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Yalta Conference meeting of FDR, Churchill, Stalin - the 'Big Three'
Soviet Union has control of Eastern Europe. The Cold War Begins -
Russia declares war on Japan.
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communism & capitalism were incompatible.
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Truman demands Russia leave Iran
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Marshall Plan is announced setting a precedent for helping countries combat poverty, disease and malnutrition
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Truman's Loyalty Program created to catch Cold War spies.
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Russia tested its first atomic bomb
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Truman approved H-bomb development.
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Joe McCarthy begins Communist witch hunt and loyalty tests
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Federal Civil Defense Administration established
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Truman fires MacArthur
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A-bombs developed by Britain.
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Ike's Atoms for Peace speech
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USSR sent tanks into Poznan, Poland, to suppress demonstrations by workers
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Vostok rocket launched 1st ICBM
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A-bombs developed by France
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President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas
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A-bombs developed by China
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The US Secretary of Defence Robert McNamara admits that the US bombing raids had failed to meet their objectives
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North Korea captured U.S.S. Pueblo
President Johnson does not run for the presidency and Richard Nixon Elected President of the USA -
Apollo 11 lands on the moon
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North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam which falls to Communist forces
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U.S. troops invades and overthrows regime in Grenada
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President Reagan and Gorbachev resolve to remove all intermediate nuclear missiles from Europe
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Reagan and Gorbachev agree to remove all medium and short-range nuclear missiles
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Boris Yeltsin elected as President of Russia
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Germany reunited
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End of Soviet Union and the Cold War Ends
