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  • 1945

    1945
    May World War II ends in Europe.

  • 1946

    1946
    First East European Communist government set up in Albania.

  • 1947

    1947
    Communists seize power in Poland.

  • 1948

    1948
    Berlin Airlift begins (ends May 19, 1949)

  • 1949

    1949
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established.

  • 1950

    1950
    U.S. and other U.N. members fight North Korean forces.

  • 1953

    1953
    U.S. sponsored coup overthrows Iranian government.

  • 1954

    1954
    U.S. sponsored coup overthrows Guatemalan government.

  • 1955

    1955
    Warsaw Pact formed.

  • 1956

    1956
    Red Army crushes the Hungarian Revolution.

  • 1957

    1957
    Soviets launch first man‑made satellite.

  • 1959

    1959
    Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba, installs Communist government.

  • 1961

    1961
    Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.

  • 1962

    1962
    Sino‑Soviet Conflict begins.

  • 1964

    1964
    China explodes its first atomic bomb.

  • 1965

    1965
    U.S. sends troops to the Dominican Republic.

  • 1968

    1968
    Soviet Red Army crushes Czech Uprising.

  • 1972

    1972
    President Richard Nixon visits China.

  • 1973

    1973
    U.S. supported coup overthrows Chilean government.