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Yalta Conference
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Death of FDR
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Harry S. Truman's presidency begins 12 Apr 1945
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Potsdam
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United Nations is formed
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Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
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Britain asks USA to take over its role in supporting Greece
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Truman Doctrine Announced
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Marshall Plan is announced
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Rio Pact signed
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Israel is established
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Berlin Blockade/Berlin Airlift: 24 Jun 1948 - 11 May 1949
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NATO is formed
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Soviets explode atomic bomb
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Mao declares the creation of the People's Republic of China
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North Korea crosses the 38th Parallel
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Korean War
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Rosenbergs are convicted of espionage
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MacArthur is relieved of duties
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Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadeq of Iran explains his nationalism policy
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Harry S. Truman's presidency ends
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Dwight D. Eisenhower's Presidency
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Joseph Stalin Dies
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Soviets complete hydrogen bomb
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Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddeq is overthrown
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French Defeated by Ho Chi Minh at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu
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CIA takes out Guatemalan President
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Warsaw Pact formed
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Vietnam War
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Suez Canal Crisis
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Hungarian Revolution
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Eisenhower Doctrine is unveiled
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Soviet satellite Sputnik is launched
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Cuban Dictator, Fulgencio Batista, falls from power
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Russians shoot down U-2 spy plane
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United States stops diplomatic relations with Cuba
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John F. Kennedy's presidency
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Bay of Pigs
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Berlin Wall divides Berlin
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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US and Soviet Union set up hotline for future crisis
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Limited Test Ban Treaty Signed
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South Vietnamese President Diem dies
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Lyndon B. Johnson's Presidency
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Gulf of Tonkin "incident"
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed
Johnson controls war w/o Congress -
Tet Offensive starts
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Mai Lai Massacre
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Richard M. Nixon's Presidency
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Pentagon Papers released
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Paris Peace accords signed
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American forces leave Vietnam; Vietnam Border will be respected
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The last American soldiers leave Vietnam
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All Americans have left Vietnam
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North Vietnamese capture Saigon