1958 ⟶ C-118 Shot Down Near Turkey-Iran
A C-118 transport, hauling freight from Turkey to Iran, is s...
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🇮🇷 Iran Crisis Begins
Iran crisis of 1946 - Stalin refuses to relinquish Soviet-occupied territory in Iran, beginning the Iran Crisis. Two short-lived pro-Soviet states, the Azerbaijan People's Government and the Republic of Mahabad, are formed.⟶
IranUSSRSoviet UnionCrisisCold WarMiddle EastPoliticsOccupation
🇮🇷 Soviet Withdrawal from Iran
The Soviet Union withdraws from Iran. Both the Azerbaijan People's Government and the Republic of Mahabad are dissolved.⟶
Soviet UnionIranMiddle EastWithdrawalCold WarGeopoliticsTerritorial Dispute
✈️ CIA B-26 Shot Down in Indonesia
On a bombing mission in support of the anti-Sukarno Permesta Rebellion, a B-26 bomber supplied by the CIA is shot down in Ambon, Indonesia. The pilot, US citizen Allen Lawrence Pope is captured and imprisoned.⟶
CIAIndonesiaPermesta RebellionCold WarCovert OperationsInterventionismSoutheast AsiaWarUS
☢️ Jupiter Missile Deployment to Turkey
Jupiter IRBM deployment to Turkey begins, joining the Jupiters deployed to Italy as well as the Thor IRBMs deployed to the UK as nuclear missiles placed within striking distance of Moscow.⟶
Cold Warnuclear weaponsmissile deploymentTurkeyUSUSSRnuclear arms raceIRBM