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Berlin Airlift
U.S. and British began delivering food and supplies to Berlin -
Creation of NATO
A treaty between the U.S. and European countries, that means they will defend each other in case the Warsaw tried to take over their land -
Creation of Warsaw Pact
The USSR and 7 other countries signes a pact that made the USSR control the other armies of those countries -
Construction of Berlin Wall
The wall seperated western and eastern berlin, they were not able to cross to the other side -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A dangerous moment when the U.S. and the USSR came close to a nuclear conflict -
Sputnik
The USSR sent the first artifical satellite, size of a basketball and about 183 pounds -
Moon landing
Apollo 11 was the first mission to land on the moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first to walk on the moon. -
Destruction of Berlin Wall
The spokesman for the Easterns communist party left everyone pass the wall