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Japan surrenders, causing World War II to end
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Stalin makes an aggressive speech about communism and capitalism colliding
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President Harry S. Truman swore to contain communism in Europe and to support any countries that try to battle it
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The Marshall Plan was the American effort to prevent the spread of communism in countries in Europe after World War II by helping them economically
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North Korea invaded South Korea with the help of Soviet weapons
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North Korea stays associated with the Soviets while South Korea works with the United States
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Russian Yuri Alekseyvich Gagarin was the first man to ever be in space
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An American spy saw a Soviet nuclear missile. Russians agreed to remove it and America chose not to invade Cuba
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The first man orbits the moon
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Neil Armstrong is the first man to ever walk on the moon with the American Apollo 11
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The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks were talks and treaties based on the arms race between the Soviet Union and America
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North Vietnam invades South Vietnam, causing the entire country to become a part of communism
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Czechoslovakia protests against communism and is one of many countries in Europe to gain a non-communist government since the 1940s
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With the Berlin wall gone, Western and Eastern Germany were once again together declared as one country
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Russia officially recognizes the end of the Soviet Union and the Cold War ends
