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U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
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The United States dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
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The Japanese surrendered bringing World War Two to an end.
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Ho Chi Minh proclaimed Vietnam an independent republic.
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Churchill delivers his 'Sinews of Peace' speech which contain the famous phrase "..an iron curtain has descended on Europe"
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President Truman promised to help any country facing a Communist takeover
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Marshall Plan
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The USSR set up Cominform
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The French, USA and UK partitions of Germany were merged to form West Germany
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Berlin Blockade
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NATO formed
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End of Berlin Blockade
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Korean War
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Death of Stalin
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Korean War
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Warsaw Pact
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Hungarian Revolution
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Suez Crisis
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USSR Sputnik II carried Laika the dog, the first living creature to go into space.
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Russian cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyvich Gagarin became the first human being in space.
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Bay of Pigs Invasion
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Berlin wall built and borders sealed between East and West Germany.
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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JFK Assassination
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Nikita Krushchev removed from office. He was replaced by Leonid Brezhnev.