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After World War II, the Allies partitioned the defeated Germany into a Soviet
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Joseph Stalin and Harry Truman meeting at the Potsdam Conference on 18 July The Potsdam Conference
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The initiative was named after Secretary of State George Marshall. The plan had bipartisan support in Washington, where the Republicans controlled Congress and the Democrats controlled the White House
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Engineering and biological data were transmitted using the Tral D telemetry system, which would transmit data to Earth for a 15 minute period during each orbit
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On July 29, 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Act which allowed for the creation of NASA, was passed by Congress and then signed into law by President Eisenhower
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The Berlin Wall Germa Berliner Mauer was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic East Germany starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off by land West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin
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The Cuban missile crisis known as the October Crisis Spanish Crisis de octubre or The Missile Scare in Cuba and the Caribbean Crisis
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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics formally ceased to exist on 26 December 1991 The increasing political unrest led the establishment of the Soviet military
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U.S. President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China was an important step in formally normalizing relations between the United States ...
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the Paris Peace Accords were signed by a delegation led by Secretary of State William Rogers and Ambassador to Vietnam Henry
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The Fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
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nato Canadas Fall from Grace. It isn't easy being a neighbour in the shadow of one of today's most powerful actors
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The Soviet war in Afghanistan lasted nine years from December 1979 to February 1989. Part of the Cold War, it was fought between Soviet
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The crisis was described by the western media as an entanglement of vengeance and mutual incomprehension
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When did the iron curtain descend on Europe The 'iron curtain' was taken from a speech by Winston
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Commanding Officer was deathly afraid of flying in marine helicopters. He remarked they tend to crash a lot
