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Yalta Conference meeting of FDR, Churchill, Stalin - the 'Big Three'
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US Franklin D. Roosevelt suffers a stroke and dies while on vacation in Warm Springs, GA.
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The United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima (20 kiloton bomb 'Little Boy' kills 80,000)
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The United States drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki (22 kiloton 'Fat Man' kills 70,000)
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The American and British zones of control in Germany are united to form the Bizone also known as Bizonia.
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US extends $400 million of military aid to Greece and Turkey, signalling its intent to contain communism in the Mediterranean.
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The constitution of the Republic of Korea is effected.
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The Soviet blockade of Berlin ends with the re-opening of access routes to Berlin
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The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb. The test, known to Americans as Joe 1, succeeds, as the Soviet Union becomes the world's second nuclear power.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President of the United States.
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The United States launches the world's first nuclear submarine.
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: Cuban Revolution. Fidel Castro becomes the leader of Cuba although refrains from declaring the country Communist.
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France withdraws from NATO command structure.
