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Period: to
The Cold War
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World War 2 ends
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Nato begins
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Warsaw Pact formed
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Soviet launches first man made satellite
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China explodes first atomic bomb
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US sends troops to dominican republic
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Soviet red Army crushes uprising czech
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President Richard Nixon visits China
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President Richard Nixon visits China.
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US supported coup overthrows Chilean government
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South Vietnam falls to communist forces.
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Vietnam war ends.
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Soviet and Cuban forces help install Communist government in Angola
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Soviet and Cuban forces help install Communist government in Angola.
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Polish shipyard workers strike, Solidarity Union formed.
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U.S. invades Grenada
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Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union, the following year he declares glasnost and perestroika.
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Led by university students, over one million Chinese in Tiananmen Square demand reforms by the Chinese Communist government.
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Berlin wall is broken down/German starts process of reunification
East german guards are ordered not to fire on Germans wanting to go to west berlin -
Germany decided to be joined together again in 1994
