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Feb 26, 2015 · The successful vulcanization of rubber provides women with reliable condoms for the first time. The birth rate in the United States continues its downward, century-long spiral. By the late 1900s, women will raise an average of only two to three children, in contrast to the five or six children they raised at the beginning of the century. 1861 to 65
Feb 21, 2017 · United States - 1945. The United States is another founding member of the UN and a permanent member of the UN Security Council. The US is by far the biggest donor to the UN’s peacekeeping budget, and the UN Headquarters reside in New York City. Following the fall of the Soviet Union, the US has been the dominant global power and this has ...
Louisiana Emergency Service Medal. The Cold War Victory Medal is both an official medal of the U.S. National Guard and an unofficial military medal of the United States. It is awarded by the U.S. states of Louisiana and Texas, and in ribbon form only by the State of Alaska. [citation needed]
On August 6, 1945, Harry Truman disclosed to the American public that the United States had detonated an atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan. THE WHITE HOUSE. Washington, D.C. STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy.
Oct 27, 2009 · The civil rights movement was a struggle for justice and equality for African Americans that took place mainly in the 1950s and 1960s. Among its leaders were Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, the ...
The bombing of Dresden was a joint British and American aerial bombing attack on the city of Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony, during World War II. In four raids between 13 and 15 February 1945, 772 heavy bombers of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and 527 of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) dropped more than 3,900 tons of ...
The World in 1945. George Kennan and Containment. The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan. Containment and Collective Defense. A Changing Role for the Secretary. A New National Security Structure. NSC-68 and the Korean War. Foreign Policy under President Eisenhower. "Wristonization".
