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This was a pact or treaty signed to give mutual defense and military aid to Europe with East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union.
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USSR Sputnik II carried Laika the dog, the first living creature to go into space.
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The 1st radio broadcast came from space as US President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent the Christmas message "to all mankind, America's wish for peace on Earth and goodwill to men everywhere"
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Hawaii becomes the 50th state of the United States.
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The United States becomes the first state to legalize birth control.
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The Berlin Wall was built along with borders that sealed East and West Germany.
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John F. Kennedy was assassinated while on a visit to Dallas. Lee Harvey Oswald was later arrested for the murder but there has always been speculation that he was not the only one that had it out for JFK.
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A war between Communist North Vietnam and 500,000 US-backed South Vietnam.
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US & USSR sign treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space.
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1st human heart transplant performed in South Africa by Dr Christiaan Barnard on Louis Washkansky
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US Apollo 11 landed on the Moon with Neil Armstrong as the first man on the Moon.
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The US, Great Britain, Soviet Union, and forty-five other nations sign the Treaty for the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons which agreed with other states not to assist or produce nuclear weapons. This did not take launch until 1970.
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The Four Power Agreement was rights made between Russia, USA, Britain and France reconfirmed responsibilities of those countries with regard to Berlin.
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Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty signed between the US and USSR to agree between the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and the Interim Agreement on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms.
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North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam. The capture of Saigon by the North Vietnamese led to the whole country becoming Communist and the South Vietnamese left to surrender.