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Winston Churchill gave this speech regarding the communism on the east of the Berlin wall verses the democratic ways of the west. Churchill gave this speech to a crowd of more than 40,000.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization is founded by Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States in order to resist Communist expansion.
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North Korea invades South Korea signaling the start of the Korean war. The US as well as 17 other countries.
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Turkey and Greece join NATO.
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Joseph Stalin dies which causes a power sturggle in the Soviet Union.
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This event started the space race between the Soviet Union and the USA.
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The national aeronautics and space administration is formed.
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John F Kennedy was elected president of the United States on this day.
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Berlin wall is built by the Soviets as talks about Germany break down.
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The Soviets are installing missiles in Cuba to be in a closer range of the US. Kennedy orders a navy fleet to blockade the island, Both sides come to an agreement.
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China tests first atomic bomb making them the 5th nuclear power.
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US and its allies boycott the Moscow olympics.
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Soviet spy Dieter Gerhardt is arrested in NYC.
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The dividing wall of east and west Germany falls thus signaling the end of the Cold War.
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First McDonalds opens in Moscow.
