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Potsdam Conference
Meeting in Potsdam, Germany between Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Harry S. Truman to discuss how to deal with Germany after the war. -
Iron Curtain descends on Europe
Winston Churchill's term to describe the imaginary border placed by Soviet Russia to separate itself and allied countries from the noncuommunist countries of the western Europe. -
Truman Doctrine
A policy to help Turkey and Greece to avoid their fall into the Soviet Sphere. -
Marshall Plan
American plan to rebuild Europe after WWII to prevent the spread of communism. -
Creation of Israel
State of Israel is astabished by the head of the Jewish Agency, David Ben-Gurion. -
Berlin airlift
Starting on June 24, 1948 and ending May 12, 1949, the Berlin Blockade took place leading to the western allies giving the people of West Berlin supplies. -
Korean War begins
South Korea, supported by the United Nation,s and North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, begin a war due to rising tension from the communist north and the right-wing government system of the south. -
Suez Crisis
Israeli forces pushed towards the Suez Canal after it was nationalized by Egyptian prsident Gamal Abdel Nasser earlier that year in July. Britain and French troops were sent in and pulled out later that year. -
Sputnik 1 and 2
Sputnik was the first artificial satelite launched by the Soviet Union. The Sputnik 2 was launched November 3rd, carrying an animal making it the first to carry an animal. -
NASA is formed
NASA, National Areonautics and Space Administration, became operational. -
U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
Two American advisers were killed in Vietnam, bringing the U.S. into Vietnam. -
Construction of the Berlin Wall begins
Constructed by German Democraic Republic. Cut West Berlin off from the East Berlin and east Germany -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Conflict between America, the Soviet Union, and Cuba. The Soviet Union had nuclear missiles in Cuba and America had had missiles in Turkey. The Cuban Missile Crisis lasted for thirteen days. -
USS Pueblo Incident
North Korean forces boarded and captured the Navy intelligence ship, USS Pueblo (AGER-2) -
Iran Hostage Crisis begins
Iranian students of the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Life take the US Emassy in Tehran. Fifty-two American hostages are taken. -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
Chinese troops open fire in Tiananmen Square, killing and arresting thousands of protesters who were pro-demacracy. -
Destruction of the Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall falls -
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was aknowledged. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev resigned the day before.
