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Communist North Korea invades South Korea. President Harry S. Truman sends naval and air force to South Korea.
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Peace negotiations begin in Korea to end the war. The war lingers on for two more years.
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The Soviet Union, lead by Stalin, closes the border between west and east Germany. The border between east and west Berlin remains open.
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The United States tested the first hydrogen bomb in the world. The bomb was hundreds of times more powerful than the bombs that were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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The famous world war II general becomes president. Beats out democratic Adlai Stevenson.
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Soviet Leader Josef Stalin dies. Ending his 30 year power within the Soviet Union.
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The armistice os signed and the war ends. New borders in north and south korea are drawn.
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The Soviet Union developes their first hydrogen bomb. This brings the arms race to a new level.
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Senator Joseph McCarthy begins hearings on the united stated military. He charged them for being to "soft" on the communist party.
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Soviets and several european powers sign a defense deal with soviet russia. This gives the soviets contol over all the members military units.
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United states flys first U2 spy plane over moscow. Designed to fly so high the it doesnt show up on soviet radar.
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President Esienhower gives speach that says any nation fighting against communism will be aided by the united states of america. (countrys must be in middle east for us aid)
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First man made object to orbit earth. Lauches space race.
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The united states lauches first satellite. Explorer was its name.
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The national Aeronautics and space administration was created. They were created to lead the united states into the space race with the soviets.
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Khrushchev meets with the United States. Soviet president and richard nixon alongside interpreters meet in moscow.
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Soviets shoot down U2 sply plane. President eisenhower denies the incident and refused to apologize.
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Wall seperated communist east germany and democratic west germany. Thousands fled to west before wall was constructed.
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U2 takes pictures of missle sites in western cuba. Missle sites able to hit alot of the united states.
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The USA, Soviet Union, and Great Britain sign a nuclear treaty. Nuclear testing was now illegal everywhere.
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President is shot twice and killed in Dallas TX. Shooter Lee Harvey Oswald is captured 24 hours later and killed.
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Atomic bombs are found in china. Fear runs across world.
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Troops sent to vietnam to help with vietnam war. Announcement was made to the USA
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28 bombers bomb vietnam. They preformed Operation Arc Light.
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The U.S.S. Pueblo was watching the north korean shore. Korean poltrol boats caught them off guard.
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The USA lands the first man on the moon. This won the space race against the soviets.
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President nixon visits china for a meeting on peace relations. First step to making more allies.
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For once during the cold war both the soviet union and the united states agreed on something. They agreed to limit the number of nuclear missles in their arsenals.
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President nixon resigned because of enviable empeachment.
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North Vietnam defeats south Vietnam. South Vietnam falls to communism.
