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The Berlin Wall is built by the Soviets following the breakdown in talks to decide the future of Germany.
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Cuban Missile Crisis: The Soviets have secretly been installing military bases, including nuclear weapons, on Cuba, some 90 miles from the US mainland. Kennedy orders a "quarantine" (a naval blockade) of the island that intensifies the crisis and brings the US and the USSR to the brink of nuclear war. In the end, both sides reach a compromise.
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China tests its first atomic bomb. The test makes China the world's fifth nuclear power.
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US forces invade the Dominican Republic to prevent a communist takeover like the one that occurred in Cuba.
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Prague Spring Reforms in Communist Czechoslovakia result in Warsaw Pact for Soviet Red Army to crush Czechoslovakian revolt!!
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