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Soviets create & test nuclear bomb
Soviet Union conducted its first weapon test of an implosive nuclear device,(RDS-1) code named First Lightning. The atomic explosion, which at 20 kilotons was roughly equal to trinity,”(another test they did) the first U.S. atomic explosion, destroyed those structures and incinerated the animals that was put there. According to legend, the Soviet physicists who worked on the bomb were honored for the achievement based on the penalties they would have suffered had the test failed. -
US creates and tests the hydrogen bomb
after the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the United States military and government did not go with the plan of making of the hydrogen bomb, in the years after World War II. But after the Soviets detonated an atomic bomb in 1949, President Harry S. Truman ordered the creation of a hydrogen bomb project. With the help of Stanislaw Ulam, Dr. Teller developed a model for the hydrogen bomb known as the Teller-Ulam -
Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba
Cuban leader Fidel Castro established the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere after leading an overthrow of the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1959. He ruled over Cuba for nearly five decades, until handing off power to his younger brother Raúl in 2008. Castro is 90 now.
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US sends a man to the moon
The first human on the moon object to reach the surface of the Moon was the Soviet Union's Luna 2 mission, on 13 September 1959. The United States' Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon, on 20 July 1969. -
1980 Olympic Hockey game
First game in the medal round, the United States were to face the Soviets, who everyone thought thy were going to win. Finishing the first period tied at 2–2, and the Soviets leading 3-2 following the second, the U.S. team scored two more goals to take their first lead during the third and final period, winning the game 4-3 in a major upset against the Cold War rival.
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US Invades Grenada
The Invasion of Grenada was a 1983 United States led the invasion of the Caribbean island of Grenada. With a population of about 91,000 located 160 ko north of Venezuela, that resulted in a U.S. victory within a matter of weeks.
