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Soviet Union Restricts Trafficking into West Germany
Each train and truck was to be searched by the Soviet authorities ,General Clay ordered halt to military trains and required that supplies to the military garrison to be transported by air, in which would later be the Little Lift. -
Western Power announce for new Deutschmark
The Western powers announce plans for a new deutschmark to replace the former German currency which had become worthless. Russia refuses to go along with this idea. -
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Berlin Blockade
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Soviet Fighter collides with British plane
A Soviet fighter collides with a British airplane in one of the Allied air corridors, leading to crashes that kill people on both aircraft. -
The End of the Blockade
The continued success of the Airlift humiliated the Soviets, and as big of a superpower they saw their self they drew the last straw and came to a lift of the blockade. The Allies came to the agreement and approved of the Lift. -
The Korean War begins
As the Soviet gave North Korea permission to invade the South, The United States begin to arm South Korea and plan for an attack which stalin went along with to attack the 38th parallel and the war begins after the North invaded the 38th -
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Korean War
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U.S brings in support of Naval and air support to the south
As the North beings to invade and bring in tanks into the South the U.S. begins to worry that the North is becoming antsy so President decides to bring in support for S. Korea -
North Korean attack brings UN response
As the United Nations hear of this attack from the United States the United Nations send in troops around the beaches of Inchon, behind enemy lines -
China Reverses UN gains
The UN sending troops into S. Korea alarmed China, In late Novemeber Mao Zedong sent hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops to help N. Korea, as a result of this N. Korea and chinese troops push back to the 37th parallel. -
Korean War Stalemates
Finally in 1953 both sides signed an armsistice, or end of fighting. The armistice held for the rest of the Cold War, but no peace treaty was ever negotiated -
US announces goal of anti communist Korea
AS the U.S. announce this they show to the world that they will go to any measure for S. Korea to be anti communist and to not keep the domino theory going -
The first Rock and Roll record to top the Pop charts
The movie Blackboard Jungle propels Bill Haley's "Rock Around The Clock" to #1 for two months. Which would be the outbreak for rock music in the coming years. -
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Birth Of Rock and Roll
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Rosa Parks is arrested for not giving seat up to white man
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat at the front of the colored section of a bus to a white passenger destroying a southern custom of the time. In response to her arrest the Montgomery black community launches a bus boycott. -
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Civil Rights Movement
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Dr.King Jr established the Southern Christian Leadership Confrence
Dr. King Jr, Established The SCLC which will become a major force in organizing the civil rights movement and bases its principles on nonviolence and civil disobedience. -
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Vietnam War
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"The year of Elvis"
1956 goes down in history as "the year of Elvis". As he breaks chart records with nine singles in the Hot 100 chart at once. America sees this new popular man and becomes an instant hit. -
Rise of the Freedom riders
Over the spring and summer students begin to take trips through the South to prohibt segregation through bus stations and test new laws, along the way angry mobs of white supremacy will attack the riders black and white. -
Kennedy Send extra aid into South Vietnam
As Kennedy see the spread of communism spreading through Vietnam he sends in over 400,000 troops into S. Vietnam to back N. Vietnam out. -
James Meredith becomes first balck student to enroll at University of Mississippi
James Meredith is accepted and enrolled at Mississippi, as this happens many white people are upon this and Violence breaks out, Kennedy would soon send in 5,000 federal troops. -
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Cuban Missle Crisis
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U2 spyplane discovers missles in Cuba
Air Force Pilot Richard Heyser flies a spyplane over Cuba from unexpectedly finding and taking photos of Russian medium-range missiles. -
Kennedy meets with Soviet Foreign Minister
Robert Kennedy keeps a scheduled meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, but does not mention the missiles. Gromyko tells Kennedy the only help the Soviet Union is giving to Cuba missiles are only for defense. -
Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested
MLK Jr, is arrested during a anti segregation protest in Birmingham, Alabama , leading to this he will soon write his serminal "Letters from Birmingham Jail" -
Kennedy give live presentation to the nation
President Kennedy gives a speech that is carried live on television stations across the country to inform Americans that missiles have been discovered in Cuba. He tells Americans that he has ordered a Navy quarantine around Cuba to blockade the missles -
President Diem assasinated
The president of South Vietnam, Diem is captured and killed during an overthrow of the government by South Vietnamese generals. President Kennedy aware of the plan to overthrow the government, but not to know that Diem would be assasinated. -
MLK Jr. is Shot in D.C. at speech
Martin Luther King Jr. at age 39 was shot and found dead on his balcany of his motel room. James Earl Ray is convicted of the Murder -
The Beatles Run the charts
The Beatles release the Phil Spector produced album Let It Be. It generates three #1 hits "Get Back", "Let It Be" and their final #1, "The Long and Winding Road" all song going #1 for 3 weeks in a row -
Peace agreement leading to the end of war.
Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho sign a peace agreement in Paris, U.S. involvement in the war to an end. Vietnam will be a communist nation. Most American troops will return home
