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Truman Doctrine
President Truman promised to help any country facing a Communist takeover -
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The Cold War
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Marshall Plan
This was a programme of economic aid offered by the United States to any European country. The plan was rejected outright by Stalin and any Eastern Bloc country considering accepting aid was reprimanded severely. Consequently the aid was only given to Western European Countries. -
Forming of NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation formed with member states Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States -
Stalin Dies
Joseph Stalin died at the age of 74. He was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was formed with member states East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union. -
Creation of Berlin Wall
Berlin wall built and borders sealed between East and West Germany. -
FDR Assassinated
JF Kennedy was assassinated while on a visit to Dallas. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the murder but there has always been speculation that he was not a lone killer and that there may have been communist or CIA complicity. -
My aunt was born
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My aunt had to get serious stitches
Fell off jungle gym and scabbed her leg badly. -
My aunt started kindegarten
She started a year earl at the age of 4. -
My Aunt was baptized
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My aunt went hiking in the Grand Teton
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My aunt went to Disney World
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Fall of Berlin Wall
Berlin wall built and borders sealed between East and West Germany is taken down. -
My aunt particpated in the national baptist convention
In Cali -
My aunt received 1st place oratorical contest
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My Aunt graduated
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My aunt went to college
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Dissolution of USSR
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Cold War Ends
Supporters of Communism stage an unsuccessful coup. Soviet Union is then abolished and Boris Yeltsin becomes President of Russia.
