Monday- Work Day
Tuesday- West forms NATO (Western Europe, US, Canada)
Defensive alliance (No help in offense)
First peacetime alliance of the US
Warsaw Pact (Eastern Europe - Soviet Union alliance)
CIA vs KGB
Central Intelligence Agency- 1947-Present
Komitet Gosudarstevennoy Bezopasnosti
-Committee for State Security (1954-1991)
Stalin dies in 1953
Nikita Khrushchev- 1953-1964- Cuban Missle Crisis during his rule
Peaceful Co-existence- After 1953- can shake hands and kind of get along while living peacefully
De-Stalinization- After 1953- get rid of Cult of Personality, take down statues of Stalin
Detente- 1970's, gets along better with China
1978- Soviet Union invades Afghanistan
Soviet Union pumped money into the war in Afghanistan - lasted from 1978-1988
Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power in USSR- 1985
Perestroika-Restructing the Soviet economy and political system - more democracy and free elections. Glasnost- MMore openness of the government and more freedoms (speech and press).
Wednesday-
USSR's first atomic bomb test in 1949 - ensures nuclear war will never happen - mutually assured destruction
uS, Russia, UK, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea, Israel
North Korea - last nuclear test was in 2017. Kim Jong Un said on April 21st, 2018 that North Korea will no longer test nuclear weapons and will be shutting down missile sites - Trump and Un will be meeting soon.
Iran - turns away from West. If Iran affirms that it will never get nuclear weapons, the West will trade with Iran.
Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty- JFK 1963 signed. Bans above ground nuclear testing - not below ground. Countries began testing underground.
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1970- Prevents the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology. Promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. Further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament.
Anti-Ballistic Missle Teraty (1972)- Limits weapons between US and USSR that would seek out and destroy nuclear weapons once launched. IN the 1980's, PResident Ronald Reagan announced the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) - US withdraws in 2002 under George W. Bush (Withdrew due to missile defense system)
SALT I Treaty- US/USSR Treaty- Leonid Brezhnev and Richard Nixon - Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty- agreed to stop the increase of nuclear weapons.
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty - 1996. Signed by Bill Clinton - not ratified by the Senate
IAEA- Watchdog of nuclear weapons - looks at nuclear weapons like North Korea and Iran
INF Treaty (1987)- Eliminated nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with intermediate ranges (300-3400 miles) - between US and USSR
START Treaties - START I (1991)- Largest and most complex arms control treaty in history. Resulted in the removal of about 80 percent of all strategic nuclear weapons in existence. START I treaty expires in 2009.
SORT- 2003 Strategic OFfensive Reductions Treaty (between US and RUssia)- stockpile of both deployed and reserve nuclear weapons was to be cut in half by 2012. The goal was achieved in 2007 for US. Lasted from 2003-2011 when New Start took its place. W Bush and Putin agreed on this one.
New START- 2011 - signed by President Obama and Russian President Medvedev - the number of strategic nuclear missile launchers will be reduced by half. A new nispection and verifications ystem will be established. Lasts until 2021.
Thursday- Work Day
Friday-
1960's entertainment- "The Hippee Generation" - Elvis, Beach Boys, Rolling Stones, Beatles
Movies - Goldfinger (James Bond), To Kill a Mockingbird, Lawrence of Arabia, Mary Poppins
TV Shows - Star Trek: Original Series, Flintstones, Batman, Gunsmoke, Jetsons, Gilligan's Island
Actors - Sean Connery, Julie Andrews, John Wayne, Jack Lemmon, Elizabeth Taylor
Sports- First Superbowl in 1967, Boston Celtics won 9/10 championships in the 60s. Baseball players- Roberto Clemente, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Frank Robinson, Boxer Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson
Fads of 60s-Lava Lamp, Afros, Barbies, Bell Bottoms, Smiley Faces, Peace, Miniskirts, Boots, Turtleneck
1970s Entertaiment: Star Wars, Rocky, Grease, Charlie's Angels, Wizard of Oz
Actors - Farrah Fawcett (Charlie's Angels, 4x Emmy Award Nominee, 6x Golden Globe Nominee)
Burt Reynolds (Westerns, Cosmopolitans)
John Travolta
John Wayne (True Grit, Academy Winner)
Musicians- Stevie Wonder
Rock Bands were popular, Bob Marley was popular
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