The U.S. and Russia, engaged in a tense Cold War, begin providing support ... the nation becomes deeply divided by the war. Peace protests swell in size, attracting activists from the civil ...

As the Cold War escalates, American forces are deployed ... the teach-in becomes a popular form of protest. Later in the month, 15,000 students demonstrate against the war in Washington; 35,000 ...

Demonstrators gather in Federal Plaza as Donald Trump was being sworn. The most immediate and palpable fears are felt by those in the city's immigrant communities ahead of Trump's expected deportation ...

The Middle East underwent immense changes in the 1950s due to political instability and ideological shifts. This period, ...

Thousands of Soviet tanks and soldiers entered Hungary to crush the protests. Nagy was arrested and executed. He was replaced by Janos Kadar who eradicated the remaining resistance.

Novotny asked the Soviet leader, Brezhnev, for help to crackdown on the protests, but Brezhnev refused, and in early 1968 Novotny was replaced as Communist Party Secretary by Alexander Dubcek.

Canada was thrust into the Cold War world quickly and unexpectedly ... The missiles touched off anti-nuclear protests in the country, although Canada eventually accepted the nuclear warheads ...