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Tsar Nicholas ii is over thrown by the people Mar 8, 1917 – Nov 7, 1917
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A meeting of mutual concessions to determine the treatment of Germany after the war Jul 17, 1945 – Aug 2, 1945
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The nuke little boy is dropped
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The city of Nagasaki is destroyed by the nuke Fat man
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A speech by Winston Churchill that warned of the descending "Iron curtain" descending upon Europe
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A plan instituted by the Soviet Union to rebuild parts of Europe after the war
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The American policy to contain the spread of communism
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Ten famous actors producers and other figure of importance in hollywood are convicted for refusing to inform the government of possible communist scheming or espoinge within hollywood
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America's Promise to send financial aid to any country fighting the spread of communism. Through this they sent over 13 billion dollars in loans to different countries.
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A massive undertaking by the USA to stop the SU's attempt at chocking out berlin by airlifting in massive amounts of supplies
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An attempt of the Soviet Union to kill off Germany's Capital Berlin by preventing any resources and people from entering or exiting
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The North, Atlantic, Treaty, Organization is formed to protect smaller nations from a war with the Soviet Union.
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The Blockade is lifted after a long Stalemate
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The soviet's successfully test their first atomic bomb
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Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury and espionage
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America enters Korea in an attempt to uphold its promise of containment to stop the spread of communism
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The Rosenberg's were tried and convicted of espionage.
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The War is brought to an end after an armistice is reached
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The final decisive battle of the first Indochina war
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A series of conferences to cross reference the overlapping between the United States army and McCarthy himself
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A meeting of several nations to discuss the proper treatment of civilians and POWs during international conflict
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An alliance of communist nations forms to rival NATO
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A revolution in hungary to overthrow its oppressive goverment
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A US spy plane is shot down over soviet airspace
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The USA plans a invasion of cuba however it fails as the US refused to send air support
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A wall is constructed to prevent Berlin's citizens from leaving
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A tense series of debates and political arguments after the SU puts missiles in Cuba
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Diem is assassinated as a result of almost unanimous dislike amongst the vietnamese people
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President JFK is shot from while in his presidential motercade
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President Johnson is given a level of power some consider unreasonable as a result of the events in the tonkin gulf
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A proposed short term plan to bomb strategic targets in vietnam however it would have great collateral damage and last for years
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A large coordinated series of attacks that would force the USA to scale back its war efforts
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MLK jr a clergyman, civil rights leader, and outspoken anti war advocate was assassinated
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After winning the california primary the presidential candidate RFK was killed at the ambassador hotel in Los Angeles
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Officially named operation Dubane. Warshaw forces fro 5 difrent countries invade Czechoslovakia
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A period of violence were anti vietnam war protesters battled police in the streets of Chicago
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The 46th president Richard Nixon is elected
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Several nonviolent protesters are shot leaving four dead and several injured for protesting the vietnam war
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Nixon visits China in an attempt to form a better relationship between America and China
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Nixon declare a ceasefire in vietnam finally ending the war
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After the American troops retract from Vietnam communist forces take control of Saigon
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Ronald Reagan wins the election becoming the 40th president of the United States
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The Strategic Defense Initiative nicknamed star wars is announced leading the world to believe that America has successfully built a satellite based defense grid making them impenetrable by nuclear missiles
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At the Geneva Conference Reagan and Gorbachev began to talk and they make progress towards building a cooperative state between the two countries
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At the base of the Berlin Wall Reagan turns the eye of global attention when he challenges Gorbachev to bring down the Berlin Wall
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The Berlin wall is finally removed
