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World War 2 in Europe was now over and the division of Gemrnay is debated upon.
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On this day when the U.S. entered WW2 is basically when development of nuclear weapons started for the U.S.
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On this day the United Nations was formed to help prevent another global war.
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Made to help contain the spread of Soviet Communism throughout the world.
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On this day the Marshall Plan was created, sending 13.3 billion dollars of American aid to help Europe's recovery.
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Agler Hiss was arrested some time in 1949 and the trail went on untill 1950.
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On this day NATO ( North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was created as a respons to the rising threat of Soviet Communism.
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On this day the U.S.S.R. luanched it first nuclear weapon.
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On this day China switched over to a communist government.
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On this day the Korean war broke out when communist North Koreans cross the 38th parrallel in an attack on South Korea.
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In this year Julius and Ethal Rosenberg were convicted on treason of the United Stated and sentenced to death.
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On this day Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes president.
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On this day the Korean War ended, but with both countries back where they started at the 38th parrallel.
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On this day the demilitarized zone of korea was created.
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On this day untill June of 1954 the McCarthy Hearings took place.
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On this day the Soviet Union created the Warsaw Pact ass a respons to NATO.
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On this day the U.S. sends troops into South Vietnam to stop the spread on the Northern Communist.
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On this day John F. Kennedy became president.
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On this day the Bay of Pigs invasion began to attempt to get rid of Fidel Castro. This failed and was a major embarassement for Kennedy.
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The Berlin Wall was completed on this day, cuting off East Berlin from the rest of germany.
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On this day the Cuban Missile Crisis started almost bringing the U.S. and the Soviet Union to war.
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On this day Lee Harvey Oswald shot and killed Kennedy.
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On this day Kennedy was assassinated. Lyndon Johnson was his vice president so he took the office.
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On this day Richard Nixon became the president.
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During this month the Kent State Protest took place.
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On this day the U.S. pulled all troops out of vietnam allowing the North to take over the South under communist rule.
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On this day Ronald Reagan became the president.
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On this day the Berlin Wall was knocked down rejoining Germany.
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On this day Mikhail Gorbachev takes power in the Soviet Union.
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On this day the Soviet Union collapsed releasing the grasp of the Soviet controlled countries in Eastern Europe.
