Japan is still under Allied (SCAP) military occupation
Twelve Nations sign the North Atlantic treaty establishing NATO
Britain Regonizes the Indepence of the Repuoblic of Ireland. Northern Ireland remains a part of the U.K.
The First Successful Soviet Atomic Test
Communist People's Republic of China Formally proclaimed by Chairman Mao Zedong
German Democratic Republic established under Soviet rule
The Korean War begins
The United States CIA assists in the overthrow of the government in Iran
The Cold War continues in earnest when President Dwight D. Eisenhower approves a top secret document stating that the U.S. nuclear arsenal must be expanded to combat the communist threat around the world.
The United States government agrees to train South Vietnamese troops.
December 6, 1957 - The first attempt by the United States to launch a satellite into space fails when it explodes on the launchpad when competeing with the USSR
The United States recognizes the new Cuban government under rebel leader Fidel Castro. Castro becomes the Premier of Cuba on February 16.
wherein a CIA U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace
which becomes the closest nuclear confrontation (as of 2010) involving the U.S. and USSR
President Kennedy assassinated
U.S. signs Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Paris Peace Accords ends direct U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
President Ford survives two assassination attempts in a 17-day time span.
Teacher was was Fired for refusing to remove the book from her reading list
1984 Being Challenged in Florida for being pro communism
