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House Un-American Activities Committee formed
The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those organizations suspected of having Communist ties. -
Yalta Conference
The Big Three met to talk about what they were going to do with Germany -
Potsdam Conference
Topics discussed were Allied control of defeated Germany, Reparations ,The Oder/Neisse Line, and Russia joining the war in the Far East. -
United Nations formation
the UN was formed during the Second World War, when representatives of 26 nations pledged their governments to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers. -
Truman Doctrine
Harry S. Truman's speech pledgeing for America's support to "free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures". This speech also included a request that Congress agree to give military and economic aid to Greece in its fight against communism. -
Marshall Plan
after the Truman Doctrine, George C. Marshall, Truman's Secretary of State, announced details of what became known as the Marshall Plan or the European Recovery Program (ERP). Marshall offered American financial aid for a programme of European economic recovery. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was started. The Berlin Airlift was when the US sent food and other supplies over east Berlin's wall that was build by the Soviet Union. -
NATO formation
12 nations established the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to coordinate the military defenses of member nations against possible Soviet aggression. -
Berlin Airlift ends
The Berlin Airlift stops happening -
Era of McCarthyism begins
a young Senator named Joseph McCarthy made a public accusation that more than two hundred “card-carrying” communists had infiltrated the United States government. Though eventually his accusations were proven to be untrue, and he was censured by the Senate for unbecoming conduct, his zealous campaigning ushered in one of the most repressive times in 20th-century American politics -
North Korean Invasion of South Korea
The Korean War began on June 25, 1950, when communist North Korea invaded South Korea. Almost immediately, the United States secured a resolution from the United Nations calling for the military defense of South Korea against the North Korean aggression. -
Rosenberg Execution
The execution of the Rosenbergs in the electric chair at Sing Sing ended one of the most sensational cases of the McCarthy era. It was the first execution of civilians for espionage in U.S. history. -
Armistice Signed Ending Korean War
After three years of a bloody and frustrating war, the United States, the People's Republic of China, North Korea, and South Korea agree to an armistice, bringing the Korean War to an end. -
Warsaw Pact formation
The Warsaw Pact was the Communist counteraction to NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). -
Sputnik 1 Launched
the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite, it took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path, it marked the start of the space age and the U.S.-U.S.S.R space race. -
First Man in Space
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, making a 108-minute orbital flight in his Vostok 1 spacecraft -
First American in Space
Mercury Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. blasted off in his Freedom 7 capsule atop a Mercury-Redstone rocket. His 15-minute sub-orbital flight made him the first American in space. -
Creation of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin border between East and West Berlin is closed, by a 11 foot concrete wall -
First Man on the Moon
Neil Armstrong became the first human to step on the moon.
