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Harry Truman announces the Truman Doctrine
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General George C. Marshall announces the Marshall Plan.
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This day marks the start of the Berlin Airlift
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Chaim Weizmann becomes president of Israel.
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The North Atlantic Treaty (also known as NATO) is formed to provide support in opposing the Soviet Union.
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The Berlin Airlift ends.
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Harry Truman orders for the hydrogen bomb to be developed.
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China and the Soviet Union sign a 30-year treaty of friendship.
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General Douglas MacArthur supports the use of atom bombs in the Korean War.
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General Douglas MacArthur is relieved of his command in Korea.
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Churchill announces that Britain has an atom bomb.
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Rudolf Slansky is executed in Czechoslovakia for Titoism.
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Josip Tito elected President of Yugoslavia.
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Stalin dies
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The United States uses the Marshall Islands to test a hydrogen bomb.
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Supporters of Ngo Dinh Diem and Bo Dai begin a Civil War in South Vietnam.
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The Soviet Union abolishes the Cominform.
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The Soviet Union asks the United States and Britain to stop nuclear testing.
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The Soviet Union demands that all foreign troops should be withdrawn from Berlin.
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Fidel Castro and his troops enter Havana.
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An American U-2 spy plane is shot over the Soviet Union.
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Nikita Khrushchev and John F. Kennedy hold summit meeting in Vienna.
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