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Yalta Conference
Decision of the post war status of Germany -
Death of Franklin D.Roosevelt
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Potsdam Conference
US President Harry S. Truman informs Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin that the United States has nuclear weapons -
Hiroshima
Use of an atomic weapon against the Japanese city of Hiroshima -
Nagasaki
Use of an atomic weapon against the Japanese city of Nagasaki -
Igor Gouzenko
He provides proof to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police of a Soviet spy ring operating in Canada and other western countries. -
Chinese Civil War
Chinese Civil War resumed between Communist and Nationalist forces. -
Bizonia
The American and British zones of control in Germany are united to form the Bizone also known as Bizonia -
Deutsche Mark.
The Bizone and the French zone in Germany launch a common currency, the Deutsche Mark -
Berlin Airlift
Stalin orders the blockade of all land routes from West Germany to Berlin in an attempt to starve out the French, British, and American. As the answer to that, these three powers sent supplies by air. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is founded by Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States, in order to resist Communist expansion. -
Federal Republic of Germany
Bizone merges with French zone of control to form the FRG -
Joe 1
The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb. -
Korean War
North Korean invades South Korea. -
Anzus
Australia, New Zeeland, and United States sign the ANZUS treaty -
Joseph Stalin dies
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Warsaw Pact
the Warsaw Pact is founded as a counter response to NATO -
Vietnam War
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Sputnik II
Sputnik II was launched with the first living being on the board, a dog named Laika. -
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is formed -
Cuban Revolution
Fidel Castro becomes the leader of Cuba -
First human in the space
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space and first to orbit the Earth when the Soviet Union successfully launches Vostok 1. -
Bay of Pigs
A CIA-backed invasion of Cuba that ended in failure -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The brinkmanship between Soviets and USA that lasted 13 days that almost ended by the nuclear war -
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
President of the United States of America is assassinated in Dallas -
Tet Offencive
The largest military campaign in the Vietnamese War begins -
One Giant Leap For Mankind
US accomplishes first landing of man on the Moon -
SALT I
Agreement begins detente between the US and USSR -
Summit Series
Beginning of an ice hockey tournament between Canada and USSR -
End of Vietnam War
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Death of Mao Zedong
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SALT II
Agreement outlining limitation and guidelines for nuclear weapon is signed between the US and USSR -
Death of Leonid Brezhnev
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Flight 007
Civilian Korean Airlines Flight 007 , with 269 passengers, is shot down by USSR aircraft. -
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union
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Chernobyl disaster
A Soviet nuclear power plant in the Ukraine explodes, resulting in the worst nuclear power plant accident in history. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
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Romanian Revolution
Rioters overthrow the Communist government of Nicolae Ceauşescu, by executing him and his wife -
