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| 1955 |
| | Russia forms the Warsaw Treaty Organization (or Warsaw Pact) with her east European allies, as a counterbalance to NATO | |
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| 1983 |
| | Philips and Sony jointly introduce a new device, the compact disc | |
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| 1993 |
| | The Oslo Accords, brokered by the Norwegian government between the PLO and Israel, are seen as a breakthrough in the Middle East crisis | |
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| 1993 |
| | Rachel Whiteread's Untitled (House) is a concrete cast of the interior of a house in London's East End | |
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| 1994 |
| | Italian architect Renzo Piano completes Kansai airport, on an artificial island in Osaka bay | |
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| 1998 |
| | The British architectural firm of Foster & Partners completes the Hong Kong International Airport | |
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| 1998 |
| | The first module is launched of the International Space Station, a cooperative venture by five space agencies (USA, Russia, Japan, Canada, Europe) | |
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| 2012 February 4 |
| | Russia and China use their Security Council veto to block a UN resolution to end the violence in Syria | |
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| 2012 July 10 |
| | Russia and China again veto a UN Security Council attempt to apply economic sanctions on Syria | |
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