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Yalta Conference
Agreement to temperarily divide Germany. February 4-11, 1945 -
Little Boy
United States Set off the first atomic bomb in war -
V-J Day
Japanese surrender -
Iron Curtain
Winston Churchill delivers "Iron Curtain" speech -
Marshall Plan
Marshall Plan is announced -
Berlin Blockade
Berlin Blockade begins -
NATO
NATO ratified -
Mao Zedong
Communist takes control of China -
USSR explodes first atomic bomb
USSR explodes first atomic bomb -
Joseph McCarthy
Joseph McCarthy begins Communist witch-hunt -
Korean War
Korean War begins -
Rosenburg
Rosenburg executions -
Korean War ends
Korean War ends -
Vietnam split
Vietnam split to the 17th parallel -
Warsaw Pact
Warsaw Pact formed -
Sputnik
Sputnik launched -
Fidel Castro
Cuba taken over by Communist Fidel Castro -
U-2 Spy Plane
U-2 Spy Plane shot down over USSR -
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy elected President -
Bay of Pigs
Bay of Pigs invasion -
Berlin Wall
construction of Berlin Wall -
Cuban Missle Crisis
October 1-13 Cuban Missle Crisis -
South Vietnam turns to communism
Saigon,South Vietnam turns to communism -
Berlin Wall Falls
Berlin Wall falls -
Soviet Empire Falls
Soviet Empire Falls -
Germany Reunited
German reunited -
End of Cld War
U.S. and Russia sign formal end to the Cold War
