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Yalta Conference
World War II ends in Europe. -
British Minister
Winston Churchills "Iron Curtain" speech marks beginning of the Cold War -
Communist seize power in poland.
March- Truman Doctrine announced. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organzation (NATO) established.
Aug- Soviet Union Explodes its first atomic bomb. On October Communists win Chinese Civil War. -
Warsaw Pact formed.
July- First summit meeting between president Dwight Eisenhower and Premier Nikita Khrushchev -
Sputnik launched into orbit
when sputnik was first launched, they made the first sattelite which was the size of the beach ball. -
John F. Kennedy elected president
John F. Kennedy was the youngest man ever to be elected. -
Sino-Soviet Conflict Begins.
Cubans Missle Crisis happened -
Apollo 11 lands on moon
The Apollo 11 mission was one of the most significant events in the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union -
South Vietnam falls to Communist forces.
South Vietnam, fell to North Vietnamese forces on April 30th ... North and it was an inevitability that Saigon would fall to communist forces.
