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United Nations Formed
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 after the second World War. 51 countries committed to international security and peace, later developing friendships among countries, better standards for living, and human rights. -
Truman Doctrine
President Harry S. Truman presented this address known as the Truman Doctrine before a joint session of Congress. He asked Congress for $400 million dollars in military and economic assistance for Turkey and Greece. -
Hollywood 10
The Hollywood 10 were motion picture producers, screenwriters and directors who appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947. They refused to answer questions regarding the possible communist affiliations. These people were accused of being communist and they even spent time in jail. -
Marshall Plan
In April of 1948 President Truman signed The economic Recovery Act of 1948. It was called the Marshall Plan named for the Secretary Of State George Marshall who proposed that the U.S. should provide economic assistance to restore Europe's infrastructure post-war. -
NATO Formed
NATO or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by Canada the U.S. and many Western European nations to provide security against the Soviet Union. NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the U.S. entered into the outside of western hemisphere -
Korean War
The Korean War was a 3 year war ending in july of 1953. After five years of tension on the peninsula of Korea the war started when the Northern Korean People's army invaded South Korea with very strategic points along the 38th parallel dividing the Communist North Korea to the non-communists South Korea. -
Space Race Sputnik
The USSR rocketed Sputnik, a baseball sized satellite that became the first manmade object to orbit the earth. This gave the USSR the lead in the Space Race. -
Bay Of Pigs
The Bay Of Pigs was a 3 day invasion launched by 1,400 Cuban exiles on the south coast of Cuba. -
Berlin Wall Goes Up
On August 13, 161 the German democratic Republic began the construction of a barbed wire and concrete wall between East and West Berlin. -
U.S. Enters the Vietnam War
On March 8, 1965 3,500 U.S. Marines came ashore at Da Nang as the first wave of U.S. combat in South Vietnam which added to the other 25,000 U.S. military advisers in place. -
Soviets Invade Afghanistan
On December 24, 1979 the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan under the pretext of upholding the Soviet Afghan Friendship treaty of 1978. The Soviets organized a massive military airlift into Kabul with 280 transport aircraft and three divisions of almost 8,500 men each. -
Fall Of Berlin Wall
On November 9, 1989 Crowds of Germans began dismantling the Berlin Wall. Ronald Reagan gave his famous speech when he told Gorbachev to tear down the wall. The wall was dropped and the Barrier that separated both sides of Berlin for 30 years was finally destroyed.