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Events during the cold war
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Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an international-relations policy set forth by the U.S. President Harry Truman in a speech on March 12, 1947 stating that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent their falling into the Soviet sphere.Historians often consider it as the start of the Cold War, and the start of the containment policy to stop Soviet expansion.[3] -
Constitution Day (South Korea)
The constitution of the Republic of Korea is effected. -
Korean War
Korean war begins -
Korean War
Korean war ends -
USS Nautilus
The United States launches the world's first nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus. The nuclear submarine would become the ultimate nuclear deterrent. -
Sputnik
Sputnik launched into orbit -
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy elected president -
Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Nuclear Test Ben Treaty ratified -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 lands on the moon -
Vietnam War
President Nixon extends Vietnam War to Cambodia -
Khmer Rouge rule of Cambodi
The communist Khmer Rouge take power in Cambodia; genocide ensues, later referred to as "The Killing Fields". -
Josip Broz Tito
Josip Broz Tito, communist leader of Yugoslavia since 1945, dies at the age of 88 in Belgrade. -
Iran hostage crisis
Iran hostage crisis ends. -
Iran–Contra affair
Iran–Contra Affair revealed to republic -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was officially referred to as the "Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart" (German: Antifaschistischer Schutzwall) by GDR authorities, implying that neighbouring West Germany had not been fully de-Nazified. The West Berlin city government sometimes referred to it as the "Wall of Shame"—a term coined by mayor Willy Brandt—while condemning the Wall's restriction on freedom of movement. Along with the separate and much longer Inner German border (IGB) that demarcated the border between
