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Communist sieze power in poland
Ukranians came in and took over Poland. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO was an intergovernmental military alliance. -
Berlin Airlift ends
Soviet Union had blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access. -
China Civil War
Communists win Chinese Civil War. -
U.S. sponsored coup overthrows Iranian government
The CIA helped to overthrow the Iranian government. -
Guatemalan Government
U.S. sponsored coup overthrows Guatemalan government -
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
international organization for collective defense in Southeast Asia -
Warsaw Pact
the warsaw pact was a collective defense treaty with eight communist states. -
Soviets launch first man made satellite
Sputnik 1 was launched. -
Meeting
First Summit Meeting between President Dwight Eisenhower and Premier Nikita Khrushchev. -
Berlin Wall
East Germany builds Berlin Wall -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Confrontaiton between the United States and the Soviet Union with having missiles in Cuba. -
China
China explodes its first atomic bomb. -
United States and the Dominican Republic
U.S. sends troops to the Dominican Republic -
Red Army
Soviet Red Army crushes Czech Uprising.