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President Harry S. Truman signs the Economic Assistance Act
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The United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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Truman declares active role in Greek Civil War
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Russia sets up a blockade to contain people in the western part of Berlin.
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Russia tests there first atomic bomb
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parties of the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), Hungary, Poland, and Romaniahe Soviet-led political-military alliance in Eastern Europe.
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Russia wins to launch first satellite in to orbit during the space race.
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America launches Explorer 1 in to space
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Cuba is taken over by Fidel Castro
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Soviet Union reveals that U.S. spy plane was shot down over Soviet territory
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John F Kennedy is elected President of the U.S.A
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Cuba openly aligns itself with the Soviet Union and their policies.
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America invades Cuba in efforts to kill Castro
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Kennedy is assassinated
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Soviet Red Army crush Czechoslovakian revolt
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America wins the space race by landing the first man on the moon
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Egypt and Syria attack Israel and Egypt requests Soviet aid
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President Nixon resighs
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Soviet forces invade Afghanistan
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President Reagan proposes Strategic Defence Initiative
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Russia pulls out of Afghanistan
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The Cold War between America and Russia ends
