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February-August 1945
WWII ends in Europe. United states drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. -
January-March 1947
Communists began to seek power in Poland. The Truman Doctrine was announced. -
August-October 1949
Soviet Union blows up their first atomic bomb. Communists win Chinese civil war. -
June-September 1954
United States sponsored coup overthrows Guatemalan government. The South East Asia treaty organization was formed. -
May-June 1955
The Warsaw Pact was formed. First summit meeting between president Dwight Eisenhower and and Premier Nikita Khrushchev. -
April-August 1961
Bay of Pigs invade Cuba. East Germany builds the Berlin wall. -
April-August 1965
United States troops go to Dominican Republic. United States commits combat troops to South Vietnam. -
February 1972 - September 1973
President Richard Nixon goes to China. United States coup throws off Chilean government -
January-December 1979
United States and China establish diplomatic relations. Soviet Red army invades Afghanistan. -
August-December 1991
Hard line Communists began unsuccessful coup against Mikhail Gorbachev. The Soviet Union was no more and Boris Yeltsin becomes the president of Russia
