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The Cold War Begins with the Yalta Conference
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Russia declares war on Japan
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End of World War II
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Stalin's hostile speech
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Churchill's speech about the Iron Curtain
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Operation Crossroads
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Underwater Explosion Test
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Truman Doctrine set foward
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Truman Loyalty Program
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Berlin Blockade begins
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Berlin Blockade ends
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Korean War Begins
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A-Bombs developed in Britain
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Test Series of 11 explosions at the Nevada Test Site
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Korean War ends
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H-Bomb Castle Bravo test
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USSR sends aid to Afghanistan
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Vostok rocket launched first ICBM
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Sputnik launched
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Sputnik II launched
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Explorer I launched
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NASA begins Mercury project
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France develops A-Bombs
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Berlin border closed
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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A-Bombs developed in China
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B-52's Bomb North Vietnam
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Apollo 11 lands on the Moon
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SALT I signed
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North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam
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SALT II signed
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US Troops invade regime and overthrow it in Grenada
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President Reagan and Gorbachev resolve to remove missiles from Egypt
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Reagan and Gorbachev agree to remove all medium and short ranged nuclear missiles
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Decline of Soviet empire
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Berlin Wall torn down
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Boris Yeltsin elected president of Russia
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Soviet empire falls, ending the Cold War
