<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War" id="mwow" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>: U.S. President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" id="mwpA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Harry S. Truman">Harry S. Truman</a> signs the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan" id="mwpQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Marshall Plan">Marshall Plan</a>, authorizing $5<span id="mwpg" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>billion in aid for 16 countries.<sup about="#mwt95" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-17"}}' id="cite_ref-17" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_3#cite_note-17" id="mwpw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 17;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwqA">[17]</span></a></sup>
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