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A political party described as a Communist party includes those that advocate the application of the social principles of communism through a communist form of government...

Timeline of Events

1934

12.1.1934

In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergei Kirov is shot dead by Leonid Nikolayev at the Communist Party headquarters in Leningrad.

1949

6.8.1949

Celebrities Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.

1960

8.1.1960

Communist Party of Independence and Work is banned in Senegal.

1969

4.17.1969

Czechoslovakian Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.

1986

12.16.1986

Revolt in Kazakhstan against Communist party, known as Zheltoksan, which becomes the first sign of ethnic strife during Gorbachev's tenure