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Yalta Conference
the meeting of the heads of government of the united states, united kingdom and the soviet union -
Potsdam Confrence
The Potsdam Conference was a meeting between Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Harry Truman to negotiate terms for the end of World War II. -
Creation of the United Nations
The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization to promote international co-operation. A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was established on 24 October 1945 after World War II in order to prevent another such conflict. -
J. Edgar Hoover testifies before HUAC
j. Edgar Hoover testifies about posible communism -
the Berlin Airlift
Berlin airlift, arose from an attempt by the Soviet Union, to force the Western Allied powers to abandon their post-World War II jurisdictions in West Berlin -
Creation of NATO
United States and 11 other Western nations to formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) -
the Korean war starts
The Korean War began when North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations, with the United States as the principal force, came to the aid of South Korea. -
iranian prime minister mohammed mossadegh ousted
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Execution of julius and Ethel posenberg
a couple that was convicted of conspiring with the soviet union -
end of the Korean war
North and South Korea remain separate and occupy the same territory they had when the war began. The Korean War. -
outsting of abrenz guzman in guatemala
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creation of Warsaw pact
the prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western nations to form the NATO. The Soviet Union and its affiliated Communist nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance, the Warsaw Pact -
the suez crisis
the invasion of eqypt by isreal, the united kingdom and france -
start if the hungarian uprising
nationwide revolt against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies -
end of the hungarian uprising
the hungarian uprising came to an end -
Launching of Sputnik
Sputnik was the first satillite to be launched into space by the Soviet Union -
national aeronautics and space administration founded
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program as well as aeronautics and aerospace research -
Capture of Captain francis Gary Powers
the soviet union shot down his plane and found out america had spy planes