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the Chronological History of U.S. Foreign Relations
January,
1776 - February, 1778
"Common Sense" is published; Declaration
of Independence signed; Committee for Foreign Affairs is formed;
Lafayette and other foreign military officers arrive to aid colonial
war effort; Franco-American alliance approved
October,
1945
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission is established;
Relations between Chiang Kai-shek and Mao deteriorate; Marshall
Mission to China begins
March,
1961
Bay of Pigs
March
- July, 1968
Aftermath of Tet Offensive; Peace talks held
in Paris; Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy assassinated
December,
1990 - February, 1991
Solidarity's Lech Walesa wins Polish presidential
election; Aristide elected president of Haiti; foreigners endangered
by civil war in Somalia; outbreak of Gulf War
September,
1996
Taliban captures Kabul and imposes strict Islamic
law
October,
20, 2000
Osama bin Laden linked to US embassy bombings
in Africa
