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Korean Airline Flight 007
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was a scheduled Korean Air Lines flight from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage. -
formation of the united nations
representatives of 26 nations at war with the Axis powers met in Washington to sign the Declaration of the United Nations -
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cold war
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Tiananmen square massacre
chinese troops storm though tianamen in the center of bejing killing and arresting thousands of people -
postdam conferance
The Potsdam Conference, 1945. The Big Three—Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Harry Truman—met in Potsdam, Germany, from July 17 to August 2, 1945, to negotiate terms for the end of World War II -
truman doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was a policy set forth by U.S. President Harry S Truman -
isreal was created
irseal was created and anounced a new country -
berlin airlift
a delicate balance of power had been surfaced between the once united allies -
nato was formed
the national atlantic treaty organization was formed -
korean war
was a war between north korea and south korea -
stalin died
joesph stalin leader ofthe soviet union does in moscow -
warsaw pact formed
West Germany formally joined NATO on May 5, 1955, and the Warsaw Pact was signed less than two weeks later -
sputnik 1
sputnik 1 was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit from Baikonur, Kazakhstan -
sputnik 2
Sputnik 2, or Prosteyshiy Sputnik 2 was the second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit -
nasa formed
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration was formed -
bay of pigs invasion
1400 cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the bay of pigs on the south coast of cuba -
kennedys assassination
kennedy was shot by sniper while traveling with his wife -
vietnam war
american troops invaded vietnam -
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Five states are recognized by the Non-Proliferation Treaty as nuclear weapon states -
berlin wall constructed
the Communist government built a wall between east an west berlin -
iran hostage crisis
Fifty-two American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days -
USSR invades Afghanistan
in the midst of the Cold War, the Soviet 40th Army invaded Afghanistan -
iran-contra affair
Iran-contra affair, in U.S. history, secret arrangement in the 1980s to provide funds to the Nicaraguan contra rebels -
Chernobyl disaster
a sudden surge of power during a reactor systems test destroyed Unit 4 of the nuclear power station at Chernobyl
