Timeline: The Era of the Superpowers
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US History [1]
Timeline: The Era of the Superpowers 1933 Philo Farnsworth develops electronic television. 1936 Dr. Alexis Carrel develops artificial heart. 1937 Insulin used to control diabetes. 1941 Manhattan Project of intensive atomic research begins. 1942 Enrico Fermi splits the atom. 1943 Penicillin successfully used in the treatment of chronic diseases. February 1945 Yalta Conference between Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin decides on four occupation zones in Germany and the prosecution of war criminals; it prepares an Allied Control Council to run Germany on the basis of ?complete disarmament, demilitarization, and dismemberment.? June 1945 Charter of the United States signed. July 1945