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The Iron Curtain was a boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas. It started in 1945 to 1991. Around the time the Cold War ended.
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Held In Potsdam Germany, from July 17th to August 2. Participents were the victories allies of World War II. They got together to decide how to administer Germany.
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Nations come together.
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A international relations policy set by the President Harry Truman, stated that the US would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid .
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After World War II the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. occupied most of Europe. Most of the continent's governments had fallen to Nazis while the war was going on.
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Marshall Plan was the American initiative to aid Europe. The plan was in operation for over four years. Marshall Plan began in April, 1948
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David Ben Gurion, the jewish leader, established the state of israel.
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initiated in response to a land blockade of the city that had been instituted by the Soviets in the hope that the Allies would be forced to abandon Berlin.
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A war between the Republic of Korea South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea North Korea.
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Joseph Stalin died by Cerebral Hemorrhage.
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Was the Second Indochina War. Was fought between North Vietnam supported by the Soviet Union, China and other communist allies and the government of South Vietnam supported by the US.
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The first atrificial earth satelite. The launch gained new political military, technological, and scientific developments.
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Carried the first living animal to go to space, a dog named Laika. And it was the second spacecraft to be launched into orbit.
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Nasa is reponsible for Americas Space Program and aerospace research. A United States Government agency.
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1400 Cuban exiles launched what became an invasion at the Bay of Pigs near the coast of Cuba. Castro overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.
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On August 13th 1961, the Berlin Wall was built by the German Democratic Republic to divide Germany in four zones.
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In May 1962, Nikita Khruchev placed soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba to prevent any invasion attempt. An agreement between Khruchev and Fidel Castro was reached and they began placing the missiles.
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Kennedy was fatally shot by a sniper while traveling with his wife in a presidential motorcade.
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Israel forces were after the Egyptian President, Gamal Abdel Nasser. Brought tthe Soviet Union in conflict with them.
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On January 5th 1968, Paublo left Yokosuka, Japan and headed through the Tsushima Strait into the Sea Of Japan. On January 23, Paublo was approached by a Korean sub chaser and later fired upon and hijacked.
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The United Nations Assembly Resolution 2758 was passed in to the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1668 that required any change in China's representation in the UN be determined by a vote to Article 18.
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An important step in formally normalizing relations between the U.S. and the People's Republic of China.
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The Paris peace accord was an agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace.
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Part of a package of actions initiated by the United States . They protested against the soviet invasion to Afghanistan.
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A series of talks between United States and Soviet negotiators to end the production on nuclear weapons.
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November 4, 1979 to January 20 1981. Fifty two American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for over 444 days by a group of Iranian students.
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The Tiananmen Square Massacre was a response to a protest in the People's Republic of China.
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The airliner (Korean Airline Flight 007) serving the flight was shot down by a Soviet Su-15 interceptor near Moneron Island.
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Senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran.U.S. officials hoped that the arms sales would secure the release of several hostages.
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The USSR ceased to exist after the economy collapsed.
