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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt suffers a stroke and dies while on vacation in Warm Springs, GA -
Creation of Iron curtain
the notional barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West prior to the decline of communism that followed the political events in eastern Europe in 1989. -
Marshall Plan
an American initiative to aid Europe, in which the United States gave $13 billion in economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II. -
Berlin Airlift
Soviet forces blockaded rail, road, and water access to Allied-controlled areas of Berlin. The United States and United Kingdom responded by airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from Allied airbases in western Germany. The crisis ended on May 12, 1949, when Soviet forces lifted the blockade on land access to western Berlin. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty -
Mutual Security Act,
President Harry S. Truman signs the Mutual Security Act, announcing to the world, and its communist powers in particular, that the U.S. was prepared to provide military aid to "free peoples." -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President of the United States -
Vietnam war
a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies,against South Vietnam and the United States. -
Sputnik
the first artificial Earth satellite.The Soviet Union launched it due to the space race -
Bay of Pigs
1400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. In 1959, Fidel Castro came to power in an armed revolt that overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. -
Berlin wall
a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989, constructed by the German Democratic Republic -
Cuban missle crisis
President John F. Kennedy was informed of a U-2 spy-plane's discovery of Soviet nuclear-tipped missiles in Cuba. -
Iran crisis
also known as the Iran-Azerbaijan Crisis, followed the end of World War II and stemmed from the Soviet Union's refusal to relinquish occupied Iranian territory, despite repeated assurances.Sixty-six American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days -
Fall of Berlin wall
Demolition of berlin wall.Crowds of East Germans crossed and climbed onto the wall, joined by West Germans on the other side in a celebratory atmosphere. Over the next few weeks, euphoric people and souvenir hunters chipped away parts of the wall; the governments later used industrial equipment to remove most of what was left. -
North Korea invades South Korea
The Soviet Union cannot veto, as it is boycotting the Security Council over the admission of People's Republic of China.
