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The "Big Three" was created and Soviet Union dominated all of Eastern Europe, creating Cold War.
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The Japanese surrender, which ended WWII.
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US gave $13 billion to Western Europe to recover from WWII.
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NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization seeks world peace. It was initially signed by Belgium, Great Britain, Italy, Iceland, Luxembourg, United States, Canada, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and Portugal.
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History Channel "First Lightning" was the Soviet's first atomic bomb and was tested in a man-made community.
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US successfully detonates first H-Bomb "Mike" on Pacific Marshall Islands, leaving a crater over 1 mile wide.
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Soviets launch first space satelite, Sputnik. This intimidated US because they were so technologically advanced. US created its first satelite, Explorer, thus creating the space race.
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John F Kennedy was elected president of the US.
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A wall was created separating East and West Berlin. The wall was built to keep fascist out of the new socialist country.
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The 13 day crisis between US and Soviet was a threat over nuclear missles. This was the closest the world has ever gotten to a nuclear war.
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President of US John F Kennedy was assassinated in Texas.
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Richard Nixon was elected President of the US.
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US lands Apollo 11 on the moon, making history with 1st ever man on the moon.
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President Nixon goes to Soviet Union and signs Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty. This was an agreement to only hold a certain amount of missles in Russia.
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US President Nixon resigns do to Watergate scandal.
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Ronald Reagan became President of the US.
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The Berlin Wall was taken down, allowing East and West Germany to unite after 30 years.
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In late 1989, the Soviet Union was on a steady decline. Most of Europe was becoming independent and relying less on the Soviets.
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The Soviet Union was ended, and resulted in the end of the Cold War.
