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Iran leader that was also an author of 40 books. He was named Man of the Year in the time magazine. He supported the hastage takers in the Iran hostage crisis.
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Racial segregation towards the non-Europens in South Africa. There were many acts and laws about this concept including the Population Registration Act which said people were classified into either White Black or Colored.
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Iron Curtain was made in Europe to split up the Communist Soviet Union and the Non- Communist countries that were left. Containment was made by the united states to stop the spread of Communism.
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Harry S. Truman was elected into office as the 32nd president. He was always a very smart man and had been in the military previously.
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Stated that the United States would support Greece and Turkey in any way to stop them from falling to the Soviets.
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The United States stated that they would support Eurpe and give them supplies during WWII in order to stop them from falling to the Soviets.
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A man and a neighbor boy were going to check on a field of sheep but they found a bunch of shrap metal and debree that they brought to the sheriff. The case was then made into a possible sighting of a UFO.
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The Soviet Union decided to cut off all contact with the outside of Berlin thinking that the United States would back out and the Soviets could take control. But the United states did not give in, they decided to air lift supplies into Berlin to help the people to survive.
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The Soviet Union wanted to stop people from coming in and or coming out of Berlin so they blocked it off. The next stage after this was the Berlin Airlift.
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War between South and North Korea the United states were allied with South Korea and supplied many of their soldiers. Nobody really won and a border was set to divide the two countries.
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President Eisenhower was elected into office. At his inaugaration he said: "Forces of good and evil are massed and armed and opposed as rarely before in history,"
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The death of Stalin marked the death of one of the most brutal leaders in all of history. The Soviet Union lost one of the leaders that made it powerful in history
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says that if Coomunism was taken into effect in one country, the counries aroung it would start to accept it as well. so it is like a Domino Effect
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After a court case the U.S. ruled segregation unconstitutional and illegal. This changed a lot of things in the United States like no more sperate restaurants etc.
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Disneyland showed there first comerial on tv on this date and now Disleyland is one of the most successful amusement parks in the United States.
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Polio was a very deadly disease and after they released the vaccine the disease pretty much disappeared as long as you get the vaccine.
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War fought between North and South Vietnam in which the United states was an allie to South Vietnam. When the United States passed an act in Congress, it forced us to back out of the war and most people saw North Vietnam were the "winners."
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Rosa parks would not move from the bus and when arrested it sparked an imprtant event in the civil rights movement. Rosa Parks got done what she wanted to if you ask me.
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President Eisenhower signed and act to create the interstate system. He had created the main transportation system and created a much faster mean of transportation.
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It was a time period when people wanted to use Chinas population to turn the country into a Communist Country.
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The Corona satellites work did more to help the United states than all of the satellites combined to that point. It took very succesful footage of the Soviets
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Oil cartel whos main goal is to keep oil going everywhere while still getting money to the country it came from.
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A bay in the south of Cuba where the Bay of Pigs INvasion took place where the Cubans succesfully took a stand.
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JFK was killed while riding a motorcycle in Dallas, Texas. The kiler was shot two days later during a prison transport.
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War between Egypt Jordan and Syria over land escalated to war. But what the people didnt see is the Arabs getting defeated in only 6 days.
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a set of attacks from north korea toward south korea against the military and some of the control centers
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The landing on the moon for the United States really showed that we could be successful in the space race. It was a very important event in Unite States History.
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two burglars got into the Watergate building and were trying to hack into ystems, but they were caught. President Nixon gave them money so they wouldnt talk about it and the FBI wouldnt investigate.
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There was a shooting called the Munich Massacre and 11 coaches and athletes were killed, this all happened during the olympics.
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The Soviet Union decided to not play Chile in World Cup soccer because of them taking over Chile in recent times.
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U.S. military air lifted 70,000 orphans out of Vietnam. A lot of the orphans were adopted legitally, paperwork and everything.
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conflict bebtween the Anti-communist people and the Communist people of Afgan. The war was faught for 10 plus years until various rebel rounds took over.
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Wanted to solve conflict between Israel and Arabs. Resulted in Sadat and Begin sharing the nobel peace prize in 1978.
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Conflict between Iran and the United states in which 52 americans were held hostage for 444 days. After Iraq invaded Iran Iran was forced to negotiate with us and realease the hostages.
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War between Argentina and the British for control of the islands. The islands were very small and only had 1 city. The British won the war handily.
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Movement where they wanted to reform the Soviet Communist system, the actual word for Glasnast means: openness
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The Nuclear plant was having changes made but when it exploded it left plants with high radiation and effected thousands of people. The soviets tried to cover it up but couldnt.
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Chinese Troops open fired on people in Tiananmen square who were trying to block the militaries advance into the Square.
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Germany government official annouced that the passage way blocked by the Berlin Wall was finally open. When people heard this they went to the wall to celebrate.
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The South Africans voted to end Apartheid and elected their first black leader. The country still has triubles today but it i a lot better than where it was before Mandela.
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The Soviets were split into 15 new nations as the United States rejoiced because the Cold War was over. The only country that was a big threat to the United ststes was split up.
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agreement between canada, mexico, and the United States that was made to influence trade in North America.
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The September 11th attacks on the United States is the biggest terrorism attack on the United States in our history. It marks and imortant event in our lives and mostly everyone remembers where they were when it happened.
