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WW11 end in Europe
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First East European Communist government set up in Albania
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Communists seize power in Poland
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Berlin Airlift begins
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NATO established
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US and other UN members fight Korean Forces
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US sponsored coup overthrows Iranian gov.
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US sponsored coup overthrows Guatemalan government
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Warsaw Pact formed
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Red army crushes the Hungarian revolution
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Soviets launch first man made satellite
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Fidel Castro become premier of Cuba
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Bay of pigs invasion of Cuba
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Sino Soviet conflict begins
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China explodes bomb
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US sends troops to Dominican Republic
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Soviet Red army crushes Czech uprising
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President Richard Nixon visits China
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US supported coup overthrows Chilean gov.
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South Vietnam falls to communist forces
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Soviet and Cuban forces install communist gov. in Angola
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Soviet and Cuban forces install communist gov. in Angola
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Soviet and Cuban forces install communist gov. in Angola
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US and China establish diplomatic relations
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Polish shipyard workers strike, Solidarity union formed
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US invades Grenada
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Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the soviet Union
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Berlin wall demolished
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George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev agree to the reunific
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Hard line communist stage unsuccessful coup against Mikhail Gorbachev