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62 matches to Economic Crisis
Nobel Prize. Nobel legacy funded. Peace Prize and prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature. 1969 +Economics. . Declined: Le Duc Tho, Pasternak, Sartre.
OAS. Organization of American States. 1948. Western Hemisphere organization for peace, security, and economic cooperation. Cuba expelled 1962.
OCAS. Organization of Central American States. 1951-. For regional and economic unity. CACM.
OECD. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. 1961. For expansion of world trade. OEEC + US, Canada, Australia, NZ.
OEEC. Organization for European Economic Cooperation. 1948-61. Western European trade organization. OECD.
Park Chung Hee. 1917-79. South Korean president. 1963-79 by 1961 coup. Economic growth.
Perestroika. 1986. Gorbachev’s policy of government and economic reform.
Revolutions of 1848. Vienna, Prague, Venice. Romanticism, economic problems, bad harvest, unrest within Austrian Empire led to concessions, abdication of Emperor Ferdinand I.
Soccer War. 1969. Honduras vs El Salvador. Triggered by football game and economic conditions.
Social Credit. 1919. Douglas’ economic theory. Give money to consumers, producers based on social credits, “liberating” production from price system.
Vietnam. Annam. 209BC Nam Vet kingdom. 111BC China. 2C Funan, 939 Independent. Khmer, Cham, Mongol invasions repelled. 1407 Ming. 1867 France (S). 1883 Tonkin, Annam French protectorates(N). 1940 Japanese occupy. 1945 Independent. 1946-54 French Indochina War. 1954 Communist Democratic Republic (N). 1955 Republic (S). 1962 Vietnam War. 1976 Socialist Republic of Vietnam 1987 Economic liberalization. 1995 US recognition.
Webb, Sidney. 1859-1947. Beatrice. 1858-1943. British Fabian Socialists. Founded London School of Economics, New Statesman 1913.
Zollverein. 1818-71. German economic agreements led by Prussia...German Customs Union 1834. First steps toward union.
Agadir Crisis. 1911. French/German crisis by German manoevres off Morocco.
Aventine Secession. 1924. 150 Italian government members protest Fascist government. Matteotti.
Balkan Crisis. 1875-8. Britain, Austria fear Russian expansion. Congress of Berlin.
Balkan League. 1912-13. Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, and Montenegro. Balkan Wars.
Bay of Pigs. 1961. CIA-financed Cuban invasion by exiles fails. Cuban Missile Crisis.
Bosnian Crisis. 1908-9. Russia sides with Serbian rebels after Austria-Hungary annexation. Black Hand.
Chanak Crisis. 1922. British fear Turkish threat to Dardanelles. Lausanne Peace, 1923.
Cold War. 1946-90. Alternating crisis and detente between west and east, begun with Russia breaking Potsdam Agreement and creating communist regimes in East Germany and Czechoslovakia.
Coty, René. 1882-1962. President of France, 1954-59. Algerian Crisis 1958, led to return of deGaulle.
Cuban Missile Crisis. 1962. Kennedy blockades Cuba to prevent Soviet missile installation.
Eastern Crisis. 1839-41. British suppression of Muhammed Ali’s Egyptian expansion.
Eden, Anthony. 1897-1977. British Prime Minister 55-7. Resigned over Suez Crisis.