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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