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Nuclear testing at bikini atoll begins
America kicked the natives out to perform nuclear testing. they released rats and goats to test the effects. the hydrogen bomb was 1000 times more powerful than the bomb used on Hiroshima. the atoll is safe to live on but food cannot be taken from the island because it may be radioactive. -
Robinson joins the Dodgers
Jackie Robinson was the first major league black baseball player -
Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier
Yeager was a us air force captain. He broke the barrier using an x-1 over dry lake in california -
Gandhi Assassinated
He was assassinated in New Delhi, India during a prayer service. He was a leader in Indias independence movement. -
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Berlin airlift
The western allies dropped supplies to Berlin which was occupied by the Soviets after world war two in an attempt to try to stop the soviets from doing whatever they wanted -
NATO established
NATO was a treaty that brought together the armies of various countries to strengthen the armies against an invasion of europe particularly from the soviets -
Soviet union tests atomic bomb
They used spies to get info from the united states. The spies were arrested and served time or were executed for espionage -
China Becomes Communist
After a civil war the communists defeated the nationalists. The us suspended ties with china for a period of time following -
Truman orders construction of hydrogen bomb
He directed the atomic agency to work on the Super-Bomb. When completed it was 1000 times more powerful than the bomb used on Hiroshima -
Korean war Begins
The war began when north Korea sent 75000 troops into south Korea. In just a few days, Truman ordered the US military to aid south korea
