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The second World War in Europe ends
Both Great Britain and the United States celebrate the victory over the Nazi war. This war went on for 6 years. -
U.S drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
The U.S wanted to end the war against Japan in the fast way possible, which caused the dropping of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. A second one was dropped in Japan which in total killed over 120,000 people. This caused Japan to surrender. -
The begining of the berlin airlift
Russians wanted Berlin to themselves, because of this they decided to close all highways and railroads making it hard for the people to go out for food and goods. They believed this action would have caused the U.S, Britain, and France to leave. The U.S decided to transport food and goods by air and this was done for more than a year. -
U.S and other U.N member fight North Korean forces
President Truman made the call in sending the U.S air and naval forces to stop the invasion by the communist North Korea. -
Soviets launch first man made sattelite
The artificial man-made satellite was the first object sent to the earths orbit. -
Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba
Fidel Castro becoming the premier of Cuba was the beginning of a communist government. -
Bay of Pigs
The goal was to invade Cuba in order to get Fidel Castro out of office. Things didn't go as planned, the U.S CIA sent 1,400 American-Cubans who fled Cuba because of Castro. When arriving to Cuba the U.S was outnumbered and less than 24 hours surrendered. -
East Germany builds Berlin Wall
The berlin wall was built to deny entire access or entrance to West Berlin. This wall stayed up for 28 years and was a big symbol to the cold war. -
president Richard Nixton visits China
The purpose of the visit was to establish diplomatic relations with Beijing. Nixon wanted to implement a new approach to international relations. -
U.S and China establish a deplomatic relation
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U.S invades Grenada
President Ronald Reagan felt a threat toward American nationals that were on the Caribbean nation of Grenada by that nation’s Marxist regime. Due to this he sent marines to invade and make sure they are safe. -
Berlin Wall is brought down
On this date the East German communist party made an announcement stating any citizen from the GDR could cross the border whenever.
