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Formation of the United Nations
On January 1, 1942, rleaders of 26 nations at war with the Axis powers held a meeting in Washington to sign the Declaration of the United Nations. -
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Cold War Timeline
Cold War Timepost, Caputo`s World History Class. Period 3B -
Potsdam Conference
A conference held in Potsdam in 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill came up with plans for Germany and Poland after World War II ended. -
Iron Curtain Descends on Europe
The barrier separating the east and the west due to communism that occured after the political events in eastern Europe. Churchill is the one that had given the "Iron Curtain Speech". -
Truman Doctrine
The Idea that the U.S. should give support to countries being terrorized by the Soviet army. In 1947 U.S. President Truman gave a speech to Congress trying to find help for countries that were suffering. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was a way for america to aid europe, in which the U.S. gave economic support to help rebuild European areas after the end of WWII in order to prevent Communism. -
Creation of Israel
The area was a British area called Palestine. The league of nations later allowed that to be where the Jewish people would go and live after WWII. -
Berlin Air lift
A military operation in the late 1940s dropped food and other things into west Berlin by air, after the government of East Germany, had cut off its supply routes. -
The Formation of NATO
In 1949, the prospect of Communist growth made the U.S. and 11 other Western areas to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization known as NATO. The Soviet Union and other communist nations in eastern Europe started an alliance. -
Korean War (Is It Over?)
The war, began between North Korea, who was helped by Communist China, and South Korea, was given help by the U.S. In July of 1953 the War was considered over -
Stalin Dies
Joeseph Stalin dies in Moscow, after being a Soviet leader for alost 30 years. Jouseph Stalin was 73 years old when he had passed away, and though he had done much wrong, many still morned his death. -
Warsaw Pact Formed
The warsaw treaty pact, was a political and military alliance created on May 14 between the Soviet Union and many eastern european countries. -
Vietnam War (U.S. Involvement)
This war followed the First Indochina War also known as the Korean war, this was a very long war that the United States got involved in -
Suez Crisis
On July 26, Egyptian president Gamal Nasser announced the nationalization of the Suez Canal, the British and french which had owned and operated the Suez Canal since its construction. -
Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite, Sputnik 2 was the second spacecraft launched into space on Nov. 3 and the first to carry a living dog named Laika. -
NASA is formed
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the U.S. government that is responsible for the space program and research of aerospace -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
A failed military invasion of Cuba which was the responsibility of the CIA military group Brigade 2506. The attempt was made to overthrow Fidel Castro -
Construction of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the Germans that cut off West Berlin from East Berlin completely. The wall was taken down November 9, 1989. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A crisis that occurred in october 1962, This is a very important event that could have had a very bad aftermath for both the Soviet Union and the United States. -
Kennedy is Assassinated
Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963, is the day that the president of the united states was shot, schools got out, and workers left work that day to mourn the loss of JFK, My very own grandfather remembers that day, the teacher walked in the room and told everybdy to go home. -
USS Pueblo Incident
USS Pueblo incident is a research ship which was taken by the North Korean army on January 23, in what is known as the Pueblo incident. -
Nuclear Non- Proliferation treaty
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is a way to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and technology, that have the potential to destroy entire cities at a time. -
UN Resolution 2758
The resolution was passed on October 25, the "General Assembly Resolution 2758" was passed and that required changes in Chinas representation by a two-thirds vote. -
NIxon Visits China
Richard Nixon meets with Mao Zedong in Beijing. It was an important step in trying to make normal relations between the United States and the Republic of China -
Paris Peace Accords
The Paris Peace Accords intended to establish peace in Vietnam to end the Vietnam War, which ended U.S. militaries involvement, and shortly stopped the fight between northern and southern vietnam. -
South Vietnam Falls
The United States military left Vietnam, after that Saigon had been captured, Saigon is the capital of Southern Vietnam. So upon capture they fell apart and grew weak. -
Salt 1 & Salt 2 Agreements
Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev signed the salt 2 treaty, it was talks between U.S. and Soviet negotiators from 1972 to 1979 which wanted the manufacturing of nuclear weapons. -
The USSR Invades Afghanistan
In December 1979, in the middle of the cold war, the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, the Soviet Union had not been able to secure Afghanistan. -
U.S. & Soviet boycotts of the olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott of the Moscow Olympics was a United States protest against the Soviet takeover of Afghanistan -
Iran Hostage Crisis
The Iran hostage crisis,known in Persian as the Conquest of the American Spy Den, It was a crisis between Iran and the U.S. They were set free on Jan. 21, 1981 after being captured in 1979. -
Korean Airflight 007
a Korean airliner that was shot down by the Soviets, over the Sea of Japan, near Moneron Island west of Sakhalin island. All 269 passengers and crew were killed. -
U.S. Invades Grenada
Known as Operation Urgent Fury,In 1983 the U.S. invaded Grenada and threw off the communist government.Reagan thought of the invasion as another step in getting rid of communism -
Chernoboyl disaster
a horrible nuclear accident that happened at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, Not too many workers were kill but many of the firemen who put it out died within three months after the explosion due radiation poisioning. -
Iran Contra Affair
The Iran Contra affair, a political scandal in the U.S. that came known in November 1986. It was a secret arrangement to provide funds to the Nicaraguan contra from profits gained by selling weapons to Iran -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
The massacre that occurred on June 4 became known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre, as troops with rifles and tanks and were injuring civilians in the process of trying to block the military's move towards Tiananmen Square. -
The Dissolving of the Soviet Union
Gorbachev resigned and the soviet union republics weakened. President Bush was speaking with Russia and the former Soviet republics after the weakening of the Communist party
