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Victory in Europe. Germany surrenders to the Red Army in Berlin
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India and Pakistan gain independence from the United Kingdom.
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the Treaty of San Francisco, signed by Japan on September 8, 1951, comes into effect,formally ending its period of occupation and isolation, and becoming a sovereign state.
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West Germany joins NATO and begins rearmament(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
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Cuba taken over by Fidel Castro
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JFK is assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
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The Bangladesh Liberation War breaks out. The war results in the creation of the independent country of Bangladesh.
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France leaves SEATO which results in the disbanding of the organization.
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After the overthrow of Afghani President Sardar Mohammed Dauod, resulting in his murder, a Communist regime takes over in Afghanistan.
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In South America, Marxists in El Salvador engage in a war against the government which was being supported by the US.
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Martial law is declared in Poland by communist General Jaruzelski. The declaration was an attempt to stop the Polish Trade Union from gaining power
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President Reagan calls the Soviet Union as an “evil empire” during a speech given to the National Association of Evangelicals.
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In one of the worst Soviet nuclear plant accidents, Chernobyl, in the Ukraine, explodes. This came to be known as the Chernobyl disaster.
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Soviet Union forces begin their withdrawal from Afghanistan. The US and Soviet Union agree to no longer interfere in the affairs of the Afghani’s
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The end of the Cold War. Mikhail Gorbachev and President Bush make the announcement of the Malta Summit that “the long lasting era of peace has begun
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