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British Prime Minister's,WInston Churchill, speech "Iron Curtain" marks the beginning of the Cold War.
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The Cold War
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Russia tests it's first atomic bomb.
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The Korean War begins. Stalin supports North Korea who invade South Korea with Soviet weapons.
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US involvment started in the early 1960's as a way of preventing communism to spread into South Vietnam.
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Fidel Castro is sworn in as Prime Minister of Cuba.
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John F. Kennedy becomes the 35th president of the United States.
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A CIA trained/financed group of Cuban refugees attempt to overthrow the communist government of Fidel Castro and fails.
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President John F. Kennedy addresses Congress and challenges the nation to go to the Moon before the end of the decade
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The closest the Cold War came to turning into a nucleur conflict. A 13 day confrontation between The Soviet Union, Cuba, and The United States.
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JFK was fatally shot by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas.
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Michael Gorbachev,the highest ranking official, realized the economic destruction of the Soviet Union and The Cold War came to an end.
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