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Iron Curtin Speach
Churchill gave his now famous "Iron Curtain" speech to a crowd of 40,000. In this speech Churchill said the very famous phrase that surprised the United States and Britain, "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent". -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was the united states plan to aid europe by giving them economic support. -
Atomic Bomb
The soviates exploded their first atomic bomb. -
KGB
KGB was the main security agency for the Soviet Union from 1954 until its collapse in 1991. -
Warsaw Pact
The warsaw Pact was a mutual defense treaty between eight communist States of Central and Eastern Europe. -
Fidel Castro
Cuba was taken over by Fedel Castro. -
JFK
John F. Kennedy was elected president of the united states. -
Berlin wall
The wall was built by the German Democratic Republic. The wall cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side and the United States on the other side. -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. -
SALT I signed
The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks were two rounds of bilateral talks and corresponding treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union. -
Chile government
The united states helps overthrow the Chile government -
Grenada
United States troops overthrow regime in Grenada. -
Afganistan
Soviate troops withdraw from Afganistan. -
Destruction of the Berlin wall
The wall was built in the dead of night and took 28 years. and was built to keep the Germans from fleeing west.