-
The Yalta Conferance
Roosevelt and Churchill tried hard to restrict post-war influence in this area but the only concession they could obtain was a pro,ise that free elections would be held in these countries. -
The establishment of the United Nations in San Francisco
In 1945, representives of 50 countries met in San Franciso at the United Nations Conferance on International Organization to draw up the United Nations Charter. Those delegates deliberated on the basis of proposals worked out by the representatives of China, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States at Dumbarton Oaks, United States in August-October 1944. THe Charter was signed on JUne 26, 1945. -
The Postdam Conferance
This conferance was when President Truman, Soviet Premier Stalin and British Prime Ministers Churchill and Atlee descussed post-war arrangements in Europe, frequently without agreement. -
The Army-McCarthy Hearings
The first televised hearings in US history. McCarthy relinquished his chairmanship position to Republician Karl Mundt from SOuth Dakota so that the hearings could commerce. -
The launch of Sputnik
Was when the first artificial satelite to orbit earth was launched by the Soviets in 1957. -
The U-2 Incident
The U-2 Incident was an incident in 1960 that in which the Soviet military used a guided missile to shot down and American U-2 spy plane over Soviet Territory.
