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The US drops first atomic bomb on Hiroshima and two days later Nagasaki.
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Truman promises to help any nation facing a communist takeover
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Truman put this program of economic aid into action. This plan rejected by Stalin. This was to repair Europe.
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The Korean War began when North Korea invaded South Korea.
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This was formed with member states East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union.
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USSR Sputnik II carried a dog, the first living creature to go into space.
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A wall is constructed in Germany seperating East and west Germany.
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US spy plane reports sights of nuclear missile in Cuba.
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shot in Texas
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150,000 troops sent to Vietnam
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Neil Armstrong competes in space race and steps foot on the moon.
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North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam. The capture of Saigon by the North Vietnamese led to the whole country becoming Communist
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explosion at Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
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The Berlin Wall is torn down
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Russia formally recognized the end of the Soviet Union
