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The Cold War by Long Van
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Iron Curtain descends on Europe
The Iron Curtain symbolized the ideological conflict and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. -
Potsdam Conference
he Potsdam Conference was held at Cecilienhof, the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm Hohenzollern, in Potsdam, occupied Germany, from 17 July to 2 August 1945. -
Truman Doctrine
Truman Doctrine was an international relations policy set forth by the U.S. President Harry Truman in a speech on March 12, 1947, -
Marshall Plan
Marshall Plan was the American initiative to aid Europe, in which the United States gave economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II -
Creation of Israel
The 1948 Arab–Israeli War or the First Arab–Israeli War was fought between the State of Israel and a military coalition of Arab states and Palestinian Arab forces. -
Berlin Air Lift
The Berlin blockade (24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. -
Korean War
The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953)a was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, -
Suez Crisis
a diplomatic and military confrontation in late 1956 between Egypt on one side, and Britain, -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, was a Cold War-era proxy war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from December 1956 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975 -
Sputnik I & Sputnik II
It was a 58 cm (23 in) diameter polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennas to broadcast radio pulses. -
NASA is formed
NASA's FormationThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which was established on July 29, 1958 by the National Aeronautics and Space Act, -
Berlin Wall Constructed
The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban missile was a 13-day confrontation in October 1962 between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side and the United States on the other side. -
Kennedy is Assassinated
Kennedy was fatally shot by a sniper while traveling with his wife Jacqueline, Texas Governor John Connally, and Connally's wife Nellie, in a presidential motorcade. -
Nixon visits China
Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China was an important step in formally normalizing relations between the United States (U.S.) and the People's Republic of China -
South Vietnam falls
The Fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnamon April 30, 1975 -
Iran Hostage Crisis
The Iran hostage crisis, referred to in Persian as literally Conquest of the American Spy Den was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States. -
Iran Contra Affair
The Iran–Contra affair was a political scandal in the United States that came to light in November 1986. -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, commonly known as the June Fourth Incident or more accurately '89 Democracy Movement in Chinese, -
Dissolving of the Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) formally ceased to exist on 26 December 1991.
