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Marshall Plan
On April 3, 1948, the President of the United States Harry Truman promulgated the Foreign Assistance Act, commonly known as the Marshall Plan, which was created by the United States from 3 clear objectives: Avoid European insolvency since it would have brought terrible consequences to the American economy. Prevent the spread of communism. Create an economic structure that will benefit the formation of democratic regimes. -
Creation of NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was created in Washington DC on April 4, 1949 in the US with the purpose of curbing the influence of the Soviet Union in Europe. -
Warsaw pact
The Warsaw Pact, officially called the Treaty of Friendship, Collaboration and Mutual Assistance, was a military alliance made up of eight European communist countries, created to counter the rearmament of the Federal Republic of Germany, and its entry into the NATO.
The treaty was signed in Warsaw by Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic and Slovakia), the Democratic Republic of Germany, Hungary, Poland , Romania and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). -
First Satellite (Sputnik)
On October 4, 1957, the first artificial satellite in history, Sputnik I, was successfully launched, the first of several satellites launched by the Soviet Union in its Sputnik program. It was launched from Kazakhstan, formerly part of the USSR. His name, in Russian, means "traveling companion." -
The first man in the space.
On April 12, 1961, at 09:07, the Vostok 1 spacecraft was launched at the Baikonur cosmodrome (present-day Kazakhstan). The mission took place in the middle of a space race between the US and the USSR, but this would mark all a time: it was the first flight into outer space in which a person was sent. The military Yuri Gagarin was selected by the Soviet space program for the mission, and he orbited in the capsule for 108 minutes before landing again. -
Invention of the internet
In 1983, the United States Department of Defense decided to use the TCP / IP protocol in its Arpanet network, thus creating the Arpa Internet network. Over the years it stuck with the name of just "Internet." -
The fall of the Berlin Wall
The wall was built after World War II, the victorious countries divided Germany in two: the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the German Democratic Republic (GDR).
The Berlin Wall divided the city and its population, it was reinforced over the years to improve surveillance and prevent leaks from the Eastern side (GDR).
Social pressure and demands from Berliners managed to tear down the wall on the night of November 9-10, 1989.
