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Berlin Airlift
United States sendt supplies to West Berlin by plane duing the Soviet's blockade. -
NATO Forms
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization. -
Korean War Starts
North Korea invades South Korea and the United States gets involved to keep South Korea from turning communist as part of the containment policy to keep communisum from spreading. -
US H-Bomb
The United States creates the hydrogen bomb, which is a type of nuclear weapon. -
Warsaw Pact
Pact between the countries that made up the Soviet Union. -
Soviets launch Sputnik
The Soviet Union launches the sattalite Sputnik into space. -
Berlin Wall
The Soviet Union built a wall seperating East and West Berlin to keep people from fleeing into West Berlin. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
Tension between the United States and the Soviet Union over nuclear weapons in Cuba. The Soviet Union removes weapons from Cuba and the United States removes them from Turkey. -
SALT I Agreement Signed
Agreement between United States and Soviet Union to lessen nuclear weapons. -
Mikhail Gorbachev Comes to Power
Gorbachev becomes the leader of the Soviet Union and starts the perestrokia political movement of reform. -
Major Arms Control Agreement is Reached
NATO signs treaty that eliminated an enitre type of nuclear weapons. -
Iron Curtain begins to Ccumble in Europe
The Iron Curtain (seperation between free and communist Europe) begins to fall thanks to detente (the easing of tension between countries). -
Soviet Union Collapses
The Soviet Union collapses and seperates into different countries. -
European Union Astablished
A political and economical union between 28 different countries in Europe. -
Al Qaeda attacks United States
September 11th the Twin Towers are attacked by the terrorist group Al Qaeda. -
United States invaded Iraq
The United States military invades Iraq in order to arrest Saddam Hussien, the ruthless ex-leader of Iraq who commited mass killings against his people.
