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- 2. 1917 World War I ends Russian Revolution Vladimir Lenin becomes leader ruler in Russia http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ photo/1918/023.htm
- 3. 1919 1st Red Scare http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ photo/1918/023.htm
- 4. 1922 Formation of the U.S.S.R. Union of Soviet Socialist Republic http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ photo/1918/023.htm
- 5. 1924 Lenin dies http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ photo/1918/023.htm
- 6. 1939 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany World War II begins http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ photo/1918/023.htm
- 7. 1940 Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain http://www.museumsyndicate.com/a http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ rtist.php?artist=667 photo/1918/023.htm
- 8. 1941 Joseph Stalin becomes dictator of the Soviet Union http://www.museumsyndicate.com/a http://www.pbs.org/behindcloseddo http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ rtist.php?artist=667 ors/biographies/stalin.html photo/1918/023.htm
- 9. 1945 World War II ends Truman becomes President of the United States Potsdam Conference Cold War Begins http://www.museumsyndicate.com/a http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ rtist.php?artist=667 photo/1918/023.htm
- 10. 1946 Iron Curtain is established http://www.museumsyndicate.com/a http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ rtist.php?artist=667 photo/1918/023.htm
- 11. 1947 2nd Red Scare http://www.museumsyndicate.com/a http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ rtist.php?artist=667 photo/1918/023.htm
- 12. 1948 Berlin Blockade begins http://www.museumsyndicate.com/a http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ rtist.php?artist=667 photo/1918/023.htm
- 13. 1949 China becomes a Communist nation Russia develops nuclear weapons NATO is established http://www.museumsyndicate.com/a http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ rtist.php?artist=667 photo/1918/023.htm
- 14. 1950 Korean War begins http://www.museumsyndicate.com/a http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ rtist.php?artist=667 photo/1918/023.htm
- 15. 1953 Stalin dies Eisenhower becomes President of the United States Korean War ends http://www.museumsyndicate.com/a http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ rtist.php?artist=667 photo/1918/023.htm
- 16. 1954 Vietnam War begins http://www.museumsyndicate.com/a http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ rtist.php?artist=667 photo/1918/023.htm
- 17. 1955 1955 NikitaKhrushchev takes Nikita Khrushchev takes power thethe Soviet power in in Soviet Union Union Warsaw Pact is established Warsaw Pact is established http://www.museumsyndicate.com/a http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ rtist.php?artist=667 photo/1918/023.htm
- 18. 1959 Fidel Castro becomes the Communist leader in Cuba http://www.museumsyndicate.com/a http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ rtist.php?artist=667 photo/1918/023.htm
- 19. 1960 U.S. spy plane (U-2) shot down over Russia http://www.museumsyndicate.com/a http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ rtist.php?artist=667 photo/1918/023.htm
- 20. 1961 John F.Kennedy becomes President of the United States http://www.museumsyndicate.com/a http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ rtist.php?artist=667 photo/1918/023.htm
- 21. 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis http://www.museumsyndicate.com/a http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ rtist.php?artist=667 photo/1918/023.htm
- 22. 1963 President Kennedy is assassinated http://www.museumsyndicate.com/a http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ rtist.php?artist=667 photo/1918/023.htm
- 23. 1965 U.S. sends troops to Vietnam http://www.museumsyndicate.com/a http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ rtist.php?artist=667 photo/1918/023.htm
- 24. 1969 Khrushchev is overthrown U.S. lands on the moon http://www.museumsyndicate.com/a http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ rtist.php?artist=667 photo/1918/023.htm
- 25. 1973 U.S. removes troops from Vietnam http://www.museumsyndicate.com/a http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ rtist.php?artist=667 photo/1918/023.htm
- 26. 1975 Vietnam War is over South Vietnam becomes Communist http://www.museumsyndicate.com/a http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ rtist.php?artist=667 photo/1918/023.htm
- 27. 1979 Soviet Union invades Afghanistan http://www.museumsyndicate.com/a http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ rtist.php?artist=667 photo/1918/023.htm
- 28. 1980 Ronald Reaganis elected President of the United States http://www.museumsyndicate.com/a http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ rtist.php?artist=667 photo/1918/023.htm
- 29. 1983 Reagan proposesthe “Star Wars” Initiative http://www.museumsyndicate.com/a http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ rtist.php?artist=667 photo/1918/023.htm
- 30. 1985 Mikhail Gorbachevbecomes leader of the Soviet Union http://www.museumsyndicate.com/a http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ rtist.php?artist=667 photo/1918/023.htm
- 31. 1986 Russian nuclear reactor explodes - Chernobyl http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ photo/1918/023.htm
- 32. 1989 Berlin Wall is torn down http://www.museumsyndicate.com/a http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ rtist.php?artist=667 photo/1918/023.htm
- 33. 1990 Fall of Communism in Europe http://www.museumsyndicate.com/a http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ rtist.php?artist=667 photo/1918/023.htm
- 34. 1991 Gorbachev resigns Soviet Union is dissolved Cold War is officially over http://www.museumsyndicate.com/a http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ rtist.php?artist=667 photo/1918/023.htm