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Period: to
cold war
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united states
united estates drop atomic bomb on hiroshima (kills 80000) -
korean war
korean war beggins. stalin upports north korea who invade south korea equipped with soviet weapons -
korean war
korean war ends -
ussr
ussr sent military aid to afghanistan -
sputnik
sputnik launched into orbit -
united estates
u.s. marines sent to dominican republic to fight communism. -
apollo II
apollo II lands on thew moon. -
vietnam
north vietnam defeats south vietnam wich falls to communist forces -
united states
U.S. troops invaded and overthrows regime in grenada -
lithuania
lithuania becomes independent -
russia
boris yeltsin elected as president of russia -
cold war
cold war ends