Modern Era · North America · War
1983
US invades Grenada
October 25, 1983
After a coup on the Caribbean island of Grenada and concerns about American medical students there, Ronald Reagan sent Marines in. Resistance was slight. The invasion was condemned by most of the world and celebrated in the United States as a small Cold War win after the humiliation of Beirut two days earlier. A new American assertiveness was on display.
In context
Also in 1983 (3 other events on record)
- Petrov averts nuclear war · Europe · War
- Beirut barracks bombing · Middle East · War
- KAL 007 shot down · East Asia · Disaster
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Era
Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.
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