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Federal Civil Defense Administration
Organized by President Harry S. Truman and was put forward to plan nation wide fallout shelters. It failed due to an insufficient budget and aimed foucs on evacuation stragies. -
A-Bomb Developed by UK
Roughly 50 British scientists worked on the Nuclear bomb used by America during World War 2 in New Mexico, they returned home to begin creation and testing of a British nuclear bomb. The first royal nuke was tested on the Monte Bello Islands off the coast of Austrialia. -
Death of Stalin
Stalin dies after spending a few days, gravely ill, in his death bed. Nikita Khrushchev took Stalin's place as leader, led the Soviets during the height of the Cold War. -
End of Korean War
An armistice was signed that had representatives deciding the fate of the thousands of prisoners of war. A new border was then created, forming North and South Korea as a result, adding a demilitarized zone between the two, new nations. -
Formation of the KGB
The Soviet Union created their own form of national security called the KGB. The KGB arrested, imprisoned, and executed over a 140,000 people who disagreed with the government. -
Division of Vietnam
Vietnam was divided during the Cold war into the North and South portions of the country. Northerners tended to see themselves as more cultured and refiend while the South were more liberal with their money. -
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
This was created to block farther Communist gains in Southeast Asia. SEATO had no standing forces, instead they relied on the striking power of its members. -
Soviet Union and 7 allies sign Warsaw Pact
A mutual defensive organization that put the Soviets in command of all armed forces. It was a response to the United States and the NATO formation. -
Poznan Protests
Protesters in Poland were violentley demanding improved working conditions after facing severe repression. The USSR countered the problem by deploying tanks into Poland which resulted in over a hundred death including a 13 year old boy. -
Hngarian Revolution
The first major threat to the Soviet Union control. The revolt caused the Hungarian government to collapse on itself and as a result thousands of militias were formed. Soviets controled government and supressed all public oposition. -
First Satellite Launched
The soviets surprised the world with the first artifically earth sattelite. The launch of the Sputnik 1 laucnhed the beginning of the Space race and introduced new military, technological, and scientific developments. -
Project Mercury
The Project Mercury was a NASA mission and was the first to put man into Earth orbit and return safely. It was a response to the Space Race that began in 1957 with the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik 1 -
France develops Nuclear Weapon
Under Charles De Gualle , the french became the 4th country to test a nuclear weapon. This bomb was roughly four times as powerful as the bomb in Hiroshima and began a serious of nuclear weapon test. -
Soviet shoots down
In 1960 a US aircraft was shot down by the Soviets. The United States was forced to say the pupse when the pilot as well as spying technology was captured. -
John F. Kennedy becomes President
in 1960 John F. Kennedy became the 35th president of the United States. He became president in the middle of the cold war and agreed to increased spending on military defensive weapons and readiness. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Prime Minister Fidel Castro was becoming an increasing concern for the United States so a CIA-sponsored group of military personal was sent in to take care of things. The invasion was an utter failure with the group being defeated in less than 3 days by Cuban armed forces under direct command of Fidel Castro. -
Construction of the berlin wall
East Germany or German Democratic Republic, began construction of the wall. It completely closed of by land West Germany and West Be frm East Germany and East Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13 day confronation between te United State and the Soviet Union. The result of the crisis was that the Svoiet Union had to remove all missiles from Cuba and the United States had to remove all missiles from Turkey and Italy. This event was the closest event in the Cold War that could have turned into a full scale Nuclear war. -
China develops the Atomic Bomb
When the Soviet Union refused to help China with the deveoplement of nuclear weapons, China had to rely on their own scientist to develop the atomic bomb. When Chnia successfully developed the bomb, they promised it would only be used for self-defense and safeguarding national security. -
Dominican Civil War
The Communist nation of the Dominican Republic was undergoing a civil war and foreign aligations drew the United States in. After US involvement the war was supressed and America remaiend in the country for quite some time as the Organization of American States. -
USS Pueblo Seizure
North Korea calimed that the US Navy vessel was intruding on Korean territorial waters by 7.6 miles and claimed to have evidence to prove it. The US calimed that the ship was on international waters and that any and all evidence brought by the Koreans was fabricated. The ship and crew were captured and the ship remains in korean hands today. -
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
The treaty was world wide and had the objective of preventing the spread of nuclear weapons and weapon technology. This treaty was signed by around 190 parties. More countries have signed this than any other arms limitation. -
Apollo 11
The Apollo 11 mission by NASA sussefully landed the first ever humans on the moon. The landing on the moon succesfully ended the Space Race between Soviet and United States. -
Publication of the Pentagon Papers
A huge study was done on the US involvement in Vietnam during the war. The study covered nearly twenty years of information and was released to the public to see. -
Nixon Visits China
The visit of President Nixon to China helped to normalize relations with the two countries and improved the chances of no conflict between the two nations. Formally seen as an enemy, this visit ended nearly 25 years of seperation. -
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
In 1972 the Soviet Union and United States had a meeting over the development of a treaty. The conference was between Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev and U.S. President Richard Nixon. The result was a limitation to long ranged ballistic missiles armed with nuclear weapons -
Operation Linebacker II
US task forces and US Navy forces launched a bombing campaign on Northern Vietnam to give America a stronger chance of winning the war. Unlike previous bombing camppaings, Linebacker II was going directly to large cities such as Hanoi and Haiphong. -
Chilean Coup D'etat
The Chilean government was overthrown by both US Armed forces and Chilean police. The government was seen as inefficient and unfair and President Salvador Allende had little to no control over the politcal state of Chile. -
Nixon Resignation
President Nixon resigned after facing almost definate impeachment and after losing much of his political support. The Watergate Scandal was what seriously hurt Nixon and the gasoline rationing throughout the country also contributed. -
General Ford becomes President
President Ford was electd into office after the impeachement of Nixon, he became the first person to become presdient although not being elected. His firts acts as president had t deal with the Vietnam War.
