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Formation of the United Nations
Representatives of 26 nations at war met in Washington to sign the Declaration of the United Nations endorsing the Atlantic Charter, pledging to use their full resources against the Axis and agreeing not to make a separate peace. -
Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference was held at Cecilienhof on the 17th of July and ended August 2nd of 1945. The party consisted of the United States, Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom. They discussed the establishment of post-war order, peace treaties issues, and countering the effects of the war. -
Iron Curtain descends on Europe
The Iron Curtain symbolizes Communism versus Capitalism. The Iron Curtain divided East Germany from West Germany. West Germany was capitalistic and democratic and the East was Communist. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an international relations policy enforced by President Truman on March 12, 1947, which stated that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent them from falling into the Soviet sphere. -
Marshall Plan
George C. Marshall gave a speech to the graduating class at Harvard in 1947 about how thye need to rebuild Europe. Congress passed the Economic Cooperation Act in March 1948 that approved funding that would rebuild of Western Europe. -
Creation of Israel
the head of the Jewish Agency (David Ben-Gurion) stated that Israel is now a state and President Truman also recognzed it. Although the US had conflict with the arabs and the jews, Truman still recongized it as a state. -
Berlin Air Lift
At the end of WWII, a defeated Germany was divided amongst the victors, the United States, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, and France. The Soviet Union took control of the Eastern half of Germany, the Western half was divided amongst the US, Great Britain, and France. -
Formation of NATO
It stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It was a military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. The organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. -
Korean War
It was a war between South Korea and North Korea, supported by the United Nations and at one time supported by China and the Soviet Union. It was basically the result of the political division of Korea by an agreement of the Allies at the end of the Pacific War at the end of World War II. -
Stalin Dies
Joseph Stalin or Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin, who was the leader of the Soviet Union in the 1920s until his death in 1953. -
Warsaw Pact formed
It was also known as the Warsaw Treaty Organization. It was a political and military alliance brought together on May of 1955 between the Soviet Union and several other European countries. -
Suez Crisis
Israel invaded the Suez Canal after the Egyptian president nationalized the canal, which started the crisis. The French and Brits helped out Israel which almost ruined their relationships with the US. They got their troops out in late 1956. -
Sputnik I & Sputnik II
Sputnik 2 was the second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit. It was the first to carry a living animal, a dog named Laika. It was the second model to go up into space. It was used to send information back to Earth. -
NASA is formed
President Eisenhower established NASA in 1958. NASA stands for: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Most space explorations are led by NASA. NASA science is focused on better understanding Earth and our solar system. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
On April 17, 1961, 1400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. In 1959, Fidel Castro came to power in an armed revolt that overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. -
Berlin Wall Constructed
East Germany's government decides to start building the Berlin wall to seperate East and West Germay. It was almost like a symbol for the Cold War. East Germany sealed off all entires so no one could leave. The US was angered by the wall but didn't show much interest in starting a war with East Germany. Kennedy did go over there and declared that America was siding with West Germany. Late 1989, the wall was demolished, symbolizing the end of the Cold War. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
President Kennedy, in a televised address on October 22, announced the discovery of the installations and proclaimed that any nuclear missile attack from Cuba would be regarded as an attack by the Soviet Union and would be responded to accordingly. He also imposed a naval quarantine on Cuba to prevent further Soviet shipments of offensive military weapons from arriving there -
Kennedy is Assassinated
OnNovember 22, 1963, the United States president was shot and killed while driving in his car through a parade. -
USS Pueblo Captured
The USS Pueblo was a ship heading to North Korea to gain information. They were caught and North Korea starting firing, injuring several crew members. The American's tried to escape, but their capture was inevitable. When they were captured, they crew members were held as prisoners for months with cruel punishment. President Johnson said not to retaliate, so they made an agreement and apology letter to North Korea and by December 23, 1968, the soldiers were finally freed. -
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
It was supposed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to achieve nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament. -
UN Resolution 2758
It replaced Taiwan with the Communist People's Republic of China as the only representative of China in the United Nations. -
Nixon Visits China
President Nixon went to visit the People's Republic of China. It was the first time a U.S. president had visited the PRC. At the time, they were considered en and the visit brought them together. -
Paris Peace Accords
North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and the Unites States signed the Paris Peace Accord that ended the war and declared peace. -
Salt I & Salt II Agreements
Salt stands for The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. There were two rounds of discussion involving the Soviet Union and the United States. Each of the discussions discussed specific limitations on each side's number of nuclear weapons. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a long, violent fight that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. -
South Vietnam Falls
South Vietnam fell because Saigon (the capital of Vietnam) was taken over by the People's Army of Vietnam. The National Liberation Front also aided in the capture. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
On Novmeber 4, 1979, students from Iran took more than 80 people Hostage in the US Embassy. They did this because not only did the US allow one of their previously expelled citizens to come to America for cancer treatment, but they wanted to show that they didn't want the US to interfere with their business any longer. The hostages were set free after 444 days on January 21, 1981. -
USSR invades Afganistan
December 1979, in the middle of the Cold War, the Soviet Army invaded Afghanistan so they could prop up the communist government of the PDPA. -
U.S. & Soviet boycotts of the Olympics
The United States wanted to protest against the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan by boycotting the summer olypoics in Moscow It was carried out by the Soviet Union and other Communist-friendly countries. -
Korean Airline Flight 007
There are many theories on how the Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was shot down. The aircraft was in route from New York City via Anchorage to Seoul when it strayed into prohibited Soviet airspace and was shot down by Soviet jet fighters. -
U.S. invades Grenada
It was called: Operation Urgent Fury. The United States led an invasion into Grenada. Grenada is a Caribbean island nation located by the north of Venezuela. US had won within a few weeks. -
Iran Contra Affair
It was a secret proposal to provide money to the Nicaraguan contra rebels. The Iran-contra affair was the outcome of two separate initiatives during the presidency of President Reagan. -
Chernobyl Disaster
A nuclear power plant in Ukraine was the product of a flawed Soviet reactor design coupled with serious mistakes made by the plant operatorsb. -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
June 4th, there was a massacre as troops with assault rifles and tanks inflicted casualties on unarmed civilians trying to block the military's advance towards Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing. -
Dissolving of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union became 15 different countries after a huge fallout. The United States was happy because their enemy finally fell. The Soviet Union's citizens began to disagree with their leader adn started to rebel. This led to the entire governement falling.
