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1945
The day that the war was over eveyone was fufilled with joy -
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1945-1991
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The 1950s or the Fifties was a decade that began on January 1, 1950, and ended on December 31, 1959. By its end, the world had largely recovered from World War II and the Cold War developed from its modest beginning in the late 1940s to a hot competition between the United States and the Soviet Union by the beginning of the 1960s. -
1955
warsaw pact,Warsaw Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance, (May 14, 1955–July 1, 1991) treaty establishing a mutual-defense organization (Warsaw Treaty Organization) composed originally of the Soviet Union and Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. (Albania withdrew in 1968, and East Germany did so in 1990.) The treaty (which was renewed on April 26, 1985) provided for a unified military command and for the maintenance of Soviet -
1960
The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) convention, which includes Austria, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, is signed in Stockholm, Sweden. -
1965
Federal elections were held in West Germany on 19 September 1965. The CDU/CSU remained the largest faction, while the Social Democratic Party remained the largest single party in the Bundestag, winning 202 of the 496 seats (as well as 15 of the 22 non-voting delegates for West Berlin). -
1970
Belgium takes over the presidency of the Council of the European Communities. -
1975
The United Kingdom referendum of 1975 was a post-legislative referendum held on June 5 1975 in the United Kingdom to gauge support for the country's continued membership of the European Economic Community (EEC), often known as the Common Market at the time, which it had entered in 1973 -
1980
The time period saw great social, economic, and general change as wealth and production migrated to newly industrializing economies. As economic liberalization increased in the developed world, multiple multinational corporations associated with the manufacturing industry relocated into Thailand, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, and China. Japan and West Germany are the most notable developed countries that continued to enjoy rapid economic growth during the decade; Japan's would stall by the early -
1985
The end of the Cold War. When Mikhail Gorbachev assumed the reins of power in the Soviet Union in 1985, no one predicted the revolution he would bring. A dedicated reformer, Gorbachev introduced the policies of glasnost and perestroika to the USSR.The fall of the Berlin Wall. The shredding of the Iron Curtain. The end of the Cold War. -
1990
GB-Inno-BM ruling. The European Court of Justice declares that a national legislation refusing access to any advertisement that is legally available in the country of purchase, is contrary to the "freedom of movement of goods" principle. -
1991
Failed coup in the Soviet Union.
