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United States Army Air Force drops atom bomb on Hiroshima.
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United States Army Air Force drops atom bomb on Nagasaki.
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the start of the Berlin Airlift.
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The Soviet Union blockades road and rail traffic between Berlin and the West.
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democratic People's Republic established in North Korea.
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China and the Soviet Union sign a 30-year treaty of friendship.
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Harry Truman orders US troops to Korea.
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North Korean forces invade South Korea.
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Joseph Stalin dies.
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British and French paratroopers land at Port Said in Egypt.
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American U-2 spy plane shot over the Soviet Union.
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John F. Kennedy announces that the Cuban Missile Crisis is over.
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Fidel Castro visits the Soviet Union.
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Nikita Khrushchev and John Kennedy agree to establish a hot line to use in a Cold War crisis.
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The governments of the United States and the Soviet Union announce the end of the Cold War.