- who: Soviet Union and United States
- where: space
- in 1960 the Corna program began
- in October1957, the Soviet Union launched the first satellite
- in 1958 NASA was created
- Gemini 3 launched on march 23, 1965 first multi person space flight of United States
- NASA launched Apollo 8 on December 21, 1968
- Apollo 11 mission began with its launched in 1969
The Space Race
Czechoslovakia Uprising
- who: Alexander Dubeck
- where: Czechoslovakia
- Dubeck established a socialistic democracy
- troops from Russia, Hungary, Bulgaria, East Germany, and Poland occupied Czechoslovakia
- the government declared invasion
- 1968 they had a political, economic, social problems
- Dubeck was replaced with Gustav Husak
- Soviet led Warsaw pact troops to invade
- Duback taken to Moscow to make concession
The Cuban Missile Crisis
- who:Soviet and United states
- Where:Cuba
- Soviet Union began to send weapons and military to Cuba
- bay pigs invasion
- president Kennedy sent an investigating team to Cuba
- Sept 4, a secret message between Soviet Union and United States
- the press sectary released the white house policy
- Sept 20, the U.S senate passed to end aggression in Cuba
- Oct 28, Nikita Khrushchev accepted presidents Kennedy terms (Cuban missile crisis came to an end)
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