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The United States and Soviet Union
The United States and Soviet Union
April 25, 1945
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Two weeks into his presidency, Truman is thrown into the Manhattan Project, where the atomic bomb is being secretly created.
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April 18, 1946
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The secret, three-day, super conference in New Mexico works on developing the hydrogen bomb.
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August 1, 1946
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Truman signs this act, which in turn establishes the Atomic Energy Commission.
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March 1, 1954
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The US detonated a 17-megaton hydrogen bomb, "Bravo", in the Pacific Ocean, contaminating a Japanese fishing boat, Lucky dragon.
http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ivy-Mike-cloud-470x500.jpg
August 8, 1955
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In Geneva, the first United Nations conference begins on the peaceful use of atomic energy.
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November 10, 1946
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A team of Soviet Scientists begin the assembly of the first full-scale nuclear reactor.
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August 29, 1949
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Exploded in Kazakhstan
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September 24, 1951
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The Soviet Union conducts its second nuclear test, an improved plutonium bomb.
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March 5, 1953
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The Soviet Union's leader dies.
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May 10, 1955
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The Soviet Union unexpectedly accepts the United Nations proposal.
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March 17, 1958
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United State's Vanguard 1-NRL
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Vanguard_1.jpg
February 17, 1959
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Vanguard 2-NASA (NRL)1
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Vanguard2.jpg
February 28, 1959
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Discoverer 1-USAF/ARPA
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August 7, 1959
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April 1, 1960
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August 21, 1957
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October 4, 1957
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Soviet Union's Sputnik 1 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Sputnik_1.jpg
November 3, 1957
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Dog Laika on the Sputnik 2
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January 2, 1959
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August 19, 1960
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