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WWII ends in Europe. United states drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
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Communists began to seek power in Poland. The Truman Doctrine was announced.
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Soviet Union blows up their first atomic bomb. Communists win Chinese civil war.
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United States sponsored coup overthrows Guatemalan government. The South East Asia treaty organization was formed.
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The Warsaw Pact was formed. First summit meeting between president Dwight Eisenhower and and Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
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Bay of Pigs invade Cuba. East Germany builds the Berlin wall.
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United States troops go to Dominican Republic. United States commits combat troops to South Vietnam.
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President Richard Nixon goes to China. United States coup throws off Chilean government
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United States and China establish diplomatic relations. Soviet Red army invades Afghanistan.
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Hard line Communists began unsuccessful coup against Mikhail Gorbachev. The Soviet Union was no more and Boris Yeltsin becomes the president of Russia
