ÿþ<html> <head> <title>WHKMLA : Timelines - Recent History </title> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2003 --> </head> <body bgcolor="grey" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"> </a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../meh.jpg" border = "0"> </a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Collapse of Communism </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "tlcolcom.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xtimelines.html"> <img src = "../timelines.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "tlwelfare.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Welfare State </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on March 31st 2003, last revised on September 8th 2004 </i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline Recent History </B></font> <BR> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"><i> http://www.zum.de/whkmla/timelines/meh/tlrecent.html </i></font></B> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> 1986 IV 26 <BR><BR> 1990 II 11 <BR> 1990 VIII 2 <BR><BR><BR> 1990 X 3 <BR> 1990 XII 23 <BR> 1991 I 17- II 28 <BR> 1991 VI 25 <BR> 1991 XII 16 <BR><BR> 1991-1992 <BR><BR> 1992 II 7 <BR> 1992 IV <BR><BR> 1992-1996 <BR><BR><BR><BR> 1992 <BR><BR><BR> 1992 <BR><BR> 1992 XII-1993 V <BR><BR><BR> 1993 I 1 <BR> 1994-1996 <BR> 1995 XI 4 <BR> 1996 III 18 <BR> 1997-1999 <BR><BR> 1999 III-IV <BR> 1999-2002 <BR><BR> 1999 <BR> 2000 IX 18 <BR><BR> 2001 VI <BR><BR> 2001 IX 11 <BR><BR> 2001-2002 <BR><BR> 2003 III 13 <BR> 2003 III <BR><BR><BR> </font></TD> <BR><TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> USSR : two of 4 reactors at Chernobyl nuclear power station experience meltdown, <BR> leak radiation; worst accident of nuclear energy history <BR> Iraq invades, occupies Kuwait <BR> South Africa : the release of Nelson Mandela from prison after 27 years of imprisonment <BR> marks the beginning of transition to a majority government, the beginning of the end of <BR> the Apartheid system <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/germany/xgermanyneu.html">Germany</A> celebrates reunification <BR> Ljubljana : <A HREF = "../../region/germany/xslovenia.html">Slovenia</A>, in a plebiscite, opts for independence from Yugoslavia <BR> Operation Desert Storm (Second Gulf War) : Allied forces liberate Kuwait <BR> Zagreb : <A HREF = "../../region/balkans/xcroatia.html">Croatia</A> unilaterally declares independence from Yugoslavia <BR> Germany recognizes independence of Slovenia, Croatia; other EU members follow German <BR> lead. The War of the Disintegration of Yugoslavia ensues. <BR> Croatia : during the war that ensues the break-up of Yugoslavia, the (Serb) Yugoslav Army <BR> practiced ethnic cleansing at the Croatian city of Vukovar (Eastern Slavonia) <BR> Maastricht Treaty prepares next step of European Integration - the introduction of the Euro <BR> Bosnia-Herzegovina, in referendum, opts for independence from Yugoslavia <BR> (the ethnic Serb population element abstains) <BR> War in Bosnia-Hercegovina; which breaks up in three units - the Bosnian-Serb state, <BR> the Bosnian-Croat state and a core Bosnian, multicultural, but predominantly Muslim state. <BR> The Serbs, with the Yugoslav army on their side, practice large-scale ethnic cleansing, <BR> establish concentration camps. <BR> Moldova : predominantly Russian & Ukrainian inhabitants of Transnistria region resent attempts <BR> by Moldovan govt. to push for unification with Romania, take up arms; after brief armed <BR> standoff, plans for unification with Romania were scrapped, law and order restored <BR> Billionaire George M. Soros "bets" against the Pound Sterling, causes the UK to leave the <BR> European Exchange Rate Mechanism <BR> US-lead, UN-sanctioned invasion of Somalia, torn in internal strife, with the object of facilitating <BR> food and medical aid to starving population, called Operation Restore Hope. After several US<BR> soldiers were killed in a failed attempt to arrest warlord M. Aideed, the enterprise was abandoned <BR> Break-up of <A HREF = "../../region/eceurope/xczechoslovakia.html">Czechoslovakia</A>; <A HREF = "../../region/germany/xbohemia.html">Czech Republic</A> and <A HREF = "../../region/eceurope/xslovakia.html">Slovakia</A> independent states <BR> First Chechen War; Russia breaks off invasion, occupation <BR> Israel : Prime minister Yitzhak Rabin assassinated <BR> Signature of the Dayton Peace Accords end War of Yugoslav Disintegration <BR> Serbs (Milosevic) practiced ethnic cleansing in mostly Albanian Kosovo region, caused refugee <BR> crisis in Albania proper <BR> NATO air raids on Serbia to end Serbian ethnic cleansing in the Kosovo region <BR> Second Chechen War : following several terrorist attacks in Russia, Russian forces implement <BR> a heavy-handed occupation of Chechnya <BR> Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic join NATO <BR> Vojislav Kostunica elected president in Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro); this event marks <BR> transit from Milosevic-autocracy to democracy <BR> Yugoslavia : Slobodan Milosevic transferred to Den Haag to be tried for War Crimes by <BR> International Court of Justice <BR> NY, Washington DC - Al Quaida terrorists hijack planes, fly them into Pentagon, World Trade <BR> Center <BR> "War on Terrorism" - International Coalition ousted Taliban Government, established <BR> Democratic Government <BR> Serbia & Montenegro : PM Zoran Djinjic assassinated <BR> Discussion over the legitimation of an invasion of Iraq with the purpose of disarming the <BR> country, oust the dictatorial regime and replace it by a democratic one lay open wide differences <BR> in opinion among the EU member countries <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "500"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> <A NAME = "bib">Bibliography</A> <BR><BR> Steven L. Burg, Paul S. Shoup, <A HREF = "http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1563243091/103-1018733-4659013"><B> The War in Bosnia-Herzegovina</B></A>, London : M.E. Sharpe 2000, 499 pp., KMLA Lib.Sign. <B>949.703 8954w</B> <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "500"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> IMPORTANT EXPRESSIONS, PHRASES <BR><BR> Ethnic Cleansing, Terrorism, Euro Zone, </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "500"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> IMPORTANT PERSONS <BR><BR> Slobodan Milosevic, Zoran Djindjic, Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin, George Bush, Bill Clinton, Hans Dietrich Genscher, Yitzhak Rabin, Nelson Mandela, George M. Soros </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> </DIV><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of Count-o-Rama Code --> <a href="http://62.132.145.75/index.html" target="_blank"> <img src="http://62.132.145.75/cgi-bin/hidden.pl?12950" border="0"></a> <!-- End of Count-o-Rama Code --> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; visible = "0"; path_to_counterfile = "http://www.zum.de/whkmla/counter/counter.php"; urlhp = "http://www.zum.de"; //////////////// url = unescape(location.href); file = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf(urlhp) + urlhp.length, url.length); file = (file.charAt(0) != "/") ? 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