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Yalta Conference
United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe -
Truman Doctrine
A doctrine that established that the United States would provide political, military, and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. -
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Berlin Blockade
It was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. It blocked the Western Allies railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. -
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Korean War
A war between North and South Korea, after North Korea crossed the 38th parallel. -
Thermonuclear Tests
The small Pacific island of Elugelab at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands was blown up due to testing hydrogen bombs for the first time. The explosion, nicknamed the "Mike Shot", was very successful. -
Joseph Stalin dies
Communist leader, Joseph Stalin died. -
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Vietnam War
It was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The United States joined to prevent the spread of communism. https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-history -
Israel invades Egypt
10 Israeli brigades invaded Egypt and advanced toward the canal, routing Egyptian forces. -
Grapple 1 Nuclear test
Britain's first hydrogen bomb test was a technological failure. -
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Bay of Pigs
The invasion was a failed landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba by Cuban exiles who opposed Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution. -
John F Kennedy's assassination
It happened while riding in a motorcade in Dallas during a campaign visit. Kennedy’s motorcade was turning past the Texas School Book Depository at Dealey Plaza with crowds lining the streets. That is when shots rang out. The driver of the president’s Lincoln limousine, with its top off, raced to nearby Parkland Memorial Hospital, but after being shot in the neck and head, Kennedy was pronounced dead at 1 p.m. -
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Soviet-Afghan War
Was a conflict where insurgent groups, fought a nine-year guerrilla war against the Soviet Army and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan government, fighting mostly in the Afghan Countryside. -
Reagan visits China
President Reagan was in China for a diplomatic meeting with Chinese President Li Xiannian. -
Berlin Wall Comes Down
A pivotal event in world history which marked the falling of the Iron Curtain and the start of the fall of communism in Eastern and Central Europe. -
End of Cold War
The governments of the United States and the Soviet Union announced the end of the Cold War