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Yalta, the begining of the year
The dividing up of Germany.
The formation of the united states.
The entry of Soviet forces into the Far-Eastern front (Japan) -
United States first used atomic bomb in war.
The United States conducts the first test of the atomic bomb at at the Trinity bomb site in central New Mexico. The terrifying new weapon would quickly become a focal point in the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union -
Russia enters war against Japan
Stalin agreed that the Soviet Union would enter the war against Japan once Nazi Germany was defeated -
Japanese surrender End of World War II
The surrender of the Empire of Japan on September 2, 1945, brought the hostilities of World War II to a close. -
Marshall Plan is announced
Secretary of State George C. Marshall announced a plan to provide economic assistance to the devastated nations of Europe after World War II. -
Soviets explode first atomic bomb
At a remote test site at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan, the USSR successfully detonates its first atomic bomb, code name "First Lightning. -
Korean War begins
The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953)[29][a][31] was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union. -
Vietnam split at 17th parallel
It was the division between the Communist North, and the South (exactly like North Korea, only theirs is at the 38th) -
CIA helps overthrow unfriendly regimes in Iran and Guatemala
They purchase the latest and greatest from vendors selling new equipment they would use and they have some of it specifically made for them too. -
Cuba taken over by Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro's reign began in March of 1959. He strongly criticized Fulgencio Batista, the president turned dictator prior to Castro's overtaking. -
U.S. Marines sent to Dominican Republic to fight Communism
Troubles in the Dominican Republic began in 1961, when long-time dictator Rafael Trujillo was assassinated. Trujillo had been a brutal leader, but his strong anticommunist stance helped him retain the support of the United State -
Berlin border closed
Two days after sealing off free passage between East and West Berlin with barbed wire, East German authorities begin building a wall--the Berlin Wall--to permanently close off access to the West. -
Apollo 11 lands on the moon
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin -
SALT I signed
Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev and U.S. President Richard Nixon, meeting in Moscow, sign the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) agreemen -
Berlin Wall falls
The Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989): In the evening of November 9, 1989, East German government official Günter Schabowski stated during a press conference that travel through the border to the West was open.
