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united nations formed
Four months after the San Francisco Conference ended, the United Nations officially began. -
Truman Doctrine
the principle that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or Communist insurrection. -
Hollywood 10
a group of 10 film industry members that refused to testify to an anti-communist committee hearing during the Second Red Scare era. -
Marshall Plan
proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe. -
Nato formed
is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states, 28 European and two North American -
Korean War
the Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea from 1950 to 1953. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following clashes along the border and rebellions in South Korea. -
U.S. official enters Vietnam War
3,500 United States Marines came ashore at Da Nang as the first wave of U.S. combat troops into South Vietnam, adding to the 25,000 U.S. military advisers already in place. The US Government deployment of ground forces to Da Nang had not been consulted with the South Vietnamese government. -
Space Race/Sputnik
The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability. It had its origins in the ballistic missile-based nuclear arms race between the two nations following World War II. -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in 1961 by Cuban exiles, covertly financed and directed by the United States. It was aimed at overthrowing Fidel Castro's communist government. -
Berlin Wall goes up
the Communist government of the German Democratic Republic began to build a barbed wire and concrete between East and West Berlin. -
Soviets invade Afghanistan
Afghan War was a protracted armed conflict fought in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989. It saw extensive fighting between the Soviet Union. -
Berlin Wall comes down
during the Peaceful Revolution, was a pivotal event in world history which marked the destruction of the Berlin Wall.