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U.S. Regonizes the State of Isreal
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Japan is still under Allied (SCAP) military occupation
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Twelve Nations sign the North Atlantic treaty establishing NATO
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Britain Regonizes the Indepence of the Repuoblic of Ireland. Northern Ireland remains a part of the U.K.
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The First Successful Soviet Atomic Test
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Communist People's Republic of China Formally proclaimed by Chairman Mao Zedong
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German Democratic Republic established under Soviet rule
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The Korean War begins
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The United States CIA assists in the overthrow of the government in Iran
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The Cold War continues in earnest when President Dwight D. Eisenhower approves a top secret document stating that the U.S. nuclear arsenal must be expanded to combat the communist threat around the world.
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The United States government agrees to train South Vietnamese troops.
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December 6, 1957 - The first attempt by the United States to launch a satellite into space fails when it explodes on the launchpad when competeing with the USSR
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The United States recognizes the new Cuban government under rebel leader Fidel Castro. Castro becomes the Premier of Cuba on February 16.
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wherein a CIA U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace
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which becomes the closest nuclear confrontation (as of 2010) involving the U.S. and USSR
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President Kennedy assassinated
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U.S. signs Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
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Paris Peace Accords ends direct U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
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President Ford survives two assassination attempts in a 17-day time span.
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Teacher was was Fired for refusing to remove the book from her reading list
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1984 Being Challenged in Florida for being pro communism
