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August 6: The United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima (20 kiloton bomb 'Little Boy' kills 80,000 people)
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Russia declares war with Japan after the first bomb dropping on Hiroshima.
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The United States drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki (22 kiloton 'Fat Man' kills 70,000 people)
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Japanese surrenders at the end of World War II
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Truman demands Russia to leave Iran
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Truman's Loyalty Program created to catch Cold War spies
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Berlin Blockade begins only lasting about 11 months.
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Korean War begins. Stalin supports North Korea who invade South Korea equipped with Soviet weapons. However, when the war ends, no one wins as the U.S and S. Korea didn't sign a peace treaty with N. Korea, They only signed a cease fire agreement, so no one has really won yet.
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Sputnik launched into orbit but Laika died in space on November 3, 1957
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Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade with his wife, through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas.
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Apollo 11 lands on the moon with Neil Arstrong being the first ever to step out on to the moon, followed by Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins. The famous phrase from Neil Armstrong was "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
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Mikhail became leader of the USSR in 1985 and recieved a nobel prize in 1990. he introduced 2 policies : Peristroika wich is the restructuring of the economy and Glasnost is the policy of openness in the government.
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The demolition of the Berlin Wall which allows the East Germany unrestricted migration to West Germany.
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The Cold War finally ends after about 46 years, starting in 1945.
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14 new countries were formed after the Soviet Union dissolved.
