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Launching of Sputnik
Sputnik was the first satellite launched into orbit around the Earth by the Soviet Union. -
The Truman Doctrine
It promised that the US would provied military, economic, and political support to any nation under threat, interally or externally. -
US launches Operation Vittles in the Berlin Airlift
The Berling Airlift happened when Russia closed off access to Berlin from non-communists. America and Great Britan proceeded to fly planes over the citty and drop supplies to the residents within. -
United States test 1st hydrogen bomb
The prototype was calld Ivy Mike and was tested on Enewetak, an atoll in the Pacific Ocean. It was the first successful test of the hydrogen bomb. -
Bay of Pigs
It was a failed millitary rinvasion of Cuba. The US trained paramilitary group landed at Playa Giron. They were defeated three days later. -
Start of construction on the Berlin Wall
The East Germans started building the wall after sealing off free passage in and out of Berling with a barbed wire fence. -
US sends a and to the moon
The rocket launched at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The trip took 9 days, and Armstrong spent 2.5 hours on the surface, Aldrin spent slightly less outside the spacecraft. -
German Reunification/Fall of Berlin Wall
The fall of the Berlin Wall was met with powerful emotions. People rejoiced over it and took their own hammers to the wall, taking their own anger out on it and gaining retribution. The destruction of the wall lead to German Reunification.
