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Berlin Airlift
US and British pilots began delivering food and supplies by airplane to Berlin after the city is isolated by Soviet Union blockade -
Creation of NATO
formation of alliance. these countries were democractic and all believed in capitalism -
Creation of Warsaw Pact
USSR and 7 european satellites sign treaty est. warsaw pact -
Sputnik
Worlds first artificial satelite, launched by Soviet Union -
Construction of Berlin Wall
a wall that was made by the communist to seperate east and west berlin -
Cuban Missle Crisis
Direct and dangerous confrontation between US and USSR during Cold War -
Moon Landing
arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the moon -
Destruction of Berlin Wall
the fall of the wall. eastern europe, spokesman for east berlins communist party announced change with west
