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Kidney Dialysis Machine Invented
https://www.dpcedcenter.org/news-events/news/a-brief-history-of-dialysis/
"The history of dialysis dates back to the 1940s. The first type of dialyzer, then called the artificial kidney, was built in 1943 by Dutch physician Willem Kolff. Kolff had first gotten the idea of developing a machine to clean the blood after watching a patient suffering from kidney failure. When his invention was completed, he attempted to treat over a dozen patients with acute kidney failure over the next two years." -
Cold War Begins
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Cold_War
"As World War II was ending, the Cold War began. This was to be a long-lasting and continuing confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States, lasting from 1945 to 1989. It was called the Cold War because neither the Soviet Union nor the United States officially declared war on each other. However, both sides clearly struggled to prevent the other from spreading its economic and political systems around the globe." -
Bombing of Japan
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4785786
"On August 6, 1945, the United States changed the face of warfare when it dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, U.S. forces detonated a second atomic bomb over Nagasaki, Japan, forcing an end to World War II." -
World War ll Comes to An End
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history
"On August 15, the Japanese government issued a statement declaring they would accept the terms of the Potsdam Declaration, and on September 2, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur accepted Japan’s formal surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay." -
"Iron Curtain" Speech Given
https://www.wcmo.edu/about/history/iron-curtain-speech.html
"When you hear about Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri - you may also hear about Sir Winston Churchill, and for good reason. On March 5, 1946, Sir Winston Churchill visited Westminster College as the Green Lecturer and delivered "Sinews of Peace," a message heard around the world that went down in history as the "Iron Curtain Speech."" -
Marshall Plan
https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=82
"On April 3, 1948, President Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act of 1948. It became known as the Marshall Plan, named for Secretary of State George Marshall, who in 1947 proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe." -
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The Berlin Airlift
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/berlin-airlift
"At the end of the Second World War, the U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany.Berlin was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany. The United States, United Kingdom, and France controlled western portions of the city, while Soviet troops controlled the eastern sector. As the wartime alliance between the Western Allies and the Soviet Union ended and friendly relations turned hostile." -
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Korean War
http://www.american-historama.org/1945-1989-cold-war-era/korean-war.htm
"The Korean War began when North Korea invaded South Korea. The conflict was fought between Soviet backed communist North Korea and China against the United States and the UN-backed South Korea. Reinforcements from the communist People's Republic of China joined the North Koreans and the conflict ended in a stalemate and a truce formally ending the war in Korea." -
Twenty-Second Amendment limits the President to two terms
https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendments/amendment-xxii
"Passed by Congress in 1947, and ratified by the states on February 27, 1951, the Twenty-Second Amendment limits an elected president to two terms in office, a total of eight years. However, it is possible for an individual to serve up to ten years as president."
