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Isreal was the first Jewish state in 2,000 years.
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At the end of World War II the U.S, British, and Soviet forces divided and occupied Germany. Also divided into zones, Berlin was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany.
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Began as a civil war between North and South Korea, but the conflict quickly became worldwide when, the United Nations joined to support South Korea and the People’s Republic of China entered to aid North Korea
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A United States spy plane secretly captured a picture of nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba.Kennedy decided to place a naval blockade around cuba to prevent the Soviets from bringing in more military supplies. This is closest the US has been to nuclear warfare.
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The Soviets wished to expand their influence in Asia. They also wanted to preserve the Communist government that had been established in the 1970s. The Soviets wanted to protect their interests in Afghanistan from Iran and western nations.
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President Sadat was assassinated during the annual victory parade held in Cairo to celebrate Operation Badr
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The protest was statred by the death of former Communist Party General Secretary, Hu Yaobang
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Ayatollag Khomeini became the new supreme leader of Iran after Ruhollah Khomeini's death.
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The spokesman for East Berlin’s Communist Party announced a change in his city’s relations with the West on November 9th 1989. Starting at midnight that day, he said, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country’s borders
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He was shot in the head
