Today's update touches on various facets of the Cold War.
International History
1946 - Winston Churchill uses the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
1953 - Soviet leader Joseph Stalin dies. His death provokes a power struggle within the ruling Politburo (Khrushchev eventually emerges as the dominant figure).
1959 - The US signs a military and economic treaty with the Shah of Iran.
1970 - The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
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