23 October 1918		Czechoslovakia established as a separate state
September 1938		Sudetenland seized by Nazi Germany
March 1939		Slovakia becomes a pro-German independent state
Spring 1945		National uprising overthrows German occupation, Czechoslovakia restored
May 1948		Communists win power in fraudulent elections
May 1958		Czechoslovakia joins Warsaw Pact
January 1968		Reformers gain control of communist party
20 August 1968		Soviet troops invade and occupy Czechoslovakia
November 1989		Communist party falls from power
1989		Country renamed Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
June 1992		Nationalist government elected in Slovakian regional parliament
1 January 1993		Slovakia becomes an independent state
2 April 2004		Slovakia joins NATO