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Untied Nations Formed
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 after the Second World War by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting social progress, better living standards, and human rights. -
Truman Doctrine
Establish that the United States would support a democratic nation under threat from an internal or external authoritarian force. -
Marshall Plan
Intended to rebuild the economies and spirits of western Europe. -
Nato Formed
To secure peace in Europe, to promote cooperation among its members, and to guard their freedom. -
Korean War
The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea from 1950 to 1953. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following clashes along the border and rebellions in South Korea. -
Hollywood 10
The Hollywood Ten is a 1950 American 16mm short documentary film. In the movie, each member of the Hollywood Ten made a short speech denouncing McCarthyism and Hollywood blacklisting. John Berry directed the film. -
Space Race
The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability. It had its origins in the ballistic missile-based nuclear arms race between the two nations following World War II. -
Bay Of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in 1961 by Cuban exiles, covertly financed and directed by the United States. It was aimed at overthrowing Fidel Castro's communist government -
Berlin Wall Goes Up
The Berlin Wall was built by the German Democratic Republic during the Cold War to prevent its population from escaping Soviet-controlled East Berlin to West Berlin. -
U.S. Official Enters Vietnam War
3,500 United States Marines came ashore at Da Nang as the first wave of U.S. combat troops into South Vietnam, adding to the 25,000 U.S. military advisers already in place. The US Government deployment of ground forces to Da Nang had not been consulted with the South Vietnamese government. -
Berlin Wall Comes Down
Political reforms inside the Soviet bloc, escalating pressure from the people of eastern Europe and ultimately, confusion over an East German directive to open the border.