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Berlin Airlift
Soviet forces blockaded rail, road, and water access to Allied-Controled areas of Berlin. -
Soviets Detonate an Atomic Bomb
The Soviet atomic bomb project was the classified research and development program that was authorized by Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union to develop nuclear weapons during and after World War 2 -
China falls to the communists
The 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria began a chain of events that led to the eventual communist overthrow of China in 1949. -
Korean War
The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea from 1950 to 1953 -
Rosenbergs executed
Convicted of conspiring to pass U.S atomic secrets to the Soviet’s, are executed at Sing Sing Prsion in Ossining, New York. -
McCarthy hearings
The Army–McCarthy hearings were a series of televised hearings held by the United States Senate's Subcommittee on Investigations to investigate conflicting accusations between the United States Army and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy. -
Geneva Accords
The Geneva Conference was a conference that was intended to settle outstanding issues resulting from the Korean War and the First Indochina War and involved several nations. It took place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 26 April to 20 July 1954. -
Sputnik Orbit
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957 as part of the Soviet space program. -
NASA created
The U.S. Congress passes legislation establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a civilian agency responsible for coordinating America’s activities in space, on July 29, 1958. -
Fidel Castro Seizes Power
After Batista's overthrow in 1959, Castro assumed military and political power as Cuba's prime minister. The United States came to oppose Castro's government and unsuccessfully attempted to remove him by assassination, economic embargo, and counter-revolution, including the Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961.