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  Germany decides to invade the Soviet Union.
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  Winston Churchill gives his Iron Curtain speech at Westminster College in Missouri.
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  United States evacuates residents of East Berlin.
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  North Atlantic Treaty Organization formed.
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  War between North and South Korea begins.
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  The leader of the Soviet Union during WWII dies
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  Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed for espionage.