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Soviet Union launched Sputnik I. The world official satalite was the size of a beach ball.
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The six Day war was fought by Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. On June 11 the creasefire was signed
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Détente is the name given to a period of improved relations between the United States and the Soviet Union that began tentatively in 1971 and took decisive form when President Richard M. Nixon visited the secretary-general of the Soviet Communist party in Moscow, May 1972.
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President Richard M. NIxon was the first U.S. president to visit the People's Republic of the China since 1949. The two leaders agreed to expand cultural contacts between their two nations. U.s wanted to prevent the division and control of China by Russia, France, Germany, and Great britain. In 1899 and 1900 the U.S established the Open Door Policy, Which ensured that all nations had equal trading privileges wit China.
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It was a game against the Soviet Union and the United states and the Soviet union took home the gold for that game. It was the first time that the USA did not win a gold since the game was invented.
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Soviet Union agains the USA and the USA took home the gold.
