1945-2000 events

By ariana lopez 05

  • Peral Harbor got bombed

  • Allies divided Germany into 4 zones

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    1945-2000 timeline

  • U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Japan

  • Iron Curtain

  • Start of Cold War

  • Creation of North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO)

  • Start of Koran War

  • Puerto Rico becomes a common wealth

  • End of Koran War

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott,led by young MLK jr.

  • Fidel Castro takes power in Cuba

  • U.S. placed an embargo on Cuba

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Assassination of John F. Kenndy

  • Mikhail Gorbachov becomes Soviet Union leader

  • Fall of Berlin Wall heralds the end of the Cold War

  • Soviet Union falles

  • End of Cold War

  • Creation of North American Free Trade (NAFT)

  • Russia has new constitution

  • Venezulens elect Hugo Chaves as president