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  US and British pilots begin delivering food and supplies by airplane to Berlin after the city is isolated by Soviet Union blockade
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  U.S. and Britain pilots began delivering food and supplies by airplane to Berlin after the city is isolated by USSR blockade
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  World's first artifical satellite
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  direct and dangerous confrontation between U.S. and USSR during cold war. Came close to nuclear conflict
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  the fall of the wall. eastern europe, spokesman for east berlins communist party announced change with west.