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Vicky Diehl's Chapter 26 Cold War Timeline
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The Yalta Conference
was the wartime meeting government of the U.S., the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, hosted by President . Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and General Secretary Joseph Stalin, , for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization. -
The establishment of the United Nations in San Francisco
The United Nations was offical on 24 October 1945, it had been ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, United Nations Day is celebrated on October 24 each year. . -
The Potsdam Conference
the leaders met at Potsdam, Germany, the last of the World War II heads of state conferences, President Truman, Soviet Stalin and Prime Minister Churchill discussed postwar arrangements in Europe,The meeting ended August 2nd -
The Army-McCarthy Hearings
The hearings were held for the purpose of investigating conflicting accusations between the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy -
The launch of Sputnik
the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beachball. it was by the soviet union -
The U-2 Incident
The U-2 Incident occured on May 1 1960 during the presidency of Dwight Eisnenhower a U.S. u-2 plane was shot down over the air space of the Soviet Union.
