strategic Arms Reduction
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| 1992 | Diplomacy | |
| 17th Dec Signs the North American Free Trade Treaty
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| 1992 | Economy | |
| 17th Dec Signs the North American Free Trade Treaty
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| 1992 | North American Free Trade | |
| 17th Dec Signs the North American Free Trade Treaty
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| 1992 | Treaty of North American Free Trade | |
| 17th Dec Signs the North American Free Trade Treaty
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