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Truman speech
Harry S. Truman told the Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov that he was determined to take a tougher stance with the Svoiets than his predecessor had. -
Truman tells of nuclear weapons
Truman announces to Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin that the US has nuclear weapons -
First Atomic Bomb
Truman give permission for the world's first military use of an atomic weapon. The US bombs the Japanese city Hiroshima in attempt to bring WW2 fighting to a swift close. -
USSR declares was on Japan
The USSR made an agreement to declare war on Japan within three months of the voctory in Europe, and invades Manchuria, Sakhalin, and the Kuli Islands -
Second Atomic Bomb
Truman approves the second and last dropping of an atomic bomb. The bomb is to be dropped on the Japenese city Nagasaki to assure a swift Japanese surrender in the end of WW2 -
Truman Doctrine Announced
Truman Doctrine announced which started out giving aid to Greece and Turkey to protect them from falling into the Communist rule. -
NATO formed
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed and included Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Ntherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States. -
Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb
The test was known as Joe 1 and it succeeds, making Soviet Union the world's second nuclear power. -
Beginning of Korean War
North Korea invades South Korea starting the Korean War. -
The UK test first atomic bomb
The United Kingdom test their first atomic bomb and it succeeds. The UK becomes the world's third nuclear power. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was founded in Eastern Germany and is considered the Communist military counterpart to NATO. The Pact includes East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union. -
The Eisenhower Doctrine
This doctrine commits the US to defending Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan from Communist influence. -
Sputnik launched
USSR launches the first satellite into space. -
NASA formed
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is formed by the United States in response to the launching of Sputnik and the start of the "space race." -
US relations severed with Cuba
Dwight D. Eisenhower closes the US embassy in Havana and severs diplomatic relations with Cuba. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviets secretly installed military bases, including nuclear weapons, on Cuba. Kennedy orders a blockade of the island which almost brings the US and the USSR to a nuclear war. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
US President Lyndon B. Johnson claims that North Vietnamese naval vessel fired on two Americna destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. It was latter proven that the American vessels had enterd North Vietnamese territory. This incident lead to the involvement of the US in the Vietnam War. -
Warsaw Pact dissolved
The Warsaw Pact is eliminated. -
Cold War ends
George H. W. Bush receives a phone call from Boris Yeltsin and delivers a Christmas Day speech announcing the end of the Cold War.
