The cold war years 1947-1989 #1: USA

Name the historical American event for every year the cold war lasted, 1947-1989

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Hint	Answer	Year
The foreign policy doctrine that focuses on containing the spread of communism instituted by president Truman	Truman doctrine	1947
This economic aid plan to help europe recover from WWII was signed by president Truman	Marshall plan	1948
This important western military alliance is established	NATO	1949
The forgotten war starts in Korea and this famous American general lands in Incheon	General MacArthur	1950
This popular household apparatus was developed with color for the first time	Television	1951
The first of this type of nuclear weapon, whose first letter is a H, is detonated in the pacific	Hydrogen bomb	1952
This former American general is inaugurated as president	Dwight D. Eisenhower	1953
This period of fright officially ends after Senator Joseph Mccarthy of Wisconsin is censored from the US Senate	McCarthyism	1954
The most famous american fast food chain is founded	McDonald's	1955
This human rights movement begins picking up pace	American civil rights movement	1956
This act was signed into law to try to calm down the aforementioned movement	Civil rights act of 1957	1957
The first american satellite is launched	Explorer I	1958
Alaska becomes the 49th state of the USA, and another state becomes the 50th	Hawaii	1959
The winter olympic games are held in which US state	California	1960
This invasion of Cuba backed by the USA fails	Bay of pigs invasion	1961
This hollywood star sings happy birthday for the president and dies later this year	Marilyn Monroe	1962
This young president is assasinated driving in his car through the streets of Dallas	John F. Kennedy	1963
This 13 days long crisis occurs as the USSR places missiles on Cuba that can reach all major cities in the US except Seattle	Cuban missile crisis	1964
This incumbent president proposes his famous "Great Society" program	Lyndon B. Johnson	1965
The secret bombing campaign of this country bordering Vietnam continues	Cambodia	1966
Muhammad Ali was stripped of his boxing world championship for refusing to participate in this deadly war	Vietnam war	1967
This civil rights movement leader is assasinated in Memphis, Tennesee	Martin Luther King jr.	1968

Hint	Answer	Year
This astronomical space engineering feat was reached by the crew of Apollo 11	The moon landing	1969
Several students are shot and killed in anti-war protests at which universities	Kent state and Jackson state	1970
Advertisements of these tobacco based sticks are banned	Cigarettes	1971
The US and the USSR sign what nuclear restrictions treaty that also shares its name with a common household product	SALT 1	1972
Richard nixon nominates this vice president who is later going to assume the presidency	Gerald R. Ford	1973
President Richard Nixon Resigns over charges of this scandal	Watergate	1974
This magical computing device was first developed by Ed Roberts	Personal computer	1975
Jimmy carter is elected US president and owns what kind of farm?	Peanut farm	1976
A treaty is signed stating that this important shipping lane will be handed back by the US on Dec 31, 1999	Panama canal	1977
Jimmy carter succesfully helps sign peace between Israel and Egypt at what presidential retreat?	Camp david	1978
Students storm US embassasy and hold 66 people hostage in which country?	Iran	1979
The US boycots the olympic games in what city?	Moscow	1980
This newly inaugrated president is shot in Washington D.C.	Ronald Reagan	1981
Michael Jackson releases this album that is an instant hit	Thriller	1982
This Caribbean country was invaded by the US	Grenada	1983
An epidemic breaks out of this sexually transmitted disease	AIDS	1984
The white house is accused of having sold what to Iran	Weapons	1985
This rocket explodes shortly after taking off	Challenger	1986
What does Ronald Reagan say to gorbachev in Berlin	Tear down this wall	1987
Fires spread throughout this US national park	Yellowstone	1988
This president enters office	George H. W. Bush	1989

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