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Victory over Japan Day
Japan surrenders, causing World War II to end -
Stalin's Speech
Stalin makes an aggressive speech about communism and capitalism colliding -
Truman Doctrine
President Harry S. Truman swore to contain communism in Europe and to support any countries that try to battle it -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was the American effort to prevent the spread of communism in countries in Europe after World War II by helping them economically -
Korean War Begins
North Korea invaded South Korea with the help of Soviet weapons -
Korean War Ends
North Korea stays associated with the Soviets while South Korea works with the United States -
First Human in Space
Russian Yuri Alekseyvich Gagarin was the first man to ever be in space -
Cuban Missile Crisis
An American spy saw a Soviet nuclear missile. Russians agreed to remove it and America chose not to invade Cuba -
US launch of Apollo 8
The first man orbits the moon -
US launch of Apollo 11
Neil Armstrong is the first man to ever walk on the moon with the American Apollo 11 -
SALT agreements signed
The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks were talks and treaties based on the arms race between the Soviet Union and America -
North Vietnam Invades
North Vietnam invades South Vietnam, causing the entire country to become a part of communism -
Velvet Revolution Comes to End
Czechoslovakia protests against communism and is one of many countries in Europe to gain a non-communist government since the 1940s -
Germany Reunited
With the Berlin wall gone, Western and Eastern Germany were once again together declared as one country -
Soviet & Cold War End
Russia officially recognizes the end of the Soviet Union and the Cold War ends
