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Castro takes over in Cuba
https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/fidel-castro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro
Castro was a communist revolutionary. Castro wanted to overthrow Fulgencio Batista he failed the first time and got years in prison. Then Castro moved to Mexico to form a revolutionary group. He lead the guerrilla war against Batista and he got overthrown in 1959. After he that he took military and political power of Cuba. -
Marshall plan
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/marshall-plan-1 Was an American initiative passed in 1948 to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $12 billion (nearly $100 billion in 2018 US dollars) in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II. -
Berlin Airlift
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/berlin-airlift-begins In response to the Soviet blockade of land routes into West Berlin, the United States begins a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens of the besieged city. For nearly a year, supplies from American planes sustained the over 2 million people in West Berlin. -
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Joe McCarthy's career in senate
https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/joseph-mccarthy At the start McCarthy spent 5 years trying in vain to expose 2000 government employees lost their jobs. Applied to other anti communist activities, then he successfully ran for Senate defeating Robert M. La Follette Jr. -
Creation of NATO
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/nato The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949. Was the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere. -
First successful Soviet Nuclear weapon test
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-explode-atomic-bomb
Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan, the USSR successfully detonates its first atomic bomb, code name “First Lightning. -
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Korean War
https://www.history.com/topics/korea/korean-war The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border. As a product of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States, Korea had been split into two sovereign states in 1948. -
Start of the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-rosenberg-trial-begins The trail started because Juluis and Ethel were trailed and convicted of being spies for the Soviet Union and giving them classified information of the atomic bomb and executed on 1953. -
First hydrogen bombs
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/first-hydrogen-bomb The first hydrogen bomb was detonated in November 1, 1953 on the island of Elugelab as a operation Ivy. The first full test of the Teller Ulam design fusion device.
The USSR first hydrogen bomb detonated was in November 22, 1955. It was there first true test of the hydrogen bomb.Was a Multistage Radiation implosion thermonuclear design called Sakharov's Third Idea. -
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The Presidency of Dwight D Eisenhower
https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/dwight-d-eisenhower Eisenhower, a Republican, took office as president following a landslide win over Democrat Adlai Stevenson in the 1952 presidential election. Becoming a five-star general in the United States Army. Serving as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War II. Obtained a truce in Korea and worked incessantly during his two terms to ease the tensions of the Cold War. -
Brown vs the Topeka Board of Ed.
Landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. So it further raged the black and other ethnic because its shows that they going to have to keep fighting for equality. -
Rosa Parks/Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and because of this she got arrested causing the 381 days of boycotting the Montgomery buses and further her to be a spokes person for equality. An during the 381 days most black people walked to work showing us that they are ready for change and America needs to change now. -
The Hungarian Uprising
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-put-brutal-end-to-hungarian-revolution Was in 1956 which was a national revolution against Hungarain peoples republic. An the Soviets imposed policies lasted from 23 of October to November 10 1956. The revolt spread quickly and the government collapsed. -
The launch of Sputnik 1
https://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/ Was on October 4th 1957 at 7:28 pm. It was the first artificial satellite starting the space race. Launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit from Baikonur, Kazakhstan -
U2 spy plane shot down
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-u-2-spy-plane-shot-down Was shot down while conducting espionage on the Soviet Union. The incident derailed an important summit meeting between President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. -
John F. Kennedy elected to presidency
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-f-kennedy-elected-president John F. Kennedy was the 35th president and was the youngest man elected to the office. He was assassinated in Dallas Texas and was the youngest president to die. -
First Man in Space
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Bay of Pigs Invasion
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
discrimination against race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
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First American Troops Arrive in South Vietnam
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Loving v. Virginia
Loving v. Virginia was a Supreme Court case that struck down state laws banning interracial marriage in the United States. https://www.history.com/topics/civil-rights-movement/loving-v-virginia
