| Event Date: | Event Title: | Event Description: | |
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02/11/1945 | Yalta Conference | Agreement to temporarily divide Germany |
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08/06/1945 | United States first used atomic bomb in war | |
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08/14/1945 | V-J Day | Japanese surrender |
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03/07/1946 | Winston Churchill delivers "Iron Curtain" Speech | |
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06/01/1947 | Marshall Plan announced | |
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06/24/1948 | Berlin Blockade begins | |
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07/01/1949 | NATO ratified | |
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08/29/1949 | U.S.S.R. explodes first atomic bomb | |
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09/01/1949 | Communist Mao Zedong takes control of China | |
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02/01/1950 | Joseph McCarthy begins Communist witch-hunt | |
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06/01/1950 | Korean War begins | |
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06/19/1953 | Rosenberg executions | |
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07/01/1953 | Korean War ends | |
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07/01/1954 | Vietnam split at 17th parallel | |
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05/01/1955 | Warsaw Pact formed | |
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10/04/1957 | Sputnik launched | |
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01/01/1959 | Cuba taken over by Communist Fidel Castro | |
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05/01/1960 | U-2 spy plan shot down over U.S.S.R. | |
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11/04/1960 | John F. Kennedy elected President | |
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04/01/1961 | Bay of Pigs invasion | |
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08/01/1961 | Construction of Berlin Wall begins | |
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10/01/1962 | Cuban Missile Crisis | |
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04/01/1975 | Saigon (South Vietnam) falls to Communism | |
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11/01/1989 | Berlin Wall falls | |
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12/01/1989 | Soviet empire falls | |
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10/01/1990 | Germany reunited | |
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08/01/1992 | U.S. and Russia sign formal end to the Cold War | |
| Timespan Dates: | Timespan Title: | Timespan Description: | |
| 01/01/1945 to 12/31/1992 |
Duration of Cold War |
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