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| 1913 | Birth |  |
| 10th Jan Birth of Gustav Husak |
| 1968 | First Secretary | |
| Prague Rep Appointed First Secretary of Slovak Communist Party |
| 1968 | Government | |
| 20th Aug Forms a government after Warsaw Pact occupation |
| 1968 | President | |
| Appointed President of Czechoslovakia |
| 1968 | Prime Minister | |
| 20th Aug Appointed Prime Minister of Czech Rep |
| 1969 | Party Leader | |
| Prague Rep Leader of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia |
| 1975 | President | |
| Appointed President of Czechoslovakia, pro-democracy President |
| 1985 | Perestroika | |
| The Czechoslovak Communist leadership verbally support Peres troika, but did little to institute real changes, and speaking of the Prague Spring of 1968 is still a taboo |
| 1987 | Constitution | |
| 19th Mar Prague Rep Announces similar reforms to those by Gorbachev in Russia |
| 1988 | Demonstrations | |
| The 1st anti-governmental demonstrations |
| 1989 | Amnesty | |
| 8th Dec Hus k declares an amnesty on political crimes |
| 1989 | Berlin Wall | |
| 9th Nov Berlin Rep Fall of the Berlin Wall |
| 1989 | Constitution | |
| 28th Nov The Communist Party of Czech announces it will give up it's monopoly of power |
| 29th Nov Parliament, still dominated by the Communists , removes the article guaranteeing a leadership role to the Communist Party and Marxism as a state ideology from the Constitution |
| 6th Dec Most members of the government of Czechia were replaced by non-Communists |
| 10th Dec Forms the 1st non-communist government in Czech since 1948 |
| 1989 | Demonstrations | |
| 16th Nov Bratislava Rep Slovak high school and university students stage a peaceful demonstration |
| 17th Nov Prague Rep A peaceful student demonstration is severely beaten back by riot police |
| 1989 | Government | |
| 6th Dec Most members of the government of Czechia were replaced by non-Communists |
| 10th Dec Hus k nominates a federal cabinet, headed by Mari n Calfa |
| 1989 | Resignation | |
| 10th Dec Husak resigns |
| 10th Dec The Communist President Gust v Hus k appoints the first largely non-communist government in Czechoslovakia since 1948, and resigns |
| 1989 | Strike | |
| 27th Nov A general two-hour strike of the population |
| 1989 | Velvet Revolution | |
| 9th Nov Berlin Rep Fall of the Berlin Wall |
| 9th Nov The Berlin Wall falls and the citizens of Czechoslovakia can see the events every day on TV (both foreign and domestic) |
| 16th Nov Bratislava Rep On the eve of International Students Day, 50th anniversary of death of Jan Opletal murdered by Nazi occupiers during World War II, Slovak students demonstrate |
| 17th Nov Prague Rep A peaceful student demonstration in Prague is severely beaten back by the riot police |
| 17th Nov Prague Rep a peaceful student demonstration is severely beaten back by riot police |
| 17th Nov Prague Rep Beginning of the Velvet Revolution in Czech |
| 17th Nov The Socialist Union of Youth (SSM/SZM, proxy of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia) organize a mass demonstration to commemorate International Students Day |
| 18th Nov At the initiative of students from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, the students in Prague began a strike, the strike is joined by university students throughout Czechoslovakia |
| 25th Nov Prague Rep The number of participants in the regular anti-governmental demonstration in Prague reach 800,000 people |
| 26th Nov The editorial staff of Slovakia's Pravda, the central newspaper of the Communist Party of Slovakia, join the opposition |
| 27th Nov A general two-hour strike of the population |
| 28th Nov The Communist Party of Czech announces it will give up it's monopoly of power |
| 28th Nov The Presidium of the Slovak parliament (Slovak National Council) resigns, it is gradually replaced by non-Communists |
| 29th Nov Parliament, still dominated by the Communists , removes the article guaranteeing a leadership role to the Communist Party and Marxism as a state ideology from the Constitution |
| 30th Nov Czech citizens do not need "exit visa permits" anymore when travelling abroad |
| 30th Nov The federal government decides barbed wire should be removed at the border with Austria (later also at the border with West Germany), and that Czechoslovak citizens do not need "exit visa permits" |
| 1st Dec Barbed wire at the border with Austria is removed |
| 1st Dec Barbed wire is removed from borders with West Germany |
| 1st Dec Barbed wire is removed from the border with West Germany and Austria |
| 3rd Dec Husak nominates a new federal cabinet, headed by Ladislav Adamec |
| 3rd Dec President Gust v Hus k nominates a new federal cabinet, headed by Ladislav Adamec |
| 4th Dec The government announces freedom to travel to Austria |
| 6th Dec Most members of the government of Czechia were replaced by non-Communists |
| 10th Dec The Communist President Gust v Hus k appoints the first largely non-communist government in Czechoslovakia since 1948, and resigns |
| 21st Dec People's Militia is abolished, & their weapons confiscated by the army |
| 29th Dec Bloodless revolution in Czech that sees the overthrow of the communist government |
| 1990 | Diplomacy | |
| Dec Barbed wire is removed from the border with West Germany and Austria |
