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House Un-American Activities Committee formed
investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, -
formation of nato
to coordinate the military defenses of member nations against possible Soviet aggression. Belgium, Canada, France, Portugal and the United States and more contry -
truman doctrine
the doctrine is about to "free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures" said Harry S. Truman -
marshall plan
to foster economic recovery in certain European countries after World War II -
the berlin airlift
supply with food in berlin by air. or the people in east berlin in east berlin capitan in west berlin -
Korean War: North Korean Invasion of South Korea through Armistice Signed Ending Korean War
June 25, 1950 -
Rosenberg Execution
the first U.S. civilians to be sentenced to death for espionage -
warsaw pact
bound its signatories to come to the aid of the others, should any one of them be the victim of foreign aggression. -
Sputnik 1 Launched
October 4, 1957 -
bay of pigs invasion
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first man in space
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First American in Space
Mercury Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. blasted off in his Freedom 7 capsule atop a Mercury-Redstone rocket . flight made him the first American in space. -
First Man on the Moon
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Creation of the Berlin Wall
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Cuban Missile Crisis
