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Period: to
1945-2000
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Germany Surrenders
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People's Republic of China declared
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Queen Elizabeth II begins her reign
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Official beginning of the Vietnam War
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Russian man Yuri Gagarin: first person into space
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Berlin Wall is built
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Assassination of JFK
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PM Harold Holt dissapears whilst swimming
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Man lands on the moon
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Vietnam War ends
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Chernobyl nuclear disaster
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Tiananmen Square incident in China
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The fall of the Berlin Wall
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Dissolution of the Soviet Union
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Sydney Olympics