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U.S drops attomic bomb on Hiroshima
The United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
Marshall Plan
The United States gave over $13 billion to help rebuild Western European economies -
Soviet union develops nuclear weapons
The program was initiated in response to the intelligence reports collected by Soviet intelligence through their spy ring in the United States. -
Korean war
Korea was ruled by Japan from 1910 until the closing days of World War II. In August 1945, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan. -
Ho chi Minh
Ho chi minh was also prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam -
Vietnam War.
The viet Cong, a South Vietnamese communist common front aided by the North -
Hungry Rebellion
The revolt began as a student demonstration, which attracted thousands as they marched through central Budapest to the parliament. -
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts to Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Kennedy. A scion of the Kennedy family, he graduated from Harvard University. He was in office from 1961-1963 -
Bay of pigs Invasion
On April 17, 1961, 1400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. -
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was an American politician who served as the 37th President of the United States from 1969 until 1974, when he became the only U.S. president to resign from office. -
Nixon opens china
U.S. President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China was an important step in formally normalizing relations between the United States and China. -
Perestroika & glasnost in the soviet union
When Mikhail S. Gorbachev stepped onto the world stage in March 1985 as the new leader of the Union of Soviet, it was immediately clear that he was different from his predecessors. -
Collapse of comunist
On November 9, 1989, thousands of jubilant Germans brought down the most visible symbol of division at the heart of Europe—the Berlin Wall. -
Mikhail Gorbachev
He was born 2 March 1931 is a former Soviet statesman. He was the eighth leader of the Soviet Union.
