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The Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference is sometimes called the Crimea Conference and codenamed the Argonaut Conference. It was held on February 4–11, 1945. It was the wartime meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, represented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and General Secretary Joseph Stalin, respectively, for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization. -
The establishment of the United Nations in San Fransico
The name "United Nations", coined by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was first used in the "Declaration by United Nations" of 1 January 1942. That was during the Second World War. The Second World War was when representatives of 26 nations pledged their governments to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers. -
Potsdam Conference
Truman's first meeting with Stalin occurred in July 1945 in the Berlin suburb of Potsdam. Churchill was replaced by Clement Attlee, during the conference. They debated the issues that had divided them at Yalta.Truman heard that the atom bomb had been tested in New Mexico. Stalin told Truman he hopes it would be put to good use. -
Army-McCarthy Hearings
The Army–McCarthy hearings were a series of hearings held by the United States Senate's Subcommittee on Investigations between April 1954 and June 1954. The hearings were held for the purpose of investigating conflicting accusations between the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy. The Army accused chief committee counsel Roy Cohn of pressuring the Army to give preferential treatment to G. David Schine, a former McCarthy aide and a friend of Cohn's. -
The Launch of Sputnik
Sputnik was the first artificial satellite to be put into Earth's orbit. It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957. The unanticipated announcement of Sputnik 1's success precipitated the Sputnik crisis in the United States and ignited the Space Race, a part of the larger Cold War. The launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. -
The U-2 Incident
The 1960 U-2 incident occurred during the Cold War on May 1, 1960. It was during the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower. Also during the leadership of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down over the airspace of the Soviet Union.
