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Bomb drops on Nagasaki.
On this day, the United States does something drastic. The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. That bomb killed 70,000 people. -
Marshall Plan.
The Marshall was announced by George C. Marshall. He announced it in a speech in Harvard University -
NATO ratified
The NATO pact was signed on this day. The United States and 11 other nations established this. -
Nuclear Arms Race
This was a competition between the United States and the Soviet Union.This was a competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was formed on May 1955. It was signed in Warsaw included, the Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria as members. It's formally the Treaty of Friendship. -
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy gets elected as the new president of the United States. He tried easing the Cold War. -
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
The Nuclear Test an Treaty was signed in Moscow, Russia. I was signed by the US, Soviet Union, and Britain. This banned the testing of nuclear bombs. -
200,000 Troops Dispatched
President Lyndon B. Johnson announces that troops are going to be dispatched to Vietnam. This decision was a turning point. -
Soviet forces invade Afghanistan
Forces invade Afghanistan in late December until mid February of 1989. The Soviet withdrawal was completed on Feb 15,1989, and Afghanistan returned to nonaligned status. -
End of Soviet Union and the Cold War Ends
The Soviet Union was dissolved on December 26, 1991. It separated into 15 different countries. The Iron Curtain was lifted and the Cold War came to an end as well.
