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Meeting between British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Soviet premier Joseph Stalin towards the end of WWII
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It became recognized that Poland took on a Communist government.
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Meeting for the negotiation of the end of World War II between British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. President Harry Truman, and Soviet premier Joseph Stalin
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U.S. President Harry S. Truman created the Truman Doctrine which stated that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey to avoid falling under the Soviet's Union's influence.
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All of the Allied-controlled areas of Berlin were restricted rail, road, and water access by the Soviet Union, so the U.S. and the UK airlifted food and fuel to them.
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The North Atlantic Treaty was signed to serve as a collective defense system for 28 different states.
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The bomb was called "First Lightning" and was set off in Kazakhstan.
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A mutual defense system set in place by the Soviet Union that protexted 7 of its satelite states.
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The world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, was successfully launched on this day.
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Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba, making Cuba a communist country.
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The CIA sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 attempted to invade Cuba, but failed.
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Eastern Germany (Communist) constructed a wall to surround the Allied-controlled Western Germany to keep Eastern Germans from fleeing.
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A 13-day long confontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over missiles stationed in Cuba aimed at the U.S.
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Approximately 17,000 Polish workers led a strike against their work places.
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The Berlin Wall was demolished after Eastern Germany allows unrestricted migration to Western Germany.
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The USSR was set in place rather than the Soviet Union after Mikhail Gorbachev was taken down along with his Communist policies.
