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United nations
The united states and the soviet union joined 48 other countries to create the united nations -
1945
Two young aides at the state department divided the korean peninsula in half along the 38th paralel. -
1948
France, Britain and the united states decided to withdraw there forces from Germany and allow their occupation zones to form one nation -
1949
The superpowers used spying, propaganda, diplomacy, and secret operations in their dealings with each other. -
1959
In 1959 Khrushchev punished the Chinese by refusing to share nuclear secrets. -
1961
The East Germans built a wall to separate East and West Berlin. -
1964
U.S. President Lyndon Johnson told Congress that North Vietnamese patrol boats had attacked two U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. -
1980
War broke out between Iran and Iraq in 1980. -
1983
In 1983, Reagan also announced the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), a program to protect against enemy missiles. -
1995
The United States normalized relations with Vietnam in 1995.