18 May	1950: US and Europe agree Nato aims
21 Jul	1954: Peace deal ends Indo-China war
09 May	1955: West Germany accepted into Nato
14 May	1955: Communist states sign Warsaw Pact
11 Apr	1957: Britain agrees to Singapore self-rule
23 Feb	1959: Macmillan and Khrushchev talk peace
17 May	1960: East-West summit in tatters after spy plane row
28 Oct	1962: World relief as Cuban missile crisis ends
25 May	1963: African states unite against white rule
06 Feb	1964: Green light for Channel Tunnel
07 Feb	1966: Hawaii hosts US-Vietnamese summit
30 May	1967: Egypt and Jordan unite against Israel
25 Jun	1970: New peace plan for Middle East
27 Sep	1970: Arab leaders sign Jordan peace deal
23 Jan	1971: Britain allowed to sell arms to S Africa
22 May	1972: President Nixon arrives in Moscow
04 Feb	1973: Vietnam observers' struggle for peace
30 Jul	1974: Peace deal for Cyprus
11 Dec	1975: Attack on British vessels heightens Cod War
05 Dec	1977: Egypt severs ties with Arab hardliners
03 Feb	1978: Sadat in US for Mid East talks
18 Apr	1978: Carter wins Panama Canal battle
18 Sep	1978: Arab-Israeli breakthrough in US
15 Dec	1982: Spain opens border with the Rock
26 Apr	1984: Reagan arrives in China
26 Sep	1984: UK and China agree Hong Kong handover
19 Nov	1985: Superpower summit 'off to good start'
21 Nov	1985: Superpowers aim for 'safer world'
12 Oct	1986: Reykjavik summit ends in failure
18 Sep	1987: Superpower treaty to scrap warheads
15 Oct	1987: Fiji one step closer to a republic
08 Dec	1987: Superpowers to reverse arms race
14 Apr	1988: USSR pledges to leave Afghanistan
31 Jul	1991: Superpowers to cut nuclear warheads
30 Oct	1991: Bush opens historic Mid East peace conference
07 Feb	1992: Maastricht treaties make EU official
26 Oct	1994: Israel and Jordan make peace
21 Nov	1995: Balkan leaders agree to peace
14 Dec	1995: Bosnia peace accord ends three-year war
31 Jul	1998: UK imposes total ban on landmines
04 Dec	2003: US pulls back from steel trade war
19 Dec	2003: Libya gives up chemical weapons
28 Jun	2004: US transfers power back to Iraq