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The U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Potsdam Conference - Truman - Stalin and British divide up Europe
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The Communists Communists achieve power over Poland.
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Truman anounced his Doctrine to the country.
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The Berlin Airlift begins and it ends on May 19, 1949.
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In April of 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was established.
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The U.S. and other U.N. members fight North Korean forces.
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The Soviets launch first man‑made satellite.
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The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba begins.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis begins. It worries many different countries.
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The President of the United States, Richard Nixon, visits China.
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South Vietnam falls to Communist forces.
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Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union, the following year he declares glasnost and perestroika.
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On December 1989, the Berlin Wall is destroyed.
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The Soviet Union is abolished. Boris Yeltsin becomes President of Russia.
