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In June of 1947, the Marshall Plan was first announced to the public. This set a precedent for helping countries combat poverty, disease and malnutrition.
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A timeline reflecting the events that transpired during the Cold War.
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Harry Truman declared an active role in the Greek Civil War.
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The United States met with 19 Latin American countries and created a security zone around the hemisphere.
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There was a communist takeover in Czechoslovakia.
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Harry Truman's Loyalty Program was created in order to catch Cold War spies.
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On this date, the Berlin Blockade began- lasting a total of 11 months.
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After nearly 11 months of combat, the Berlin Blockade finally ended on the 12th of May, 1949.
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On this day, Russia had tested out its first ever atomic bomb.
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Communist leader Mao Zedong took control of China, and established the People's Republic of China.
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In February of 1950, Joe McCarthy began to perform Communist witch hunts and loyalty tests.
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Harry Truman approved the development of the H-bomb, which would soon cause lots of fear in the public eye.
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As the Korean War began, Joseph Stalin was in support of North Korea, who invaded South Korea equipped with Soviet weapons.
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The Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA) was established on this very day, 1951. It's purpose was to administer the national civil defense program and to coordinate mobilization.
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Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg were found guilty and charged of passing atomic secrets to Soviets.
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Harry Truman fired Douglas MacArthur because he had overstepped Truman's authority, defied direct orders from his superior, and interfered with Truman's hope of ending the Korean War quickly.
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Winston Churchill announced that Britain had in fact created an atomic bomb.
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Fulgencio Batista overthrew the Cuban government, which was under the rule of President Prio Socarras.
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Matyas Rakosi became the new prime minister of Hungary on the 14th of August, 1952.
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On the 15th of April, RAND gave a report on the vulnerability of United States strategic air power.
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On the 27th of July, 1953 an armistice was signed between the United States and Korea, ending the Korean War.
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his speech on 'Atoms for Peace' in front of the United Nations.
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The United States had tested a Hydrogen Bomb (H-Bomb) off the coast of the Marshall Islands.
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Months after Vietminh defeated French forces at Dien Bien Phu, France had agreed to leave North Vietnam.
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The South-East Asian Defence Treaty was signed in Manila, and made to become an international organization for collective defense in Southeast Asia.
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The Warsaw Pact was formed as a collective defense treaty. It was established by the Soviet Union, as well as seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe
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The diplomatic relations that were between West Germany and the Soviet Union had officially been restored.
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Ngo Dinh Diem had officially replaced Bo Dai as leader of South Vietnam.
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The USSR sent tanks into Poznan, Poland, in order to suppress demonstrations by workers.
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The USSR had finally sent military aid to help the crisis going on in Afghanistan.
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The Suez Crisis had began with an Israeli attack, led by Moshe Dayan, against Egyptian forces located in the Sinai.
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Israeli forces had withdrawn from the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt
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Andrei Gromyko had become the new foreign minister of the Soviet Union.
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President Dwight Eisenhower had decided to proceed with the United States' aid to Israel
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Explorer I had finally and officially been launched into outer space on this date.
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Nikita Khrushchev had met with Mao Zedong in China, in attempts to putting an end to all nuclear testing.
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The Soviet Union had demanded that all foreign troops be immediately withdrawn from Berlin.
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Cuban President Fidel Castro and his troops entered Havana to prepare for battle.
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Members of the states again voted against the admission of China into the United Nations
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The United Nations had difficultly decided to not intervene in the independence struggle happening in Algeria.
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The Soviet Union revealed that a United States spy plane had been shot down over Soviet territory.
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John F. Kennedy was elected into office, after winning against his competitor, Richard Nixon.
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Cuba openly aligned itself with the Soviet Union and all of their policies.
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The Berlin Border closed due to the major crisis occurring during this time.
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The Berlin Wall began to be built on this day. Little was anyone aware that it would soon be brought down.
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American and Soviet Union tanks faced off in Berlin at the United States Army's Checkpoint Charlie.
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A Launch Site near San Cristóbal, Cuba was found to be facing the United States coastal area. This caused an outburst of panic.
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The Soviet Union, United States and Britain all signed a nuclear test-ban treaty, which barred the testing of nuclear explosives.
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President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam was assassinated in Ho Chi Minh City, South Vietnam.
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President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas while campaigning for re-election.
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A United States aircraft bombed North Vietnam for the first time ever on this day.
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Alexsei Kosygin became the new prime minister of the Soviet Union.
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On this date, China set off and exploded its very first atomic bomb.
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United States Marines were sent down to the Dominican Republic in order to help fight against Communism
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The Soviet Union admitted to supplying and providing arms to North Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh rejected the peace talks on the Vietnam War, which were offered by President Lyndon B. Johnson
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Charles De Gaulle called for all United States forces to leave and evacuate Vietnam
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France withdrew all of its troops from NATO.
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Harold Wilson criticized the United States for bombing populated areas in North Vietnam.