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John f kennedy death
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cold war begins
linkfollowing world war 2 the U.S. and the soviet union enter a era of high tention know as the cold war -
the world's first atomic detonation takes place in the trinity test at alamogordo,new mexico
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potsdam declaration is rejects by japan
japan rejects the declaration of potsdam -
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US decides to drop warning pamphlets on japanese cities
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cold war civil rights
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operation ripper
United Nations forces recapture Seoul during Operation Ripper. By the end of March, they have reached the 38th Parallel, and formed a defensive line across the Korean peninsula -
mutual security act
President Harry S. Truman signs the Mutual Security Act, announcing to the world, and its communist powers in particular, that the U.S. was prepared to provide military aid to free peoples. -
uss nautilus
The United States launches the world's first nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus. The nuclear submarine would become the ultimate nuclear deterrent. -
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vietnam war
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space race
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May 24: Former U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles dies from cancer.
john foster dies of some type of cancer -
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john fosters dulles
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Gary Powers and the U-2 Incident
they fired missile on gary powers 1,May 1960 -
The Partial Test Ban Treaty is signed by the US, UK and USSR, prohibiting the testing of nuclear weapons anywhere except underground
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John F. Kennedy is shot and killed in Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald.
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China tests its first atomic bomb. The test makes China the world's fifth nuclear power.
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A sustained U.S. aerial bombing campaign on north vietnam begins operation rolling thunder
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the first U.S.combat troops arrive in vietnam
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U.S. forces invaded dominican republic
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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
npt is open for signature.
