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The United Nations Formed
Delegates from 50 nations meet in San Francisco to create the charter for the United Nations. The goal was to maintain international peace and security, and develop friendly relationships with other nations. There was a 15 member security council that consisted of 5 permanent members and 10 rotating members. The United states, Soviet Union, Britain, France, and China are the permanent members. it addresses military and political problems. -
Hollywood 10
The Hollywood Ten were a group of 10 screenwriters, editors, directors, and authors in Hollywood that were part of the communist party. They did not cooperate with HUAC's hearings on anti-communist activity and were arrested, then blacklisted. -
The Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine came from a speech that President Truman gave in front of congress. He spoke about a recent announcement by the British government that as of March 31 they would no longer provide military or economic assistance to the Greek government. The Truman Doctrine is an American foreign policy that pledges American support to democracies against authoritarian threats. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was an American plan that occurred in 1948 to provide foreign aid to Western Europe. The United States transferred $13.3 billion in economic recovery programs to Western European economies after the end of World War II. -
NATO Was Formed
The National Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed to provide aid and security against the Soviet Union. It consisted of Belgium, Canada, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Iceland, Luxemburg, Italy, France, the United States, Netherlands, Norway, and Portugal. This was the first peacetime military alliance that the United states had entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere. -
Korean War
The Korean War started on 25 June 1950 and ended on 27 July 1953, after the signing of an armistice agreeing that the country would remain divided. At the end of the Second World War, Korea, which had formerly been occupied by the Japanese, was divided along the 38th parallel. -
Space Race/Sputnik
The Space Race was a race to the Moon between the Soviet Union and the United States. Both countries made announcements to launch the first artificial satellite into space, but it was the Soviet Union that brought humanity into the Space Age with their Sputnik satellite, which was successfully launched first. -
Bay of Pigs
On this day 1,400 Cuban exiles launched what became an invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. Which was caused when a CIA-financed and -trained group of Cuban refugees landed in Cuba and attempt to overrun the communist government of Fidel Castro. The plan completely backfires. Fidel Castro had been a concern to U.S. policymakers since he seized power in Cuba with a revolution in January 1959 -
Berlin Wall Goes Up
The Berlin Wall was a 155 kilometer long cement all that we put up to seperate the east and west sides of Germany. They put it up to prevent people from escaping from the east to the west side of Berlin. The Berlin wall stood from 1961-1989. It also went up because many Eaststern Germans did not want to live in a communist country so they divided it so it would not crossover. -
U.S. official enters Vietnam War
The US got involved in order to limit Soviet Power in Southeast Asia and try and prevent the spread of communism. -
Soviets invade Afghanistan
The Brezhnev Doctrine severely limited reforms by Soviet-bloc countries. In addition, it was used to justify the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. The Soviets sought to prop up the country's communist government in its battle with anti communist Muslim guerrillas. -
Berlin Wall Comes Down
In 1989 there were political changes in Eastern Europe and civil unrest in Germany put pressure on them to loosen their regulations on travel to west Germany.