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China's Civil War
chinas civil warThe Chinese Civil War was a civil war in China fought between forces loyal to the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China, and forces loyal to the Communist Party of China. Wikipedia -
Francis Gary Powers
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Gorbachev come to power
Soviet official, the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) from 1985 to 1991 and president of the Soviet Union in 1990–91. -
WWII ended
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United Nations
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Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
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Truman Doctrine
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Marshall Plan
Marshall Plan was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave $13 billion in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War. -
Berlin Airlift
berlin airlift At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. -
NATO
NATOThe North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty -
USSR's first Atomic Bomb test
Atomic Bomb At a remote test site at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan, the USSR successfully detonates its first atomic bomb, code name “First Lightning.” -
Korean War
korean war The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States fought for the South, and China fought for the North, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union. -
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End of the Korean War
korea The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States fought for the South, and China fought for the North, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union. -
H-Bomb
hbomb weapon deriving a large portion of its energy from the nuclear fusion of hydrogen isotopes. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Stalin's Death
[death](http:///www.google.com/search?q=dwight+d+eisenhower+presidency&espv=2&biw=1065&bih=611&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjC-Jyq7YbMAhXrs4MKHVNzDBMQ_AUIBigA&dpr=1#q=stalins+death)Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. -
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Warsaw Pact
pactwas a collective defense treaty among Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. -
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Vietnam War
warThe Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, and known in Vietnam as Resistance War Against America or simply the American War, -
Eisenhower Doctrine
d in the Cold War period after World War II, U.S. foreign-policy pronouncement by President Dwight D. Eisenhower promising military or economic aid to any Middle Eastern country needing help in resisting communist aggression. -
Sputnik
sput Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on October 4, 1957. It was a 58 cm diameter polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennae to broadcast radio pulses. -
Fidel Castro takes over Cuba
castro He ruled over Cuba for nearly five decades, until handing off power to his younger brother Raúl in 2008. -
John F. Kennedy
john was the 35th president of the United States (1961-1963), the youngest man elected to the office. -
MAD Plan
planis a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender -
Bay of Pigs
pigsThe Bay of Pigs Invasion, known in Latin America as Invasión de Playa Girón, was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961. -
Berlin Wall
f The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Constructed by the German Democratic Republic, -
Cuban Missile Crisis
cubanThe Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba. -
JFK Asasination
jfkShortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. -
Lyndon Johnson
[ly](http:///www.google.com/search?q=jfk+assassination&biw=1073&bih=611&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjD89qT_IvMAhXo74MKHc4KAVgQ_AUIBigA&dpr=1#q=lyndon+johnson)Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after serving as the 37th Vice President of the United States under President John F. -
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Richard Nixon
nixonRichard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974 when he became the only U.S. president to resign the office. -
NASA's First Moon Landing
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Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong working at an equipment storage area on the lunar module. This is one of the few photos that show Armstrong during the moonwalk. Click image to enlarge.
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First Strategic Plan Limitations Treaty
saltThe negotiations known as Strategic Arms Limitation Talks began in November 1969 and ended in January 1972, with agreement on two documents: the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty) and the Interim Agreement on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms. Both were signed on May 26, 1972. -
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Gerald Ford
fordGerald Rudolph Ford Jr. was an American politician who served as the 38th President of the United States from 1974 to 1977. -
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Jimmy Carter
jimmyJames Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician and author who served as the 39th President of the United States -
Soviets invade Afghanistan
soviets the midst of the Cold War, the Soviet 40th Army invaded Afghanistan in order to prop up the communist government of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) against a growing insurgency. -
US Boycott of the Summer Olympics
boycottSoviet troops did not withdraw from Afghanistan within one month the United States would boycott the Moscow Olympics in summer 1980. -
Miracle on Ice
iceThe "Miracle on Ice" is the name in American popular culture for a medal-round men's ice hockey game during the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, -
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Ronald Reagan
ronaldRonald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor, who served as the 40th President of the United States -
Strategic Defense Initiative - STAR WARS
star warsThe Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), also known as Star Wars, was a program first initiated on March 23, 1983 under President Ronald Reagan. The intent of this program was to develop a sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system in order to prevent missile attacks from other countries, specifically the Soviet Union. -
Soviets left Afghanistan
soviets the Soviet troops started to leave Afghanistan. This continued until 2 February 1989. On 15 February 1989, the Soviet Union announced that all its troops had left Afghanistan. -
George Bush
bushGeorge Walker Bush is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009, and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. -
Tiananmen Square
squareThe Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, commonly known as the June Fourth Incident or '89 Democracy Movement in Chinese, were student-led popular demonstrations in Beijing -
Berlin Wall Falls
wall fallsThe Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Constructed by the German Democratic Republic, starting on 13 August 1961, the Wall completely cut off West Berlin -
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was a Russian politician and the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999. -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
fallGorbachev was disappointed in the dissolution of his nation and resigned from his job on December 25. It was a peaceful end to a long, terrifying and sometimes bloody epoch in world history.
