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Timeline
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Event in 1949
United States withdraws its troops from Korea -
1950
Korean War begins its three year conflict when troops from North Korea invade South Korea -
1951
Japanese Peace Treaty is signed by the United States, Japan, and 47 other nations -
1953
Fighting ceased in Korean War, armistice agreement is signed -
1954
Lord of the Flies was first published in England -
1955
West Germany obtains independence -
1955
East Gernany joins the warsaw pact -
1957
Warsaw riot in Poland -
1957
Russia puts its first Earth satellite into air, known as Sputnik, Americans begin to panic -
1958
First major world's fair since the end of World War II opens