The Atomic Bomb

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/26/1939	Niel Bohr Announces the Discovery of Fission	The announcement of nuclear fission opened a gateway to the building of the Atomic Bomb.
08/02/1939	Scientists discover how to extract uranium-235	Scientist Harold Urey and his colleagues figured out how to extract U-235 through the principle of gaseous diffusion
10/09/1941	FDR Approves the Development of the Atomic Bomb	This was the beginning of the end for the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
12/06/1941	$2 Million authorized to build the Atomic Bomb
02/04/1945	YALTA Conference/ the Cold War Begins
07/21/1945	President Truman Approves the use of the Atomic Bomb
08/06/1945	Little Boy Dropped on Hiroshima
08/08/1945	Russia declares war on Japan	Victory in Europe. Germany surrenders to the Red Army in Berlin.
08/09/1945	Fatman Dropped on Nagasaki	The Atomic Bomb "Fatman" killed an estimated 40,000 people.
01/01/1946	Atomic Energy Act Made	After the power of the atomic bomb was shown, congress made the Atomic Energy Act. It's the fundamental U.S. law which lays the boundaries for both civilian and military uses of nuclear materials
03/05/1946	"Iron curtain/ Sinews of Peace" speech by Winston Churchill	Winston Churchill delivered the "Sinews of Peace" speach that dropped the Iron Curtain that divided Europe for 44 years.
07/01/1946	Operation Crossroads with Test Able	First public demonstration of America's atomic arsenal above ground.
07/25/1946	America's Test "Baker"	Footage of tests "Able" and "Baker"Underwater atomic explosion
03/12/1947	Truman Doctrine created
04/04/1949	NATO ratified
08/29/1949	Russia tests their first atomic bomb
01/30/1950	Truman approves H-bomb
01/12/1951	Federal Civil Defense Administration established
01/01/1952	A-Bombs Developed by Britain
12/08/1953	Ike's "Atoms for Peace" speech	Atoms for Peace Speech Transcript Eisenhower's speech confronting the government about nations stockpiling and testing atomic bombs and other weapons.
03/01/1954	H-bomb Castle-Bravo test
05/01/1955	Warsaw Pact Formed
01/01/1959	Castro Takes Over Cuba
01/01/1960	France developed A-Bombs
11/09/1960	Kennedy Elected
04/17/1961	Bay of Pigs Invasion
08/17/1961	Berlin Wall Construction Begins
10/28/1962	Missiles Removed from Cuba and Turkey
07/01/1963	Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Ratified
10/01/1964	A-Bombs Developed by China
04/03/1970	President Nixon extends Vietnam War to Cambodia
07/10/1972	SALT I Signed	SALT I was made to repalce the Inerim Agreement, and set broad limits on strategic offensive weapons systems.
01/01/1973	Vietnam Peace Treaty Signed
09/01/1973	U.S. helps overthrow Chile government
04/30/1975	Vietnam War Ends
07/10/1979	SALT II Signed	SALT II
03/23/1983	President Reagan proposes Strategic Defense Initiative
01/01/1985	Mikhail Gorbachev ascends to power in Soviet Union
10/01/1986	Reagan and Gorbachev resolve to remove all intermediate nuclear missiles from Europe
10/01/1987	Reagan and Gorbachev agree to sign a treaty that removes all medium and short-range nuclear missiles
11/01/1989	Berlin Wall Falls
12/01/1989	Communist governments fall in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Rumania	The Soviet empire falls.
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
01/01/1939 to 12/31/2013	The Atomic Bomb
02/04/1945 to 08/01/1991	Cold War
03/17/1953 to 06/04/1953	Nuclear Arms Race	The race between the US and the USSR (Russia) to gain the most powerful arsenal of h-bombs and missiles.