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The United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
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Russia declares war on Japan.
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The United States drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
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Japanese surrender End of World War II.
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President Truman asked Congress for $400 million in aid for Greece and Turkey.
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The Soviets blocked all ways into the western part of Berlin, Germany.
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Blockade was offically lifted.
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Russia tested its first atomic bomb.
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Korean War begins. Stalin supports North Korea who invades South Korea equipped with Soviet weapons.
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Union reveals that U.S. spy plane was shot down over Soviet territory
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Communist governments fall in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and RumaniaDecline of the Soviet empire
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End of Soviet Union and the Cold War Ends