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Hiroshima bombed
The US drops first atomic bomb on Hiroshima and two days later Nagasaki. -
Truman Doctrine
Truman promises to help any nation facing a communist takeover -
Marshall Plan
Truman put this program of economic aid into action. This plan rejected by Stalin. This was to repair Europe. -
Korean War
The Korean War began when North Korea invaded South Korea. -
Warsaw Pact
This was formed with member states East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union. -
Space Race begins
USSR Sputnik II carried a dog, the first living creature to go into space. -
Berlin Wall built
A wall is constructed in Germany seperating East and west Germany. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
US spy plane reports sights of nuclear missile in Cuba. -
JFK assasinated
shot in Texas -
Vietnam
150,000 troops sent to Vietnam -
First man landed on moon
Neil Armstrong competes in space race and steps foot on the moon. -
Saigon captured
North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam. The capture of Saigon by the North Vietnamese led to the whole country becoming Communist -
Chernobyl disaster
explosion at Chernobyl nuclear power plant. -
fall of Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall is torn down -
end of Soviet Union
Russia formally recognized the end of the Soviet Union
