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• Mao Zedong takes control of China
He led the People's Republic of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976. -
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Koren War
The Korean War was a military conflict between the Republic of Korea, supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union. -
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November 1, 1955 – April 30, 1975
The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, the Vietnam Conflict or the American War, as a Cold War military conflict that occurred in Vietnam. -
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• Soviet Invasion of Hungary
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was a spontaneous nationwide revolt against the government of the People's Republic of Hungary and its Soviet-imposed policies. -
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• Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an unsuccessful attempt by a CIA -trained force of Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba, with support from US government armed forces, to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro. -
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• Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the Soviet Union, Cuba and the United States in October 1962, during the Cold War. In September 1962, the Cuban and Soviet governments began to surreptitiously build bases in Cuba for a number of medium- and intermediate-range ballistic nuclear missiles. -
• Fidel Castro Takes Over Cuba
He currently serves as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, a position he has held since its inception in 1965. -
• Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
August 21, 1968, the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary and Poland invaded the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic in order to halt Alexander Dubceks Prague Spring political liberalization reform -
• Nixon Visits China
U.S. President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China was an important step in formally normalizing relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China. -
• Revolution in Iran
The first major demonstrations against the Shah began in January 1978. Between August and December 1978 strikes and demonstrations paralyzed the country. -
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• Civil War in Nicaragua
The Contras is a label given to the various rebel groups opposing Nicaragua's FSLN Sandinista Junta of National Reconstruction government -
• SALT Treaty Talks
The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks refers to two rounds of bilateral talks and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union. -
• Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
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• Iran/Iraq War
The Iran–Iraq War, also known as the Imposed War and Holy Defensein Iran, and Saddam's Qadisiyyahin Iraq, was a war between the armed forces of Iraq and Iran lasting from September 1980 to August 1988. -
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• Soviet Union Falls Apart
The Soviet Union's dissolution into independent nations began early in 1985. After years of Soviet military buildup at the expense of domestic development, economic growth was at a standstill. -
• Fall of the Berlin Wall
On August 23, 1989 Hungary opened the iron curtain to Austria.
Months before East German tourists used their chance to escape to Austria from Hungary and in September 1989 more than 13 000 East German escaped via Hungary within three days. -
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• Mikhail Gorbachev takes control of USSR