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Hiroshima
The United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. This started the Cold War. -
Vietnam Independence
Ho Chi Minh made Vietnam an independent republic -
Sputnik - Space Race
The USSR was the first to send a human being to space. Yuri Alekseyvich Gagarin was his name. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The CIA supported by the United States failed to invade Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro. -
Berlin Wall
Berlin wall was built and borders were sealed between East and West Germany. -
Cuban Missille Crisis
A US spy plane saw the construction of a Soviet missile in Cuba. JFK demanded the removal of the missiles. War was avoided when the Russians agreed to move the weapons and the United States agreed not to invade Cuba -
Assassination of JFK
President Kennedy was shot in the head in Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the murder, but there is some spectulation that it was someone else. -
Vietnam War
150,000 US troops were sent to Vietnam. -
Space Race - US
The United States sent Apollo 11 to space and landed the first man on the moon. His name was Neil Armstrong. The US had to beat the Russians to the moon since the Russians beat them to space. -
Four Powers Agreement Berlin
The Four Power Agreement made between Russia, USA, Britain and France discussed the rights of those countries with Berlin. -
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter became the 39th President of the United States. -
Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union. -
Chernobyl
An explosion occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine. This is still the worst nuclear disaster in history -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall was torn down. This ended the Cold War. -
Gorbachev resigned
Mikhail Gorbachev resigned. The flag was lowered. -
End of the Soviet Union
Russia formally ended the USSR
