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August 6: The United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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March 12 : Truman Doctrine - Truman declares active role in Greek Civil War
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April 4 : NATO ratified
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January 12 : Federal Civil Defense Administration established
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December 8: Ike's Atoms for Peace speech
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May : Warsaw Pact formed
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November 3: Sputnik II launched - Laika died in space
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January : Cuba taken over by Fidel Castro
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August 13 : Berlin border is closed
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November : President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas
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April : U.S. Marines sent to Dominican Republic to fight Communism
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The US Secretary of Defence Robert McNamara admits that the US bombing raids had failed to meet their objectives
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July 20 : Apollo 11 lands on the moon
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Publication of the Pentagon Papers
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January : Cease fire in Vietnam between North Vietnam and United States
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April 17 : North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam which falls to Communist forces
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November : Shah of Iran overthrown; Iranian Hostage Crisis
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October : U.S. troops invades and overthrows regime in Grenada
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Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union initiating a campaign of openness called "glasnost" and restructuring called "perestroika"
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October : Reagan and Gorbachev agree to remove all medium and short-range nuclear missels
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September : Hungary becomes independent
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Germany reunited
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August : End of Soviet Union and the Cold War Ends