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  • War ends

    War ends

    World War II ends in Europe
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine

    The Truman Doctrine was announced.
  • NATO

    NATO

    The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was established.
  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift

    Western leaders organized the Berlin airlift.
  • War in Korea

    War in Korea

    North Korea attacks South Korea. The South wins.
  • Arms Race

    Arms Race

    The United States tested the first fusion-powered hydrogen bomb
  • Sputnik

    Sputnik

    First artifical satellite launched.
  • Cuban missile crsis

    Cuban missile crsis

    Confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the instullation of the Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba.
  • Relations

    Relations

    U.S. and China establish diplomatic relations.
  • Reunifiction

    Reunifiction

    George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev agree to the reunification of Germany in 1994