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Berlin airlift
A military operation that supplied West Berlin with food and other vital goods by air after the Soviet Union blockaded the city -
China falls to the communists
The fall of mainland China to communism that led the United States to suspend ties with the PRC for decades -
Soviets detonate atomic bomb
Soviets successfully detonate their first atomic bomb, “first lighting”, at a remote testing site in Kazakhstan. -
Korean War
Fought between North and South Korea, began when north korea invaded South Korea due to clashes along the border. South Korea was backed by United States, North Korea by the USSR -
Rosenburgs executed
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed for conspiracy to commit espionage. They were said to have been passing information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. -
McCarthy Hearings
The hearings were held to investigate accusations between the United States Army and U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy -
Sputnik Orbit
USSR got a lead in the space race with a basketball sized satellite “Sputnik”, which became the first man made object to orbit earth -
NASA created
After congressional hearings, congress passed the legislation and eisenhower signed NASA into law -
Fidel Castro seizes power
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Geneva accords signed
The congfrees at Geneva came to an agreement that the Geneva Accords establishes a ceasefire, ending the first Indochina war.