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TIMELINE
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Formation of the United Nations
response to wwII
formed to prevent wars
unify nations
make peace -
Iron Curtain descends on Europe
descends after wwII europe slip into 2 -
Truman Doctrine
design to support anti communist support greece and turkey some consider it the start of the cold war -
MARSHALL PLAN
The Marshall plan was know by the European Recovery as well. The program rasied $13 billion to help finance europes economic Gerorge C. Marshall lead this plan and gave a speech at Harvard University June 5, 1947. -
Creation of Israel
due to the aliied forces after world war II they decided to make a place of there own -
Formation of NATO
north atlantic treaty main purpose was to defend from commusnist soviet union taking over them nato has helped many countries. -
Berlin Air Lift
germany split into 2 separate countries after the airlift 65% of cargo was coal dropped candy to berlin in little parachutes U.S & Great Britain flew 277,00 flights to berlin -
Korean War
was the first military action to happen in the cold war
the U.S dropped lots of bombs in korea
supported by the soviet union
U.S used almost 1,500 dogs
86,300 veterans were women
first jet dog fight happaned in the korean war -
Stalin Dies
was leader of the soviet union caused many deaths lead wwII victory suffered from cerebral hemorrhage 3 speeches were made during hes death -
Warsaw Pact formed
a collective defense treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe -
Suez Crisis
UN (UNITED NATIONS) ceased fire deployment in sinai (unef) United nations emergeny force superpower became a end to britain political victory on egypitian -
Sputnik I & Sputnik II
sputnik 1 was a 40 pound sphere
sputnik 2 had a tv camera
failed to separate
2 spacecraft to go orbit earth
sent a dog in it -
NASA is formed
was to win a space race president john f kennedy set a goal of putting a man on the moon neil armstrong was the first human being on the moon -
Vietnam War (U.S. involvement)
america wanted to prevent commuist takeover
vietnam signed a treaty with the united states in 1991
190,000 U.S troops in south vietnam
battle death - 476,410
U.S -heavily bomb north vietnam -
Bay of Pigs invasion
there was 176 killed from the cuban army 500 or more were wounded 1,2022 were captured fail military invasion of cuba -
BERLIN WALL CONSTRUCTED
On the west side of the berlin wall it was coverd by graffiti The wall was made so the east berliners wont ther the west almost 136 humans died from trying to cross the wall size of the wall is 155 km was taken down 1989 -
CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
People all over the world were scared because some thought this could of start wwIII. There was coverage that lasted 2-3 days and would be the only thing on TV. U,S had discoverd missile on gorund in cuba. Russians didnt really feel that it was a really big deal for them Kennedy got more respect by telling the russians to remove the missles -
kennedy assassinated
Lee Harvey Oswald was the man who killed
pesident kennedy on Novmeber 22 of 1963. John kennedey was burried 2 weeks after hes death Novemeber 22 the president and he's wife attended breakfast in Fort Worth, Texas He was 1 of the 4th presidential assassination that has ever happened in a nation of fewer than two - hundred years old. -
USS PUEBLO INCIDENT
23 of January in 1968, the vessel named USS Peblo was caputerd by the North koreans. The Koreans forced for the vessel to surrender. The americans tried to escape but it was too late the north Koreans started to aim and fire there wepaons. There was a crew of 83. It was was the first U.S NAVY vessel to be Hi-jacked. -
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
agreement to not make anymore weapons that are neclear treaty to stop sending nuclear weapons our the world -
UN Resolution 2758
change in chinas representation -
Nixon visits China
met mao zedong & zhou enlai to understand about taiwan & other dipomatic issues nixion was the 37th president -
Salt I & Salt II Agreements
abm treaty and the interim agreement basic framework -
Paris Peace Accords
made to make peace in vietnam end to vietnam war -
South Vietnam falls
the country was officially together as a Socialist Republic of Vietnam -
IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS
52 americans were held hostage for 444 days
Carter didnt do anything to help the hostages
some students to over the U.S EMABSSY
Former Shah died - july 27,1980 -
Korean Airline Flight 007
soviet su-15 shot down the plane all passengers were killed 269 passengers airplane was a on spy mission -
U.S. invades Grenada
death in U.S 19 - 116 wounded death in Grenada 45 - 358 wounded death in cuba 25 - 59 wounded - 638 captured -
U.S. & Soviet boycotts of the Olympics
claimed they would not be ready for attacks or protests. -
Iran Contra Affair
hostages killed some preseident reagan selled iran some spare parts to american jets they owned iran let the hostages go defeated sandanistas -
Chernobyl disaster
leased 5% radioactive reactor core 2 workers died at night 28 peopele died within some weeks 138 cases of this incident -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
deaths were between 241-2,600
iinjuries were between 7,000 - 10,000
the tanks they used were (type 59)
had a tank man
Causes -
Political corruption
career prospects -
USSR invades Afghanistan
there was 256 missing wouded- 53,753 killed-14,453 -
Dissolving of the Soviet Union
flag flew over moscow
after the fall of the soievet union boris yeltsin was the 1st president of russia -
Potsdam Conference
negotiate terms for end of wwII
one of the last wwII meetings
