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Yalta Conference meeting of FDR, Churchill, Stalin - the 'Big Three' Soviet Union has control of Eastern Europe. The Cold War Begins Victory in Europe. Germany surrenders to the Red Army in Berlin Japanese surrender End of World War II Feb 4th-August 14th
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Truman declares active role in Greek Civil War June : Marshall Plan is announced setting a precedent for helping countries combat poverty, disease and malnutrition
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NATO ratified May 12 : Berlin Blockade ends 29 August : Russia tested its first atomic bomb
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A-bombs developed by France May : Soviet Union reveals that U.S. spy plane was shot down over Soviet territory November : John F. Kennedy elected President of USA
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April : Bay of Pigs invasion August 13 : Berlin border is closed August 17 : Construction of Berlin Wall begins
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U.S. involvement in Vietnam increases October : Cuban Missile Crisis
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July : Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ratified November : President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas
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January : North Korea captured U.S.S. Pueblo President Johnson does not run for the presidency and Richard Nixon Elected President of the USA August : Soviet Red Army crush Czechoslovakian revolt
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January : Cease fire in Vietnam between North Vietnam and United States September : U.S. supported coup overthrows Chilean government October : Egypt and Syria attack Israel; Egypt requests Soviet aid
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January: U.S. and China establish diplomatic relations. July : SALT II signed November : Shah of Iran overthrown; Iranian Hostage Crisis December: Soviet forces invade Afghanistan
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January : Soviet troops withdraw from Afghanistan June : Poland becomes independent September : Hungary becomes independent November : Berlin Wall is demolished and East Germany allows unrestricted migration to West Germany December : Communist governments fall in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Rumania Decline of the Soviet empire
