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Communists seized power in Poland.
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President Truman establishes Truman Doctrine
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The Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was not meant to exclude the Soviet Union or its economically and politically dependent Eastern European satellit states. -
India & Pakistan become independent nations
The Indian Independence Bill, which carves the independent nations of India and Pakistan out of the former Mogul Empire, comes into force at the stroke of midnight. The long-awaited agreement ended 200 years of British rule and was hailed by Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi as the “noblest act of the British nation. -
Berlin Airlift begins
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United States & It's European allies form NATO
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The Divison of Germany
Federal Republic of Germany was formally created, less than a month later the German Democractic Republic was set up by the Soviets. -
The Economic Miracle
also known as The Miracle on the Rhine, describes the rapid reconstruction and development of the economies of West Germany and Austria after World War II (adopting an Ordoliberalism-based social market economy). -
U.S. and other U.N. members fight North Korean forces
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U.S. sponsored coup overthrows Iranian government.
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SEATO formed
U.S. sponsored coup overthrows Guatemalan governmen Southeast Asia Treaty Organization -
Warsaw Pact form
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Suez War begins in Egypt
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Red Army crushes the Hungarian Revolution
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Soviets Lunch Spuynik 1
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idel Castro becomes premier of Cuba, installs Communist government.
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Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.
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Berlin Wall is Constructed
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sino-Soviet Conflict Begins
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Arrest of African Leader Nelson Mandela
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Martin Luther King JR. leads march on Washingtion
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China explodes its first atomic bombchin
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U.S. sends troops to the Dominican Republic.
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Soical Upheaval
In the North wand West, local patterns of segregation led to higher unemployment rates for African Americans than whites -
Soviet Red Army crushes Czech Uprising.
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The Move Toward Unity
Britain, Denmark, and Ireland joined the EEC
