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Berlin Airlift
U.S. begins a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to citizens of the besieged city, for nearly a year american planes brought supplies to West Berlin. -
Creation of NATO
NATO was created by the U.S., Canada and some other European Countries to provide security over the USSR. -
Creation of the Warsaw Pact
Political and military alliance established between USSR and several Eastern European countries -
Sputnik
Sputnik was the first artificial satellite launched into space. Sputnik was launched by the USSR -
Construction of Berlin Wall
A wall that encircled Western Berlin -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A direct and dangerous confrontation between the U.S. and the USSR initialed by American ballistic missile development -
Moon Landing
First manned mission to land on the moon. The First steps were taken by neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. -
Destruction of Berlin Wall
The spokesman for East Berlin's communist party announced that the GDR were free to cross all borders, more than 2 mil. from East Berlin stormed West Berlin for a "Street Party"
