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Major Events after WWII
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Creation of United Nations
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Atomic Bombs Dropped
First Nuclear bombs dropped -
Cold War
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Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General -
Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States fought for the South, and China fought for the North, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, and known in Vietnam as Resistance War Against America or simply the American War. -
Moon Landing
Apollo 11 was the first spaceflight that landed humans on the Moon. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall: The Fall of the Wall. On November 9, 1989, as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West. -
911
The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001