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480 BCE
Battle of Thermoplae
One of the major battles of the Greco-Persian War -
44 BCE
Assassination of Julius Caesar
The assassination of the roman dictator Julius Caesar -
27 BCE
Caesar Augustus is appointed Emperor of Rome
The roman senate appointed him to the life time tenure of Emperor of Rome -
476
Fall of the Western Roman Emprie
The Western Roman Empire falls -
May 29, 1453
Fall of the Byzantine Empire
The fall of Constantinople was the end of the empire -
United Nations Formed
When the international peace organization was formed -
The Hollywood 10
They were 10 hollywood individuals who were held in contempt of congress and blacklisted when they refused to answer questions about their communist ties -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman's official policy response to the spread of communism, it provided funds to countries to make sure they would not fall to communism -
Period: to
Cold War
The timeline of the cold war -
Marshall Plan
The Secretary of State Marshall's plan for economic aid for war torn europe -
NATO formed
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was a western military organization with the policy of an attack on on one is an attack on all -
Korean War
The war in the Korean Peninsula between the communist and USSR supported N. Korean against the capitalist and US supported S. Korea, the war ended in a stand still -
Space Race
The race between the US and USSR to put satellites and launch rockets into space -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The failed u.s. military plan to invade and overthrow the cuban dictatorship -
Berlin War goes up
The Soviets build the Berlin Wall which will separate East and West Berlin -
Vietnam War
The war in the Vietnam between the communist Viet Cong and capitalist S. Vietnamese, us officials eventually fled and left the country -
Soviets invade Afghanistan
The Soviet union invades the state of Afghanistan -
Berlin Wall Collapse
The day when the wall that separated east and west berlin was torn down