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The United States Army Air Force drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
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3.4 million babies were born in the United States each year during the 1950's.
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Help keep Soviet Union expansion in check and protect Western democratic values.
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Harry Truman announces the Truman Doctrine and the provision of aid to Greece. The Truman Doctrine provided political, military, and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from internal and external authorization forces.
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Foreign aid for Western Europe following the devastation of WWII.
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Harry Truman orders the development of the hydrogen bomb.
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Winston Churchhill brought to attention that Britain has an atomic bomb
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Israeli armed forces pushed into Egypt towards the Suez Canal after Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the canal.
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Soviet tanks invaded and crushed the Hungarians fighting with homemade weapons and liquidated their leaders.
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Space race between the United States and Soviet Union.
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An American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the U.S.S.R.
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Was supposed to prevent East Berliners and citizens of East Germany from fleeing to the West, but the wall was unable to entirely stop the mass of people from fleeing. -
The confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union when nuclear-armed missiles were found 90 miles from the U.S. shore.
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Lasted 9 years and was fought between Soviet-led Afghan forces against multi-national rebel groups called the mujahideen.
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Was the first step towards German unification.