The Socialist Republic of Romania was the official name of the country under communist rule after a new constitution was adopted, a few months after Nicolae Ceausescu became leader of the Communist Party. At first Ceausescu seemed to offer a more independent line, refusing to take part in the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia and keeping ties with the West, which brought him praise abroad. Over time his regime became increasingly repressive and personalised, with a pervasive secret police, the Securitate, and an ambitious programme of industrialisation and urban demolition. In the 1980s severe austerity, aimed at paying off foreign debt, caused hardship. The regime was overthrown in the Romanian Revolution of December 1989, and Ceausescu was executed.
Before and after
- 14 July 1965Mariner 4 sends the first close-up pictures of Mars
- 19 July 1965Introduction of Ghana cedi
- 31 July 1965Birth of J. K. Rowling
- from August 1965 to September 1965Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
- from 21 August 1965 to 27 December 1989Socialist Republic of Romania
- 27 August 1965Death of Le Corbusier
- 5 September 1965Rise of People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran
- 5 September 1965Construction of Mineirão
- 11 September 1965Birth of Bashar al-Assad
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The era
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