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Yalta Conference
Yalta Conference meeting of FDR, Churchill, Stalin.
Soviet Union has control of Eastern Europe. The Cold War Begins. -
Marshall Plan
Marshall Plan is announced setting a precedent for helping countries combat poverty, disease and malnutrition -
Blockade
Berlin Blockade is taken down and is reunited to one -
Vietnam split at 17th parallel
The 17th parallel division between North and South Vietnam was the result of a Chinese proposal at the Geneva Conference of 1954 which ended the French war in Vietnam. China did not want a strong, unified Vietnam on its southern border and easily convinced the great powers to go along with their proposal. -
USSR sent tanks into Poznan, Poland
To suppress demonstrations by workers who fought the government's decisions. -
U.S Spy Plane
Soviet Union reveals that U.S. spy plane was shot down over Soviet territory -
New Pesident
John F. Kennedy elected President of the U.S who had a vast impact on his people. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
It was a scary thing from the rumors told about it, about 10 at the time. The fact that nuclear missiles were going to be fired so close to the U.S. Remember only getting information about what was going on through newspaper and rarely the news on TV so you didn’t know what was happening until it did. -
U.S President Killed
John F. Kennedy assassinated in Texas during a parade. -
To the Moon
Apollo 11 lands on the moon, which was a big win for the U.S. -
Invasion of Afghanistan
Soviet forces invade Afghanistan. The Soviet Union intertwined in support of the Afghan communist government in its conflict with anticommunist Muslim guerrillas. -
Berlin wall destroyed
Berlin Wall is demolished and East Germany allows unrestricted migration to West Germany. -
Germany reunited
Germany is fully reunited after the Berlin wall is destroyed. -
End of Soviet Union and the Cold War Ends
Mikhail Gorbachev. He and Reagan signed the treaty that ended the cold war. Gorbachev also famous for his reformation movement in Soviet Union, Glasnot and Perestroika, that marked the beginning. Mikhail Gorbachev and Reagan signed the treaty that end the cold war.
